Sam Waterston

I chose the movie , “ I am Sam.” It was about this mentally retarded guy named Sam, who accidently got a homeless girl pregnant. Right after she had the baby, she left Sam with the little baby girl named, Lucy. Sam has the mind capacity of a 7 year old so raising a little girl could be difficult at times. Sam would take Lucy to IHOP every night and they would both get the same things. But once the state realized that Sam was an unfit parent because he didn’t have a job and he acts the same way…

disabilities because they do not understand them. However, there are people in the world who are willing to help those with disabilities. People whom have disabilities, especially ones like Sam has in the movie I am Sam, understand on some level that they are different and they care how people see them. In the movie Sam is able to teach those around him many things, including Rita on how to be a good parent. Sometimes it is not the people with disabilities that need to learn to adapt but the…

uses her past to escape, constantly telling her children about the life she used to have and all of the young gentlemen callers who were constantly coming to her home. While Tom, played by Sam Waterston, often physically escapes the house and visits the theater. Laura, played by Joanna Miles, uses…

The Great Gatsby (1974), Drama Robert Redford, Bruce Dern, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction The Truth: F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the very popular historical novel The Great Gatsby was born on September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota. He did very poorly academic wise in school, yet was able to earn a spot as a student at the ivy league Princeton University. However, shortly after it was realized that the poor academic lifestyle he…

Every person lives their own kind of reality. Not every person, however experiences this reality and copes with it the same way, or remembers it the same way. The Glass Menagerie is a play that exemplifies the role memory and escapism can play in life. The playwright, Tennessee Williams, based this work from his personal life and connects himself with his mother and sister to the characters in the play. As the play progresses, the narrator retains more from the past and the story grows through…

The Great Gatsby is one of those films that you must really pay attention to understand the moral and concept of the story and movie plot line. This is by far one of my favorite movies that I have watched. I am pretty sure everyone wishes they could live like Jay Gatsby. The 1974 version of The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan and other stars from that era of movies really made this movie what it is and will always be in many movie lovers eyes.…

Grace and Frankie The story of Grace and Frankie begins as both of the women meet for lunch. On edge and acting as if they like one another, the two women wait for their husbands to arrive. Running a little late—the husbands arrive to announce ‘big news.’ Grace and Frankie expect “the next big step in their lives…” to be their husbands retirement. However, little to their surprise, the big news is Sol and Robert are gay and haven cheated for more than twenty years! The women become outraged and…

Book to movie adaptations are nearly impossible to get right. Oftentimes, as I reread a book - never the first time reading, unless it’s a very dull book that allows the mind to wander - I imagine what a movie adaptation might be like. Most of the time I wince at the very idea: all the little intricacies told by the narrative... how would any movie get them across without the dreaded tool of narration? Here’s the thing: for many books, movie adaptations are not a Great Idea. But usually, the…