Finding Forrester
Role: Claire Spence
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: Mike Rich
Release: December 19, 2000
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 136 min
Genre: Drama
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA. Hamilton & Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Cast:
Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Pitt, Michael Nouri, Richard Easton, Glenn Fitzgerald, Lil’ Zane, Stephanie Berry, Fly Williams III, Damany Mathis, Damion Lee

Sypnosis:
Because of scoring exceptionaly high on a state wide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. The friendship leads to William to overcome his reclusivness and for Jamal to overcome the racial prejudices and pursue his true dream – writing.