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Finding Forrester

Year:

2001

Duration:

136 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Awards:

4 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001-01-12

Filming Locations: Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $43,000,000

Opening Weekend: $701,207 (USA) (25 December 2000)

Gross: $51,768,623 (USA) (15 April 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Michael Nouri

Finding Forrester

Sean Connery

William Forrester

Rob Brown

Jamal Wallace

F. Murray Abraham

Prof. Robert Crawford

Anna Paquin

Claire Spence

Busta Rhymes

Terrell Wallace

April Grace

Ms. Joyce

Michael Pitt

John Coleridge

Richard Easton

Prof. Matthews

Glenn Fitzgerald

Massie, Forrester's Delivery Man

Lil' Zane

Damon

Stephanie Berry

Janice Wallace

Fly Williams III

Fly

Damany Mathis

Kenzo

Damion Lee

Clay

Tom Kearns

Coach Garrick

Matthew Noah Word

John Hartwell

Charles Bernstein

Dr. Simon

Matt Malloy

David Bradley

Matt Damon

Steven Sanderson

Jimmy Bobbitt

Rapper

Capital Jay

Opposing Player

Jim Titus

Student

Cassandra Kubinski

Claire's Friend

Sophia Wu

Librarian

Gerry Rosenthal

Student Speaker

Tim Hall

Student Manager

Tom Mullica

Old Money Man

David Madison

Kid in the Hall

Joey Buttafuoco

Night Man

Jaime McCaig

Referee

William Modeste

Referee

Daniel Rodriguez

Hallway Boy

Samuel Tyson

Creston Player

Vince Giordano

Big Band Leader

Gregory Singer

Violinist

Dean Pratt

Trumpet Player

Kerry MacKillop

Trumpet Player

Harvey Tibbs

Trombone Player

Jack Stuckey

Sax Player

Mark Lopeman

Sax Player

Marc Phaneuf

Sax Player

Larry Wade

Sax Player

Conal Fowkes

Piano Player

Matt Munisteri

Guitarist

John Meyers

Drummer

Ron Morgan

Mailor Priest

Alison Folland

Jeopardy Contestant

Alex Trebek

Himself

Brett Barsky

Student

Alexander Conti

Little Boy (uncredited)

Joe Crosson

Student

Jessica Leshnower

(uncredited)

Randi Rosenholtz

Student

Gus Van Sant

Library Assistant (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie that Forrester is watching when Jamal first enters the apartment is The Big Heat (1953) starring Glenn Ford.

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When Connery is speaking to the man delivering his shopping, Connery replies, "Of course you are." This same remark is also said by Connery in The Rock (1996), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Rising Sun (1993) and also by Clancy Brown in the film Highlander (1986) which also stars Sean Connery.

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Matt Damon: star of Gus Van Sant's earlier film Good Will Hunting (1997) appears as a lawyer.

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Goofs

At one point in the film Jamal mentions to Claire that, "It was Stamford... At the bar in London... He was the one who introduced Watson to Holmes", alluding to the Sherlock Holmes novels and stories. However, it wasn't at a bar in London where Stamford introduced Watson to Holmes but at a hospital's chemical laboratory near the bar.

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In the basketball championship game played at Madison Square Garden, the three point lines are clearly NBA distance, but in high school competition, the distance of the lines should be about four feet closer to the basket.

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During the close up of the typewriter, the letters should appear on the page as the letters are struck. But all the words are already on the page and just scroll across rather than get created as they are typed.

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Quotes

Jamal: Man, fuck you William! You wanna know what the real bullshit is? How about you let me take on this one cause you're too damn scared to walk out that door and do something for somebody else. You're too damn scared, man! That's the only reason.

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Prof. Robert Crawford: [to Jamal] Perhaps your skills do reach farther than basketball.

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Jamal: Be sure to write.

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Faq

Is this an original screenplay or an adaptation from the novel by the same name?

I am inclined to believe the novel was written after the screenplay.

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