When Does "Finding Forrester" (2000) Take Place?
"Finding Forrester" is a coming-of-age film written by Mike Rich that released December 19th, 2000. So when is "Finding Forrester" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because Professor Robert Crawford says, "When William Forrester was 23, in 1953,"... Then, about halfway through the movie William Forrester says, "Well, I decided then: one book was enough." and Jamal Wallace responds, "William, that was 50 years ago, man." Though this could be an exaggeration or rounding up or down.
2001 AD
We know this because Professor Robert Crawford says, "When William Forrester was 23, in 1953,"... Then, about halfway through the movie William Forrester says, "Well, I decided then: one book was enough." and Jamal Wallace responds, "William, that was 50 years ago, man." Though this could be an exaggeration or rounding up or down.
1953 + 50 = 2003.
More specifically, when Jamal is playing in the high school state championship near the end of the movie a huge banner under the announcers' table reads "2000 NYSAL 2001 CHAMPIONSHIPS". If the season began in 2000 AD and ends in 2001 AD, the championship game must be at the end of the season in 2001 AD.
There's also an epilogue that opens with a superimposed title card reading just "senior year". Jamal is said multiple times by multiple characters to be "16" years old during the main action of the narrative and in the American school system this would usually mean Jamal is in his sophomore (2 years away from his senior year) or junior year (1 year away from senior year). That makes the epilogue in 2002 AD or 2003 AD.
2001 + 1 = 2002
or
2001 + 2 = 2003.
