Summer of Sam is a 1999 crime-drama based around the Son of Sam serial murders. It was directed and produced by Spike Lee and stars John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino and Jennifer Esposito.
Summer of Sam is the story of a group of people in New York City (particularly the Throgs Neck/Country Club section of The Bronx) in the summer of 1977, a time when the headlines were dominated by the Son of Sam serial killer case.
While the Son of Sam is terrorizing New York City, fear-driven residents of a tight-knit Italian-American neighborhood begin to suspect anyone who doesn't fit in with the crowd. The movie focuses on a pair of young couples: John Leguizamo plays Vincent (Vinny), an unfaithful hairdresser married to Dionna (played by Mira Sorvino), a hard-working waitress; and Adrien Brody as Ritchie, one of Vincent's closest friends and a newly-turned punk who dates a woman named Ruby (Jennifer Esposito); Ritchie leads a secret life dancing and selling himself for sex at a gay theatre.
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1986), better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City at age eighteen, where she attended college and began writing music and performing in clubs.
In 2008, Del Rey contracted with an independent label and recorded a self-titled debut album which was briefly available on iTunes in 2010; Del Rey ultimately bought back the rights to the album and it was withdrawn soon after.
In June 2011, she released the song "Video Games" on the Internet, accompanied by a self-made music video that went viral in the following months. The song was later released as a single in October, leading up to Del Rey's major-label debut album, Born to Die, which was released on January 31, 2012 through Interscope Records. Born to Die debuted at number one in seven countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia. The album has spawned two worldwide top 10 hits: "Video Games" and "Born to Die".
Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and is also known for her role as Romy White in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Sorvino was born in Tenafly, New Jersey. Her mother, Lorraine Ruth Davis, is a drama therapist for Alzheimer's disease patients and a former actress, and her father, Paul Sorvino, is a character actor and director. She has two siblings, Michael and Amanda. Sorvino is of Italian descent on her father's side.
At a young age, Sorvino wrote and acted in backyard plays with her childhood friend Hope Davis, in theater productions at Dwight-Englewood School, and at Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in East Asian Studies in 1989. She also helped found the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, one of Harvard's co-ed a cappella groups in 1985. Her solo piece was Yazoo's "Only You".[citation needed]
Sorvino spent the next three years in New York City, trying to make a name for herself as an actress.[citation needed] When the 1993 film Amongst Friends entered pre-production, she was hired as third assistant director, then was promoted to casting director, then to assistant producer, and was finally offered a lead role. Positive reviews opened doors for her.[citation needed]
Like the summer of Sam, back in '69
I'd be heavenly, deadly on the grind
Cause to sing this nice, has to be a crime
I be murdering, I'm murdering 'em
Like the summer of love back in '69
You can say that I'm yours, but my body is divine
I belong to everybody that I walk by
Like hi, hi
I'm the master of my destiny
You haven't seen the best of me
And if you want the rest of me
You'll have to pay a lovely fee
Hard to stay far, far away from me
Cause I am the baddest girl in NYC
You can look but please don't touch boy
Stay away from me
Baby I'm a cinnamon girl
Keeping it fresh, on the far east side
Baby I'm a tenement girl
Keepin' in touch your cherry pie
B-A-D-D-E-S-T, baddest girl in NYC
Baby I'm a dangerous girl,
You should stay away from me
I've been murdering, I'm murdering 'em
I be murdering, I'm murdering 'em
Like the summer of Sam, back in '69
I've been tying them up, and hang 'em out to dry
Cause I'm hot like that when I walk the die
I be murdering, I'm murdering 'em
Like the summer of love back in '69
When I get on the microphone my, my
Baby looking at you shudder like ay, ay, ay
Like bye, bye
Please excuse my mo-vivacity, capacity for hating
Cause it's incredible
It's better if you stay away from me,
I know it's hard, hard to stay far, far away from me
I am the baddest girl in NYC
You can look but please don't touch boy
But boy step away from me
Baby I'm a cinnamon girl
Keeping it fresh, on the e-est side
Baby I'm a tenement girl
Keepin' in touch your cherry pie
B-A-D-D-E-S-T, baddest girl in NYC
Baby I'm a dangerous girl,
Baby, you should stay away from me
I've been murdering, I'm murdering 'em
Happily
Murdering, I'm murdering 'em ah, ah
Murdering, I'm murdering 'em
Untakeable, unpredictable
Now everyone knows I'm a good girl
I'll give you a fistful
And you'll be in a fight
Admissible, invincible behavior is despicable
If you're looking for fun you can come out with me tonight
I am the baddest girl in NYC
I am the baddest, ya liking what you see?
Baby I'm a cinnamon girl
Keeping it fresh, on the e-est side
Baby I'm a tenement girl
Keepin' in touch your cherry pie
B-A-D-D-E-S-T, baddest girl in NYC
Honey I'm a dangerous girl,