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Finding Forrester

2000 film directed by Gus Van Sant
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Finding Forrester
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Summary

Finding Forrester is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,880 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize[3]
  • Director: Gus Van Sant[4]
  • Screenwriter: Mike Rich[5]
  • Composer: Bill Brown[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7], coming-of-age film[8], white savior film[9]
  • Cast member: Sean Connery[10], Rob Brown[11], F. Murray Abraham[12], Anna Paquin[13], Busta Rhymes[14], April Grace[15], Michael Pitt[16], Michael Nouri[17], Glenn Fitzgerald[18], Matt Malloy[19], Alison Folland[20], Gus Van Sant[21], Alexander Conti[22], Matt Damon[23]
  • Producer: Sean Connery[24], Laurence Mark[25], Rhonda Tollefson[26]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[27]
  • Director of photography: Haris Savides[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Finding Forrester[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 74%[32], 6.5/10[33], 62/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36], United Kingdom[37]
  • Publication date: December 22, 2000[38], March 1, 2001[39]
  • Distributed by: Sony Pictures[40], Netflix[41]
  • Narrative location: New York City[42]
  • Official website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/findingforrester/[43]
  • Filming location: New York City[44], Toronto[45], Hamilton[46], The Bronx[47]
  • Film editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir[48]
  • Nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture[49]
  • Executive producer: Jonathan King[50], Dany Wolf[51]
  • Title: Finding Forrester[52]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[53]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[54]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[55]

  • First release date: 2000-12-09[56]

  • Genre(s): ambient, contemporary jazz, easy listening, electronic, free jazz, jazz[57]

  • Community tags: ambient, contemporary jazz, easy listening, electronic, free jazz, fusion, future jazz, jazz, soundtrack, stage screen[58]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1c4e75e5-8781-329a-acdb-595b4f149399[59]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Finding Forrester include YTMND[60], a website[61], founded in 2001[62].

Why It Matters

Finding Forrester has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for it include YTMND[60], a website[61], founded in 2001[62].

FAQs

What awards did Finding Forrester receive?

Honors received include Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize[3].

Related Entities

Anna Paquin Busta Rhymes film F. Murray Abraham Gus Van Sant Hamilton Matt Damon Michael Pitt Netflix New York City Sean Connery Toronto United Kingdom United States YTMND

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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