Michael Imperioli enlisted a little supernatural help a la “Bewitched” to get “Summer of Sam” greenlit.The “Sopranos” star co-wrote the script for the film based on real-life serial killer David Berkowitz Aka the Son of Sam, who terrorized New York in 1977.
“Summer of Sam” was co-written and directed by Spike Lee, with both Imperioli and Lee having cameos in the film, which was released in 1999.
Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Esposito, and John Leguizamo also starred.In a clip from upcoming documentary “Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories),” directed by Danny Garcia, Imperioli recalled asking a “witch” for assistance to get the film made while living at the hotel.
Imperioli moved in at age 29.“The Chelsea is a very mythical place,” Imperioli says in the clip (via Variety).
“Especially if you’re an artist in New York, it looms very large, and the idea of…
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