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The story of the relationship between William Forrester, an eccentric novelist and Jamal Wallace, a talented athlete, who wishes to also become a novelist. Forrester takes Wallace as his protege and gives the athlete a chance to learn all he can about writing.Product Identifiers
ProducerRhonda Tollefson, Laurence Mark, Sean Connery
EAN5035822174535
eBay Product ID (ePID)3948584
Product Key Features
ActorBusta Rhymes, Glenn Fitzgerald, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Sean Connery, Michael Nouri, April Grace
Film/TV TitleFinding Forrester
DirectorGus Van Sant
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Croatian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Polish\Swedish\Turkish
Run Time131 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2001
FeaturesMaking of Featurette\Deleted Scenes\Filmographies\Trailer\Animated Menus\Rob Brown Featurette, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
ReviewsBox Office - ...Touchingly authentic thanks to genuine and profound performances from Connery and newcomer Pitt..., Hollywood Reporter - ...Two enormously appealing performances dominate FINDING FORRESTER....The two actors tear into their roles the way a hungry man enters a banquet hall..., Total Film - ...Brown's starmaking turn is the film's heart and soul..., USA Today - "...[The film is] constructed around Sean Connery's charm..." - 3 out of 4 stars
Additional InformationDirector Gus Van Sant brings to the screen this moving story of a grizzled recluse and an inner-city teenager brought together by their shared passion for writing. Like Van Sant's Oscar-nominated GOOD WILL HUNTING, FINDING FORRESTER earnestly explores the struggles of a youthful genius whose position in society (underprivileged kid from the wrong side of the tracks) makes him seem destined for failure until he forms a relationship with a gifted but introverted mentor who helps him see the light.The youthful genius is a talented urban basketball player named Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), who in his spare time reads everything he can get his hands on, secretly scribbling prose and poetry into a composition pad. The introverted mentor is William Forrester (Sean Connery), who took the literary world by storm with his debut novel, AVALON RISING, 50 years earlier but now spends whole days shut inside his Bronx apartment looking out the window onto a basketball court where Jamal hangs out. Buoyed by excellent performances from Connery and newcomer Brown, FINDING FORRESTER paints a compelling, alluring portrait of friendship while offering intriguing insights into the heart and soul of the dedicated writer.
Executive ProducerDany Wolf, Jonathan King
ScreenwriterMike Rich
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Movie/TV TitleFinding Forrester