Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
- dying and death
- high school
- friendship
- scholarship
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- unsociability
- becoming an adult
- upper class
- scotland
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Sean Connery
William Forrester
Rob Brown
Jamal Wallace
F. Murray Abraham
Robert Crawford
Anna Paquin
Claire Spence
- Damany Mathis — Kenzo
- Busta Rhymes — Terrell Wallace
- April Grace — Ms. Joyce
- Michael Pitt — John Coleridge
- Michael Nouri — Dr. Spence
- Richard Easton — Prof. Matthews
- Glenn Fitzgerald — Massie
- Lil' Zane — Damon
- Stephanie Berry — Janice
- Fly Williams III — Fly
- Damion Lee — Clay
- Directed
- Gus Van Sant
- Written
- Mike Rich
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 1,243 ratings
- Studio
- Laurence Mark Productions, Fountainbridge Films, Columbia Pictures, Finding Forrester Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
