The Safety of Objects

Role: Sam Jennings

Year: 2001

Writers: A.M. Homes (book)
Rose Troche (screenplay)

Details: A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Esther Gold’s life is consumed by caring for her comatose son; Jim Train is sent into a tailspin when he’s passed over for a promotion; Annette Jennings’ family is struggling in the wake of her divorce; Helen Christianson is determined to shake up her mundane life.

Cast: Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson, Moira Kelly, Timothy Olyphant and Kristen Stewart

Brief Summary on Kristen’s Role as Sam Jennings

Sam’s Parents are going through a divorce as her father tries to get the children to stay with him , the mother wants the kids with her. Sam wants nothing to do with her dad when he shows up and tries to take her with him, she then runs off and is then kidnapped by this guy Randy who thinks she is his brother who died in a Drunk Driving accident and he tries to relive the moments that happened before his brother died. He finally realizes Sam is not his brother and she returns home to her mother and sister.

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