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Finding Forrester, a drama film released in 2000, is an inspiring movie that provides a great moral and storyline. Directed by Gus Van Sant, a two-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director, Finding Forrester brings fourth a feel-good motion picture made possible by starring actor Rob Brown (Jamal), and supporting actor Sean Connery (The Window). The movie was shot in the Bronx of New York City and depicts the racist nature of white people who live in the nicer parts of New York City. Finding Forrester, an enthralling drama, provides a fantastic plot, with much strength minus a few weaknesses. In Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace, an extremely smart black student is originally enrolled in a public school where all he cares about is basketball. When his school receives Jamal’s test scores, expensive private schools begin attempting to recruit Jamal. Jamal accepts scholarship enrollment a very prestigious private school known as Mailor-Callow. Spending his free time on the basketball court, Jamal often sees a man with binoculars staring at him and his friends. One night, Jamal’s friends dare him to sneak into what had been known as “The Window’s” house. Jamal sneaks inside and is confronted with a scream by The Window. In shock, Jamal runs out of the apartment forgetting his bag that contains his notes. Jamal comes back for his bag, and eventually The Window becomes Jamal’s writing tutor. Jamal turns in one of the many things he has written at The Window’s house to a school competition only to find out that the first part of it had already been printed in a magazine decades ago. Just when Jamal is about to get kicked out of his new school for plagiarizing, The Window, which turns out to be the author of the prestigious novel Finding Forrester, comes into the school and reads an outstanding essay written by Jamal. Jamal is released from his plagiarism charges and cheered on madly. As a drama, this movie utilizes human emotion to move

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