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Remake of I am Sam?

posted 18 years ago by 0745109
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277027/

Plot Summary for
I Am Sam (2001)

Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.

It's this movie isn't it? A Bolly remake?
Exactly the same story but with Indians this time.

[–] Sonia_1 18 years ago

Yep thats exactly what it is.

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[–] mayankgupta16 18 years ago

Absolutely, its a remake of 'I am Sam'. I dont know what the Indian writers do?...most of the hit bollywood movies are remakes of Hollywood movies. For exmaple : Sholay, Dil hai ki manta nahi etc...

[–] psychedelically 16 years ago

And the thing that pisses me off is that nowhere do they EVER credit the original storylines.

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[–] hppg 16 years ago

Yes, I don't remember seeing any reference to "I Am Sam" in the credits for this, though maybe I missed it. I don't get how they can be allowed to do re-makes without any acknowledgement.

[–] radio-is-beauty 16 years ago

I definitely thought so. I mean look at the name. Main Aisa Hi Hoon (This is the way I am) from I am Sam.

The reason Bollywood does this is they see what popular movies work in the US and then make millions off remakes in India. I mean the smaller communities in India don't necessarily get to see good Hollywood movies. ( well at least i think so )

[–] pennyankee 16 years ago

The plot summary reeked of ripoff right from the first sentence.

[–] gupta-anuj 14 years ago

Interesting thing is that they actually had three writers (including the new age popular director Anurag Kashyap of Dev D) to make this shameful ripoff.