Sean Connery	William Forrester
Rob Brown	Jamal Wallace
Michael Nouri	Dr. Spence
Anna Paquin	Claire Spence
Busta Rhymes	Terrell Wallace
F. Murray Abraham	Prof. Robert Crawford
April Grace	Ms. Joyce
Michael Pitt	John Coleridge
Charles Bernstein	Dr. Simon
Lil' Zane	Damon

Director	Gus Van Sant
Producer	Laurence Mark Sean Connery
Writer	Mike Rich
Cinematography	Harris Savides

Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), an African-American teenager who lives in the Bronx, scores some of the best grades on a state wide exam. In addition he is a great basketball player. Due to these reasons he is offered a scholarship to a prestigious preparatory school in Manhattan. He is met with bad feelings of many of his fellow classmates due to the fact that even though he was truly smart, they all know the real reason he was accepted was because his basketball skills. One student that takes to him is Claire Spence (Anna Paquin), she helps Jamal through his tough times in school. Also along the way Jamal meets and befriends the reclusive writer William Forrester (Sean Connery). This friendship helps Forrester to over come his reclusive ways and Jamal to overcome the problems at school so he can focus on his true passion, writing.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Distributor Sony Pictures Barcode 043396059894 Region Region 1 Release Date 2/5/2002 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) Subtitles English; French; German; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Dolby Surround Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Dual Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features "The Making of..." Documentary Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Selection Theatrical Trailers

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