--- title: 'Summer of Sam (1999)' type: 'film' director: 'Spike Lee' released: '1999-07-02' runtime_minutes: 136 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/summer-of-sam-1999' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162677/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Summer of Sam (1999) 1999 · 136 min · Drama, History, Crime · United States ## Synopsis Summer of Sam is a 1999 American crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Spike Lee, who also co-wrote the film with Michael Imperioli and Victor Colicchio. The film is about the 1977 David Berkowitz serial murders and their effect on a group of fictional residents of an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx in the late 1970s. It focuses on two young men from the neighborhood: Vinny, whose marriage is faltering due to his cheating, and Ritchie, Vinny's childhood friend who has embraced punk fashion and music. ## Credits - **Director:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee) - **Screenplay:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee), [Michael Imperioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-imperioli) - **Producer:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee), [Michael Imperioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-imperioli) - **Original Music Composer:** [Terence Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-blanchard) - **Director of Photography:** [Ellen Kuras](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-kuras) - **Editor:** [Barry Alexander Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-alexander-brown) ## Cast - [Mike Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-starr) as Eddie - [Michael Rispoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rispoli) as Joey T - [Bebe Neuwirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/bebe-neuwirth) as Gloria - [Jimmy Breslin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-breslin) as Jimmy Breslin - [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee) as John Jeffries - [Brian Tarantina](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-tarantina) as Bobby Del Fiore - [John Turturro](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-turturro) as Voice of Harvey the Dog - [John Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-savage) as Simon - [Kim Director](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-director) as Dee - [Ken Garito](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-garito) as Brian - [Jennifer Esposito](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-esposito) as Ruby - [Michael Imperioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-imperioli) as Midnite - [Anthony LaPaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-lapaglia) as Detective Lou Petrocelli - [Joie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joie-lee) - [Adrien Brody](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrien-brody) as Ritchie ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/summer-of-sam-1999 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1150713); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.