Story of Sam--Jane Morrison--film elements. Reel 40

Date1972

Can DescriptionsB&W Sound Print Story of Sam

Viewing NotesIntertitle: ‘THE STORY OF SAM’. Intertitle: ‘A FILM BY MATT WEINSTEIN, PAULINE LURIE, SHARON WINSTON, DENNIS SEULING, JANE MORRISON’. Intertitle: ‘CENTER FOR UNDERSTANDING MEDIA – JULY, 1972 NEW YORK CITY’. A man (Sam) arrives home with a hamburger in a paper bag. The hamburger starts talking to him. Flashbacks show Sam’s wife cheating on him, Sam losing his job, and panhandling on the street. The hamburger claims to be an alien trapped inside the hamburger. The hamburger offers Sam three wishes in exchange for being returned to his spaceship. Sam wishes for a soda, French fries, and pickles, and then eats the hamburger. Intertitle: ‘THE END’. [End of Reel]