Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester (2000)

2000-12-21 · 136 min · Rating 7.10/10 (1187 votes)

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

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

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