PG-13 | 2 h 16 min | Drama

IMDB 7.3 / 10 (87025 votes)

Finding Forrester (2000)

Finding Forrester | United States of America

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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Description

Director

Gus Van Sant

Writers

Mike Rich

Stars

Sean Connery
William Forrester

Rob Brown
Jamal Wallace

F. Murray Abraham
Prof. Robert Crawford

Anna Paquin
Claire Spence

Busta Rhymes
Terrell Wallace

April Grace
Ms. Joyce

Michael Pitt
John Coleridge

Michael Nouri
Dr. Spence

Matt Damon
Steven Sanderson

Richard Easton
Prof. Matthews

Others...

Budget

43,000,000.00

Revenue

80,049,764.00

Links

Keywords

based on novel, upper class, friendship, sibling relationship, private school, professor, high school, dying and death, scholarship, scotland, poetry, literature, mentor, becoming an adult, father figure, unsociability, idol, intellectually gifted, plagiarism, literature competition, manuscript, seclusion, pulitzer prize

Production

Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions, Finding Forrester Productions, Fountainbridge Films

Actor

Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Pitt, Michael Nouri, Matt Damon, Richard Easton, Glenn Fitzgerald, Stephanie Berry, Lil' Zane, Fly Williams III, Gus Van Sant, Damany Mathis, Jim Titus, Damien Lee, Tom Kearns, Matthew Noah Word, Charles Bernstein, Matt Malloy, Jimmy Bobbit, Capital Jay, Cassandra Kubinski, Sophia Wu, Gerry Rosenthal, Tim Hall, Tom Mullica, David Madison, Joey Buttafuoco, Jaime McCaig, William Modeste, Daniel Rodríguez, Samuel Tyson, Vince Giordano, Dean Pratt, Kerry MacKillop, Harvey Tibbs, Jack Stuckey, Mark Lopeman, Marc Phaneuf, Larry Wade, Conal Fowkes, Matt Munisteri, John Meyers, Ron Morgan, Alison Folland, Alex Trebek

Creators

Sean Connery (Producer), Valdís Óskarsdóttir (Editor), Gus Van Sant (Director), Bill Brown (Music), Mike Rich (Screenplay), Jonathan King (Producer), Laurence Mark (Producer), Rhonda Tollefson (Producer), Dany Wolf (Producer), Harris Savides (Director of Photography), Francine Maisler (Casting), Jane Musky (Production Design), Robert Guerra (Art Direction), Ann Roth (Costume Design), Susan Bode (Set Decoration), Bernard Telsey (Casting), Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks (Set Decoration), Michael "Gonzo" Gandsey (Sound Effects Editor), Bob Munroe (Visual Effects Supervisor), Darrell K. Keister (Art Direction), David Vaccari (Casting), Lynn Tonnessen (Set Decoration), Kelley Baker (Supervising Sound Editor), Patrick Winters (Sound Effects Editor), Richard Moore (Sound Effects Editor)

Alternative titles

Encontrando Forrester (BR)
Descubriendo a Forrester [Finding Forrester] (ES)
A la rencontre de Forrester (FR)
파인딩 포레스터 (KR)

Release dates

18.04.2001 (FR)
28.03.2001 (AU)
21.12.2000 (US)
23.03.2001 (IT)
22.02.2001 (GB)
01.03.2001 (DE)
05.04.2001 (NL)
23.10.2001 (NL)
27.02.2017 (NL)
19.02.2004 (NL)
06.04.2001 (SE)
06.04.2001 (FI)
12.04.2001 (BR)
01.03.2001 (CH)
18.04.2001 (CH)
04.04.2001 (EG)
04.07.2001 (KW)
06.04.2001 (LT)
23.02.2001 (IE)
25.12.2000 (CA)
18.07.2001 (PH)
02.03.2001 (AT)
02.03.2001 (GR)
06.04.2001 (ES)
30.03.2001 (IS)
11.04.2001 (MX)
12.04.2001 (ZA)
05.04.2001 (NZ)
05.04.2001 (PE)
18.04.2001 (BE)
26.04.2001 (SI)
26.07.2001 (AR)
29.03.2001 (MY)
10.03.2001 (JP)
13.04.2001 (PT)
15.02.2001 (DE)
11.04.2001 (DK)
01.12.2000 (US)
12.01.2001 (US)
02.03.2001 (EE)
08.03.2001 (HN)
23.03.2001 (PL)
07.04.2001 (TW)
19.04.2001 (HK)
26.04.2001 (SG)
18.05.2001 (CO)
03.10.2001 (RU)
28.04.2001 (KR)
22.03.2001 (CZ)
23.02.2001 (IL)
01.03.2001 (IL)

Finding Forrester (2000)

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