Finding Forrester

Released by Columbia Pictures

Credits:
Director: Gus Van Sant
Producers: Laurence Mark, Sean Connery and Rhonda Tollefson
Screenplay: Mike Rich
Executive Producers: Dany Wolf and Jonathan King
Director of Photography: Harris Savides
Production Designer: Jane Musky
Editor: Valdis Oskarsdottir
Costume Designer: Ann Roth
Music by: Bill Frisell and Miles Davis
Running Time: 133 minutes

Cast:

William Forrester: Sean Connery
Jamal Wallace: Rob Brown
Professor Crawford: F. Murray Abraham
Dr. Spence: Michael Nouri
Claire: Anna Paquin
Terrell: Busta Rhymes

Genre:

Drama

Synopsis:

Finding Forrester is a drama about a unique relationship between William Forrester, an eccentric, reclusive novelist, and Jamal Wallace, a young, black, amazingly gifted scholar-athlete. 
After the novelist discovers that the young athlete is also an excellent writer and secretly takes him on as his protege, they develop an unlikely friendship. As they learn more about each other, they learn more about themselves, and ultimately, with the help of his new mentor, the basketball star must choose the right path between following his writing dreams or his hoop dreams.

Release Date (USA):

19 December 2000

Academy Awards:

-

Budget:

$43m

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