Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. A black American teenager, Jamal Wallace , is invited into a prestigious private high school. By chance, Jamal befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester , through whom he refines his natural talent for writing and comes to terms with his identity. Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Pitt, April Grace, Naturi Naughton and Busta Rhymes star in supporting roles. Connery also served as one of the film's producers. The premise of Forrester being an author who gains world fame from a hugely... popular book but then stops publishing to retreat into a reclusive life has strong similarities to J. D. Salinger's career. A particular line that Connery's character utters, "You're the man now, dog", was the inspiration for the Internet memetic site YTMND.com. The film opens with 16-year-old Jamal Wallace sleeping in his bedroom, which is stacked with books, and then jumping up to go meet his friends on the basketball court.
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| Release date: | December 19, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Gus Van Sant |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 136 Minutes |
| Producer: | Laurence Mark, Sean Connery, Rhonda Tollefson |
| Editor: | Valdís Óskarsdóttir |
| Cinematography: | Harris Savides |
| Screenplay by: | Mike Rich |