Finding Forrester Analysis
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Produced by Sean Connery
Laurence Mark
Written by Mike Rich
Starring Sean Connery
Rob Brown
F. Murray Abraham
Anna Paquin
Cinematography Harris Savides
Editing by Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) Running time 136 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $43,000,000 (est.)[1]
Box office $80,701,064[2]
Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. A black American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a …show more content…
During the readings by other students, Forrester appears, announces himself and receives permission to read an essay that draws overwhelming applause from the students. As Crawford is praising the work, Forrester acknowledges his friendship with Jamal and reveals that the essay he had just read was written by Jamal. He also explains that Jamal had written the contest essay using the published title and first paragraph with permission. Crawford adamantly states that this will not change any of the board 's decisions. The board overrules him and drops the plagiarism charges, readmitting Jamal 's entry to the competition. After the competition, Forrester thanks Jamal for his friendship and tells him of his desire to visit Scotland where he was …show more content…
It later received commercial release where it opened at #1 in 2001 theaters, grossing $11,112,139 in the opening weekend.[5] It went on to gross $51,804,714 in the United States and Canada and $28,245,050 elsewhere for a worldwide total of $80,049,764.[2]
Critical response[edit]Upon its initial release, Finding Forrester received mostly positive reviews. It garnered two thumbs up from Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, with Roeper considering it one of the 10 best films of the year. In late 2009, Roeper included the film at number 64 on his list of the 100 best movies of the decade.[6]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes give the film a score of 73% based on review from 124 critics, with an average score of 6.5/10.[7] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 62 based on 27 reviews.[8]
Music[edit]One of the tracks that appears in the film and is not on the soundtrack is the one played during Forrester 's bike ride. The song is the "Gassenhauer" track from Schulwerk by Carl Orff. It was arranged and produced by Bill
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Produced by Sean Connery
Laurence Mark
Written by Mike Rich
Starring Sean Connery
Rob Brown
F. Murray Abraham
Anna Paquin
Cinematography Harris Savides
Editing by Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) Running time 136 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $43,000,000 (est.)[1]
Box office $80,701,064[2]
Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. A black American teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), is invited to attend a …show more content…
During the readings by other students, Forrester appears, announces himself and receives permission to read an essay that draws overwhelming applause from the students. As Crawford is praising the work, Forrester acknowledges his friendship with Jamal and reveals that the essay he had just read was written by Jamal. He also explains that Jamal had written the contest essay using the published title and first paragraph with permission. Crawford adamantly states that this will not change any of the board 's decisions. The board overrules him and drops the plagiarism charges, readmitting Jamal 's entry to the competition. After the competition, Forrester thanks Jamal for his friendship and tells him of his desire to visit Scotland where he was …show more content…
It later received commercial release where it opened at #1 in 2001 theaters, grossing $11,112,139 in the opening weekend.[5] It went on to gross $51,804,714 in the United States and Canada and $28,245,050 elsewhere for a worldwide total of $80,049,764.[2]
Critical response[edit]Upon its initial release, Finding Forrester received mostly positive reviews. It garnered two thumbs up from Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, with Roeper considering it one of the 10 best films of the year. In late 2009, Roeper included the film at number 64 on his list of the 100 best movies of the decade.[6]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes give the film a score of 73% based on review from 124 critics, with an average score of 6.5/10.[7] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 62 based on 27 reviews.[8]
Music[edit]One of the tracks that appears in the film and is not on the soundtrack is the one played during Forrester 's bike ride. The song is the "Gassenhauer" track from Schulwerk by Carl Orff. It was arranged and produced by Bill