Finding Forrester

Bronx streets, winter, a typewriter in a trash can. A young writer discovers a reclusive author, a private school scholarship follows. Gus Van Sant grounds the mentorship in quiet realism.

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Gus Van Sant directed Finding Forrester in 2000. See Gus Van Sant's full filmography, where to start with Gus Van Sant, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gus Van Sant.

Finding Forrester was released in 2000 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 136 minutes.