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Summer of Sam is a 1999 film about the Son of Sam serial murders. It was directed and produced by Spike Lee.

Plot

It is the story of a group of people in New York City (particularly the Throgs Neck/Country Club section of the Bronx) in the summer of 1977, a time in which the headlines were dominated by the Son of Sam serial killer case. The film stars John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, Michael Imperioli (who co-wrote the screenplay), and Bebe Neuwirth.

While the Son of Sam is terrorizing New York City, fear-driven residents of a small Italian-American neighborhood start pointing fingers at anyone who doesn't fit in the crowd as suspects. The movie focuses on a pair of young couples. John Leguizamo plays Vinny, an unfaithful hairdresser married to Dionna (played by Mira Sorvino) who works as a waitress. Ritchie (Adrien Brody) plays a newly-turned punk who dates a woman named Ruby (Jennifer Esposito); Ritchie leads a secret life dancing at a gay club.

Slowly, the locals begin to turn their suspicions on Ritchie. They have no real reason; his flamboyant and strange lifestyle gets their attention. The main message in this Spike Lee film has to do with scapegoats.

The film is also noted for having many uses of the word "fuck".

Filming Locations

The film was largely shot and set in the Country Club and Throgs Neck sections of the Bronx, Italian-American neighborhoods which David Berkowitz terrorized in 1977.

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