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Sean Penn | Sam Dawson | |
Michelle Pfeiffer | Rita Harrison | |
Dakota Fanning | Lucy Diamond Dawson | |
Dianne Wiest | Annie Cassell | |
Loretta Devine | Margaret Calgrove | |
Richard Schiff | Turner | |
Laura Dern | Randy Carpenter | |
Brad Silverman | Brad | |
Joseph Rosenberg | Joe | |
Stanley DeSantis | Robert | |
Doug Hutchison | Ifty | |
Rosalind Chao | Lily | |
Wendy Phillips | Miss Wright | |
Mason Lucero | Conner Rhodes | |
Ken Jenkins | Judge Philip McNeily |
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Producer | Edward Zwick
Jessie Nelson |
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Writer | Jessie Nelson
Kristine Johnson |
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Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita into taking his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family. |
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