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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767861434 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767861434 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: D05989D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: April 24, 2001 Running Time: 136 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 2000 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Finding 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a Pulitzer-winning novel, then disappeared (like J.D. Salinger) into his dark, book-filled apartment, agoraphobic and withdrawn from publishing, but as passionate as ever about writing.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 cliché--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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sometimes You Can't Find the Forrester for the TreesFinding Forrester (2000) Sean Connery is William Forrester, a brilliant novelist who published one book and then stopped publishing. Newcomer Rob Brown is Jamal Wallace. He is a black kid, or man of 16 years, living in the Bronx. He lives for basketball, but is a voracious reader, and he writes in journals. He keeps them in his backpack. He thinks he is a basketball player, but he was born to be a writer. On a dare, he is supposed to sneak into some old man's apartment, ... Read More Rating: - Great MessageLiked the message in the movie. Bought it as an inspirational piece for my younger family members. Rating: - You're the man now, dog!Honestly, does it get any funnier than Sean Connery yelling out, "You're the man now, dog!" That's priceless. Not only is it funny because it's Connery using modern day slang, it's also because the usage of the word "dog" went out of style faster than...well, it never was cool to say. The saying, however, is as timeless as "more cowbell" and "My name is Inigo Montoya..." - it just gets better each time it's heard. Another classic line is when Connery belts out, "PUNCH the keys for ... Read More Rating: - A ClassicIn the twilight of his career, Sean Connery proved he still had it all and gave it all in this awesome tale. While many people will not immediately connect with the characters, it is a story that can grab you when you least expect and truly open your eyes to so many of the truths that are overlooked in our society today. Connery plays a writer turned recluse named William Forester, who is a real author, and he lives in New York City. He remains in the home of his youth, despite the fact that ... Read More Rating: - GUS VAN SANT, OPUS 8***** 2000. Directed by Gus Van Sant. A cloistered writer becomes the mentor of a young man from the Bronx. Sean -Salinger- Connery, during a brilliant and almost mystical scene, literally passes on his talent to his disciple by making him re-write one of his unpublished essays. Masterpiece. |
