In the movie “Finding Forrester”‚ it is about a lower class black male‚ who does not believe in himself. He is the type that does not show what he is capable of. He has a mind of a very educated human but struggles to show because he does not think he will fit in with anyone around him. In this movie‚ there are few people that placed a burden on Jamal Wallace. Jamal knew his strength but was afraid of showing them. Robert Crawford his school professor‚ Jamal Wallace himself and fly one of Jamal’s
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2010 Lessons Learned from Finding Forrester In the book Finding Forrester‚ written by James W. Ellison‚ there are many thoughts ideas of great importance to many individuals. Each person finds out that you can learn anything from anyone‚ no matter whether they are negative of positive influences to them. There are some individuals that value pride and swagger while some sought the virtues of conceitedness. Jamal Wallace‚ William Forrester‚ and Professor Robert Crawford learn the virtues of life
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Finding Forrester‚ a movie about a 16 yr old young man named Jamal Wallace that lives in the South Bronx‚ and an older white man named William Forrester that lives in a building overlooking a basketball court that Jamal plays in. The two meet by chance on a dare but by the end of the movie unexpectedly formed a friendship that also help the both of them overcome there own insecurities about certain issues. They had to deal with there own problems with everyday life‚ and the issues they had with each
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Finding Forrester Finding Forrester is the story of Jamal Wallace’s‚ played by Rob Brown in his first motion picture‚ life in the rough world of the inner city. Early on we find that Jamal is very intellectually gifted from his scores on the standardize test‚ but he doesn’t try to succeed in school so that he won’t be secluded from his friends. On a dare‚ he sneaks into a mysterious apartment‚ but leaves his backpack behind when is surprised by the old man. When the old man tosses the backpack out
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Discovering Jamal Jessica Micallef Finding Forrester was directed by Gus Van Sant and released in 2000. The film was interesting. It showed you that anything is possible; you just need to put in hard work and effort. Gus Van Sant shows us that it does not matter where you are from‚ anything is possible. Jamal Wallace is an African-American boy from the Bronx who is secretly highly intelligent but he does not want anybody knowing because it will ruin his reputation at school‚ an example of this
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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.
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Finding Forrester: An Analysis Introduction Finding Forrester is one of the best movies to come out during its time. It was focused on the story of boy who is looking for a role model and finding it in the most unexpected place and the most unexpected person. The movie tells about the journey not just of Jamal Wallace but also of the journey of William Forrester especially during the last few years of his life. It was a story that presented life in its beginning and its ending and how the two are
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Finding Forrester The movie "Finding Forrester" was a good‚ quality movie with a great theme and moral. In this movie Jamal‚ an African American basketball player and student‚ meets a famous old writer named William Forrester through a dare. Little do they know when they first meet what a great difference they would each eventually make for each other. William is the first to help Jamal by helping him in his writing. Jamal is a great writer but just doesn’t know it yet. William helps Jamal
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Prof. M.DeBartolo Comp and Lit 1 February 2014 Finding Forester The movie Finding Forester takes place in the Bronx this setting is importing in the movie and shows what kind of lifestyle Jamal has‚ and what he is expected to live up to. It shows that by living in such an area of poor black people not much is going to be going on for him and not much can be done in the area except play basketball with his friends in the court and not much besides that. There are other settings in the movie
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nding forresterViolet Lukobi-Johnson Mr. Quetone American Literature May 21‚ 2012 Finding Forrester Film Review The film Finding Forrester was an interesting‚ eye-catching‚ attention grabbing and exciting movie. The writer Mike Rich did a great job of creating the plot to be funny and fast paced. The director of the film‚ Gus Van neatly directed the scenes characters to make the film more entertaining. Producers Sean Connery‚ Laurence Mark‚ and Rhonda Tollefson had made a great decision
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