I Am Sam is a 2001 film which tells the story of a mentally challenged man who fights to keep custody of his daughter. It stars Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff and Laura Dern.

It was written by Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson and directed by Nelson.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor (Sean Penn).

The soundtrack consists entirely of covers of songs by The Beatles. Penn wanted to set the movie solely to Beatles recordings, but could not obtain the rights to do so. Instead, he commissioned other artists, such as Sarah McLachlan and Ben Folds to cover the songs for the soundtrack.

External link

• I Am Sam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277027/) at the Internet Movie Database