Finding Forrester
by Gus Van Sant
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Actor: Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Matt Damon, Rob Brown, Sean ConneryDirector: Gus Van Sant
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 136 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-04-24
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Finding Forrester
DVD Review: Phenomenal Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I was highly impressed with the movie. It came on time and also in superb condition. I had no issues with the company that sent it. Thanks!DVD Review: It's not about basketball
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite movies. Don't let the picture on the front fool you. It's about friendship, trust and being a good mentor. You will like this movie I guarantee it.DVD Review: Finding Forrester DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Sean Connery at his finest. Every time Mr. Connery is paired with a gifted, less well known actor he seems to bring out the best in both of them and Finding Forrester is no exception. F. Murray Abraham is a delightful antagonist filled with hubris and pride. Anna Paquin turns in a sensitive performance as the romantic interest. All in all a satisfying film that will easily withstand repeated watching.DVD Review: budget mom
Summary: 5 Stars
i am glad a friend introduced me to this website. its fast and easy, plus the prices are incredible. DVD Review: educational standpoint
Summary: 5 Stars
As a high-school teacher for English foundations, I use this movie as a motivational tool to help prepare them for standarized writing assessments. I strongly recommend using this dvd to support your curriculum to teach on all levels of student learning (auditory, kinesthetic, visual).
Description of Finding Forrester
Jamal wallas is a 16-year-old basketball star with a secret passion for writing. William forrester is a famous reclusive novelist who is angry at the world. After an unexpected meeting forrester becomes jamals unlikely mentor and both men learn lessons from each other about the importance of friendship Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Starring: Sean Connery Anna Paquin Run time: 136 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Gus Van SantFinding Forrester could have been a shallow variant of The Karate Kid, congratulating itself for featuring a 16-year-old black kid from the South Bronx who's a brilliant scholar-athlete. Instead, director Gus Van Sant plays it matter-of-fact and totally real, casting a nonactor (Rob Brown) as Jamal, a basketball player and gifted student whose writing talent is nurtured by a famously reclusive author. William Forrester (Sean Connery) became a literary icon four decades earlier with a Pulitzer-winning novel, then disappeared (like J.D. Salinger) into his dark, book-filled apartment, agoraphobic and withdrawn from publishing, but as passionate as ever about writing. On a dare, Jamal sneaks into Forrester's musty sanctuary, and what might have been a condescending clich?--homeboy rescued by wiser white mentor--turns into an inspiring meeting of minds, with mutual respect and intelligence erasing boundaries of culture and generation.
Comparisons to Van Sant's Good Will Hunting are inevitable, but Finding Forrester is more honest and less prone to touchy-feely sentiment, as in the way Jamal and a private-school classmate (Anna Paquin) develop a mutual attraction that remains almost entirely unspoken. The film takes a conventional turn when Jamal must defend his integrity (with Forrester's help) in a writing contest judged by a skeptical teacher (F. Murray Abraham), but this ethical subplot is a credible catalyst for Forrester's most dramatic display of friendship. It's one of many fine moments for Connery and Brown (a screen natural), in a memorable film that transcends issues of race to embrace the joy of learning. --Jeff Shannon
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