Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F Murray
Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes,
April Grace
Producer
:
Laurence Mark, Sean Connery, Rhonda
Tollefson
Director
:
Gus van Sant
Genre
:
Drama, Comedy
Duration
:
135 mins
William Forrester, once a Pulitzer
Prize winning novelist, now spends his days as a
unkempt recluse who sits in his window spying on
boys playing basketball in the schoolyard below.
One of those boys, Jamal Wallace, is an exceptional
athlete whose ticket out of the projects is only
partially due to his talents on the court. When
not showboating for his pals, Jamal is a closet
genius whose astronomical test scores earn him a
free ride at a top Manhattan prep school. When the
boys dare Jamal to break into nosy Forrester's window,
Jamal accepts the challenge, but in his haste to
escape, he leaves behind his knapsack, filled with
his personal writing journals. The next day, via
the window, Jamal gets his journals back filled
with corrections and editorial comments. After much
resistance, Jamal allows the literary legend to
mentor him and help battle a haughty professor who
not only accuses him of plagiarism but seems to
have an axe to grind with Forrester himself.
