Finding Forrester
In an ordinary place, he found the one person to make his life extraordinary.
20002h 16mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- History
Overview
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- friendship
- high school
- dying and death
- professor
- seclusion
- sibling relationship
- scotland
- unsociability
- upper class
- poetry
- literature
- mentor
- becoming an adult
- father figure
- private school
- basketball
- intellectually gifted
- scholarship
- plagiarism
- pulitzer prize
- literature competition
- manuscript
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 21, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,Laurence Mark Productions,Fountainbridge Films,Finding Forrester Productions
- Cast
- Sean Connery,Rob Brown,F. Murray Abraham,Anna Paquin,Damany Mathis,Busta Rhymes,April Grace,Michael Pitt,Michael Nouri,Richard Eastonand 39 more
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writer
- Mike Rich
- Cinematography
- Harris Savides
- Music
- Bill Brown,Bill Frisell
- Budget
- $43,000,000
- Revenue
- $80,100,000
- IMDb
- tt0181536