Samantha is a 1992 American movie starring actress Martha Plimpton. Though at the time already a film actress for nearly ten years, this was the first vehicle in which Plimpton was the star. The film co-starred Mary Kay Place, Hector Elizondo, Ione Skye and Dermot Mulroney. It was a commercial failure, with mixed critical review. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Martha Plimpton (3rd from the left) with the Goonies Cast 2001 Reunion Martha Plimpton (born Martha Carradine on November 16, 1970, in New York City) was born to famous actor parents Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. ... Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) is an American actress and singer. ... Hector Elizondo (born December 22, 1936 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-American actor. ... Ione Skye Leitch (born September 4, 1971 in Hertfordshire, England) is an actress. ... Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA), is an American actor of Irish descent. ...

The film was released in the summer and promoted as a romance blockbuster. A soundtrack/score album was released in anticipation of success that never came. The film revolves around Plimpton as the title character, a hugely talented violinist who discovers on her 21st birthday that she was left on the steps of her parents' (Place and Elizondo) home and subsequently adopted.

She goes into a panic, asserting that everything she has believed herself to be is a lie. She abandons music (just before her senior university recital) and moves in with childhood friend Henry (Mulroney). As she searches for her true identity she becomes oblivious to the inconvienience and suffering her search is causing the people she loves.

Ultimately she locates her birth parents, who are emotionally cold towards her but who are professional concert musicians (a harpist and a flautist.) She realizes that her gift of music came from within, but that despite no blood-connection, her family is truly her own. Harp is also a slang term for the diatonic harmonica. ... A flautist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays the flute. ...

The film featured cameo appearances by Robert Picardo (who would later find fame as The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager,) and Maryedith Burnell. Ironically, Burnell had previously played the character of Helen Buckman, mother to Julie Buckman in the television version of the film Parenthood; in the film version, Julie was played by Martha Plimpton. Robert Picardo as The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager Robert Picardo (born October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Linke, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Zach La Voy, and Keanu Reeves. ...

External links

• Internet Movie Database Entry for Samantha