Finding Forrester(Movie, 2000)

Name: Finding Forrester
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000
Duration: T02:16:00
Rating: 3.6

PG-13

| 2h 16min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 464 votes)

Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. In the film, a black teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery), through whom he refines his talent for writing and comes to terms with his identity. Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Pitt, Glenn Fitzgerald, April Grace, Busta Rhymes, and Charles Bernstein star in supporting roles. Although the film is not based on a true story, film crit... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Finding Forrester

Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture

About Finding Forrester

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.

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Trailer(Trailer, 2:38)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC), Toronto, Hamilton, The Bronx

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Laurence Mark Productions, Fountainbridge Films, Finding Forrester Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/21/2000

Cast: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Pitt, Michael Nouri, Glenn Fitzgerald, Matt Malloy, Alison Folland, Gus Van Sant, Alexander Conti, Matt Damon

Director: Gus Van Sant

Producer: Sean Connery, Laurence Mark, Rhonda Tollefson

Screenwriter: Mike Rich

Executive Producer: Jonathan King, Dany Wolf

Film Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Director of Photography: Haris Savides

Composer: Bill Brown

Costume designer: Ann Roth

Production Designer: Jane Musky

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Encontrando Forrester"

"Descubriendo a Forrester [Finding Forrester]"

"A la rencontre de Forrester"

"파인딩 포레스터"

Keywords: scotland, poetry, professor, becoming an adult, dying and death, private school, plagiarism, high school, pulitzer prize, sibling relationship, intellectually gifted, friendship, literature competition

Budget: 43,000,000 USD

Revenue: 80,049,764 USD (= 186%)

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Finding Forrester(Movie, 2000)

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