Sam's Song

{{For|the 1950 American pop song|Sam's Song (song)}}

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{{multiple issues|March 2025}}{{Infobox film

| name = Sam's Song

| image =

| writer =

| starring = Robert De Niro
Jarred Mickey
Jennifer Warren

| director = Jordan Leondopoulos (credited as John Shade)

| producer = Christopher C. Dewey

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1969|05|26}}

| runtime = 89 minutes

| language = English

| music = Gershon Kingsley

| budget =

| studio = Cannon Films

| cinematography = Álex Phillips Jr.

| editing = Arline Garson

}}

Sam's Song is a 1969 drama film directed by Jordan Leondopoulos and starring Robert De Niro.{{Cite book |last=Brode |first=Douglas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvKgwTyxErwC&q=%22Sam's+Song%22+-wikipedia+deniro |title=The Films of Robert De Niro |date=2001 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=978-0-8065-2110-7 |language=en}}

Footage from Sam's Song was edited in 1979 into a completely different film,{{Cite book |last=Dougan |first=Andy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBz7pwx2I-oC&dq=%22Sam's+Song%22+-wikipedia+deniro&pg=PT399 |title=Untouchable: Robert De Niro: Unauthorised |date=2011-05-31 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-7535-4684-0 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |date=1980-05-13 |title=Deceptive 'Swap' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/05/14/deceptive-swap/b2ad783a-e887-4288-9b8f-b5651afbf545/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |work=The Washington Post}} known as both The Swap and Line of Fire, in which a man investigates the death of his brother.{{cite web|work=ScreenCrush|title=Way Back When: Robert De Niro, Best Supporting Actor Nominee|first=Britt|last=Hayes|date=February 18, 2013|url=http://screencrush.com/way-back-when-robert-de-niro/}}

Plot

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A political filmmaker is on Long Island for a weekend during which he becomes entangled with a high-living, jet set crowd. At first, it is exciting, but he soon becomes disillusioned by their shallowness.

Cast

Production

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Reception

The film was described as "a European-influenced movie".{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=Shawn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iG2BAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Sam's+Song%22+-wikipedia+deniro&pg=PT88 |title=De Niro: A Life |date=2014-10-28 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-71680-4 |language=en}} New York Magazine commented: "Dull, dull movie about a film editor is salvaged somewhat by early De Niro performance".{{Cite book |last=LLC |first=New York Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuQCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Sam%27s+Song%22+-wikipedia+deniro&pg=PA140 |title=New York Magazine |date=1980-10-20 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |language=en}}

See also

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