🎬 Drama, History

Finding Forrester

"In an ordinary place, he found the one person to make his life extraordinary."

⭐ 7.1/10 2000 2h 16m Dir. Gus Van Sant

About this movie

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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7.1/10 1,211 votes

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Year
2000
Runtime
2h 16m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
1,211
Genre
Drama, History
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$43.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 History 🎬 Gus Van Sant 👤 Sean Connery 👤 Rob Brown 👤 F. Murray Abraham
dying and death high school friendship scholarship sibling relationship based on novel or book unsociability becoming an adult upper class scotland poetry literature

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Finding Forrester has a runtime of 2h 16m (2 hours and 16 minutes).
Finding Forrester was directed by Gus Van Sant and released in 2000.
Finding Forrester is a Drama, History film (2000).
The cast of Finding Forrester includes Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Damany Mathis.
Finding Forrester has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 1,211 votes.

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