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Summer of Sam
Spike LEE|John LEGUIZAMO, Mira SORVINO, Jennifer ESPOSITO, Adrien BRODY, Michael BADALUCCO, Anthony LaPAGLIA, Patti LuPONE, Ben GAZZARA, Bebe NEUWIRTH, Roger Guenveur SMITH, John SAVAGE|JULY