Ahmad Jamal - Live In Baalbeck DVD

Advantages: Clever and witty script, good performance from all involved
Disadvantages: Girls could cry at the ending ;-)

......an unexpected gift at an unexpected time Finding Forrester tells the story of a young black teenager named Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), who has always just done enough to get the grades to get through high school, he made sure is always averages a C grade. He does however study at home and is an extremely gifted writer but he doesn’t let this show as he is also a great basketballer and thinks if he shows he is intelligent it may harm his street reputation. Jamal lives in the Bronx and they play basketball on a court next block of flats, there is one flat in this block that is owned by The Window, a person no one has ever seen but they see someone watching them through the curtains. In fact the story of The Window is like an urban legend around the schoolyard and in the end Jamal’s friends dare him to break into The Window... Read review

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Advantages: well acted,good storyline
Disadvantages: not quite as good as directors earlier good will hunting

...Finding forrester is an intelligent and at times moving drama starring Sean connery as retired and reclusive writer William forrester and Rob Brown as student Jamal Wallace.The support cast is made up of f,murray abraham as a univeristy professor and Anna paquain as a fellow student.The film is directed by Gus van sant who had made the eariler oscar winning Good will hunting and more recently the remake of pschyo. The story starts of with Jamal playing basketball in the park with his friends when he spots somebody looking out of there Appartment window.Later on he finds out it is a retired writer who now lives life as a recluse.Because jamal is excellent at story writing he forms an unlikely friendship with the writer.They agree a deal where jamal will get help with his writing as long as he does not mention the writer to anyone... Read review

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Advantages: good performance form Rob Brown
Disadvantages: nothing distinctive about it

...Finding Forrester is the story of gifted 16 year old basketball player Jamal Warner (Rob Brown) and his relationship with Pulitzer Prize winning recluse William Forrester (Sean Connery). It is directed by Oscar nominated Gus Van Sant, has a jazz soundtrack featuring Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman & Bill Frisell and features Busta Rhymes as Jamals older brother. Jamal is a regular kid who lives with his mother in Bronx and gets C grades in school. The film begins with Jamals recent test results revealing that he is exceptionally gifted and one of the top private schools in the New York to offering him a full academic scholarship and ant the chance to play basketball with their championship winning team. While all this is going on Jamal meets and befriends reclusive writer William Forrester who has virtually locked himself in his apartment... Read review

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