Finding Forrester
Finding Forrester is a movie shown in December 22, 2000, it’s an American drama film written by Mick Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. The main actors in this movie are Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham and Anna Paquin. This movie was distributed by the production company called Columbia Pictures. The movies editor is Valdis Oskarsdottir and their Cinematography is Harris Savides.
This is about an African-American teenager Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), who is invited to attend a prestigious private high school. By accident Jamal meets a famous writer named William Forrester (Sean Connery) and as they spend more and more time together they become closer. This friendship blossoms throughout the film and is based on William teaching Jamal writing skills. Jamal makes a promise to William to keep his identity a secret and to tell no one that they know eachother, but his friendship is put to the test by a strict and desperate english teacher looking to make Jamal's life harder. When Jamal needs William the most he’s not there to save him from losing his scholarship and saving him from embarrassment.
This movie relates a little bit to the movie “To Kill A Mockingbird”. The character William Forrester relates to Boo Radley in “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Boo Radley relates because he is always looking out a window at the kids Scout and Jem and he is completely cut off from society; just like William, he refuses to go outside making him cut off from society.
The acting in this movie was well and the movie was very well written. Also, the films music and sound was amazing.
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