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Summer of Sam
1999
· Movie
· 142 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3166
- IMDb #2984
- Rotten Tomatoes #3433
- Metacritic #1813
- Letterboxd #1989
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3815
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3382
- Metacritic Critics #1754
- Metacritic Audience #2041
- Kinopoisk #3519
- AlloCiné #2444
- Trakt #3894
Every rating
50–71
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 50, highest is Letterboxd on 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Details
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Writers
- Michael Imperioli, Spike Lee, Victor Colicchio
- Released
- 28 June 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $19.3M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| ALMA Awards 2000 | Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film | John Leguizamo | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2000 | Best Film Soundtrack | Terence Blanchard | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2000 | Theatrical - Best Director | Spike Lee | Nominee |
| Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2000 | Worst Supporting Actor | Spike Lee | Nominee |
| Valladolid International Film Festival 1999 | Golden Spike | Spike Lee | Nominee |
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Black Reel Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film Soundtrack | Terence Blanchard | Nominee |
| Theatrical - Best Director | Spike Lee | Nominee |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film | John Leguizamo | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Worst Supporting Actor | Spike Lee | Nominee |
Valladolid International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Spike | Spike Lee | Nominee |