Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 01/25/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: New Video Group
Before he broke out with the
J.D. Salinger-esque
Tadpole in 2002, producer-turned-director
Gary Winick filmed this little-seen relationship
drama.
Fisher Stevens stars as the title character, a writer with one novel under his belt who can't seem to deliver the follow-up. Instead, he spends his time compulsively cheating on his photographer girlfriend,
Cass (
Annabella Sciorra); giving the runaround to his agent,
Richard (
Ron Rifkin); and trying to keep his landlord,
Murray (
Luis Guzman), at bay. Things take a turn for the worse when the husband of one of
Sam's conquests (
Maria Bello) confronts him, leaving
Sam covered in hard-to-explain injuries. Soon, with the help of his barkeep brother,
Lorenzo (
Saverio Guerra),
Sam is holding down a day job for the first time in years and reexamining every aspect of his life. After the success of
Tadpole, the
Independent Film Channel picked up
Sam the Man for broadcast on cable television. The film's cast, filled with notable and lesser-known New York actors, includes
George Plimpton,
Griffin Dunne, and
Rob Morrow.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
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