Summer of Sam (1999)

Jimmy Breslin: Jimmy Breslin

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Jimmy Breslin : Of all the things, a parking ticket did Son of Sam in. On July 31st, 1977, he shot his last two victims. An eyewitness noticed a parking ticket under his windshield as he sped away. Of the four tickets issued in that area, one bore the name of David Berkowitz, a resident of Yonkers, New York. At first, Berkowitz claimed insanity, saying a 2,000-year-old dog named Harvey told him to do it. Eventually, he pled guilty. That sick fuck is serving a sentence of six consecutive terms of 25 years to life. Of course, the New York Yankees won the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers, led by Reggie Jackson's dramatic three consecutive home runs in the sixth and deciding game. Elvis Presley died. 3,700 were arrested during the blackout, with damage going into the hundreds of millions. To no one's surprise, most of the destruction took place in Brooklyn, Harlem, and the South Bronx. '77 was also one of the hottest summers in memory in New York City. New York: the city that I love and hate equally. There are 8 million stories in the naked city, and this was one of them.

• Jimmy Breslin : Hello ladies and gentlemen; boys and girls. My name is Jimmy Breslin. I'm a writer. I write about New York, the city of my birth where I've lived and worked all my life; the city that I love and hate both equally. Today, things are much different. Business is booming up, up, and up. Crime is down, down, down. Homicides are the lowest it's been since 1961. Well, it wasn't always like this. This film is about a different time; a different place; the good old days; the hot, blistering summer of 1977. There are 8 million stories in the naked city, and this was one of them.