Sean Connery gives a master class as William Forrester, a reclusive writer who once wrote the Great American Novel. Robert Brown costars as Jamal Wallace, an African-American youth whom Forrester takes under his wing to encourage his writing. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the Oscar-nominated director of Good Will Hunting.
A mutually beneficial friendship develops between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has lived for forty years as an eccentric recluse and a young Black writer whose athletic skills and high test scores have enabled him to attend a Manhattan prep school.
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
