Finding Forrester | 'Are You Challenging Me?' | CineStream

Prof. Crawford sends Jamal out of class after he fails to humiliate him.

Jamal Wallace (Robert Brown) is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court. Befriended by fellow student Claire (Anna Paquin) and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William Forrester (Sean Connery), Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as well, forcing him to confront his past...and his future.

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[brittanywetherill]

I like that he was moved to do something not just because of how the teacher treated him, but because of how he was treating the other student- “No more than you challenged Coleridge.”

[bestcoastsxmcp]

Again, no one but F. Murray Abraham could have done that role so deliciously. 😂

[victors]

Must say that this is one of my favorite of all the Sean Connery movies that I've seen.
Not because it's an action film . . . . which it isn't.
Not because it's one of his lesser known and much less spoken about films . . . which it most definitely is.
It's because he chose to play a character that wasn't really the primary focus of the film, but more as a supporting role. And although he could have easily made the movie about himself, instead he gave it the nuanced performance that it required Jamal to remain the main character of the story.

[Zane_Zaminsky]

College professor here, cheering on Mr. Wallace. 👏

[darthrevan]

I think I'd have loosely paraphrased "A Tale of Two Cities", on my exit....
"It is a far far better place that i go to now....because you, sir, are a swine."😂

[streakermaximus]

Proper response...
"Further, you should have said further, not farther."
"Heh. Bravo Mr. Wallace."

[Alban-uxjf]

I hate it when teachers try to assert their superiority by humiliating their students. I just hope I don't become like this in my later teaching years

[MikeKostecky]

Jamal was smarter than the professor. That’s why the professor hated him so!!

[oliverjumelle]

In an argument with a teacher. The words get out. Usually means victory.

[EspanJoy]

Another character that FMA plays where he is stricken with crippling envy. He's one hell of an actor.

[secretgarden]

This teacher is the best exampe of a bad teacher, because he let`s his students only repeat knowledge like a parrot could do. A real good teacher brings his students to find own thoughts.

[datemasamune]

Imagine if both were just saying random quotes and names, and neither had any idea what they were saying. XD

[willpower]

Fun fact: This is where Jordan Peele got the idea for the movie title.

[GlauberSilva]

This movie is one of the best movies I ever watched

[sabrewolf]

4:24 You obviously aren't teaching me what I don't already know.

[BeatersRus]

this is me, finding out about this movie and then having to search youtube for clips.
Thanks for Sharing !!

[juggernaut]

This movie speaks on how we as people judge one another by our color, our environments, our economic status or whatever ignorant fears we put on ourselves. Creating our own prisons.

[davidbrittian]

Jamal embarrassed him at his own game, and wound up pulling out his own racsim.

[rnews]

Hey, that is "Rogue" in the back!

[CMX]

Omar Suarez challenged Tony and it didn't end well for him. He challenged Jamal and it didn't end well for him.