Finding Forrester (2000) Soundboard Edit

A Connecticut Warbler.

A long time ago.

About 20 years ago.

All right, man.

All right.

All your visitors

And good night.

And in return, he promised....

And when the critics started all this bullshit...

As you know, Professor Matthews is on the faculty board

Ask your father.

Ball's in.

Baltimore Ravens, only pro football team named after a classic poem.

Besides, the teachers here...

Black.

Bolt the door...

Books I never read. Some I never even heard of.

Bradley asked me to show you around.

But I have a question, though.

But I'm sorry. They're checked out.

But that still does not excuse the fact...

But that's when I started writing

But you probably knew all that, since you lease one

Come on, man. We know you got tickets.

Come on!

Come on.

Come on.

Crawford wants what's best for you and for the school

Damn.

Death came with friendly care

Did you ever get married?

Did you win?

Does he know?

Don't let me get by you. Once I get by you, I'll score.

Don't stay in there too long.

Eight of 10 from the floor. Ten of 10 from the line

Excuse me?

Feel free to experiment with a more proactive approach. The...

Feels like I worked on it for two or three seasons.

For those who choose to take part, entries must be turned in...

Forrester's book.

Foul, 22 blue! Two shots.

Further.

Get up.

Good day, Mr. Wallace

Good pass, man. Good pass. Get up there.

Got a nice history of people not helping me.

He keeps sending letters checking up on these college recruiters.

He was writing about the song of the tanager.

He's probably watching you right now.

Here.

Hey...

How come a guy like you...

How do you think those windows get cleaned?

How old are you?

How's your first game in the Garden feel?

I called to see what kind of food you wanted, but it kept ringing.

I can't look.

I didn't write it for them.

I got a note saying I should come and see you.

I got your socks for the next couple weeks...

I guess this makes it our plan now.

I know who he is.

I looked it up in the almanac.

I mean, it's trash, man.

I repeat, do you know why?

I said we're playing in two weeks. State tournament.

I think there really was somebody else.

I thought you read it.

I was just downstairs. Looks like you got another one.

I wasn't asking how I look. I was asking, are we ready to go?

I wouldn't move, though. I'd stay for the quiet.

I'm coming.

I'm here to see if you'd be interested in attending our school.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had company.

I'm still here. You can't get around me because I feel you moving left.

Is this...

It didn't cost that much. Really.

It's gonna be all right, Ma

It's whether it's too good.

J, you see that window?

Jamal Wallace

Jamal, get the ball!

Jamal, you awake?

Kind of like this one.

Last stool on the other end.

Later that night...

Leave this one alone, man.

Let me ask you something.

Let's go, Pilgrims! Let's go, Pilgrims!

Like I could ask why you never moved from here...

Listen, I gotta go.

Lucy Chapman?

Makes it through the whole goddamn war...

Maybe all he needed was direction.

Mr. Forrester, may I ask...

Mr. Massie! Another trip to your favorite destination.

My brother's getting cold in the next room...

My name is...

No, he doesn't know.

No, Mr. Wallace, the question concerning your most recent work...

No, no, no, see...

No?

No.

Not always the family that is our blood...

Not till you decide what you're gonna do.

Now try and get by me

Offensive foul! That way!e

Oh, Christ, you've dog eared one of them.

Oh, I say you are playing it.

Oh, yeah. Come on, man.'

Oh, yes. We were just having a discussion...

Okay?

Okay.

Only the best go there.

Punch the keys, for God's sake!

Remember, it was your plan first, T.

Right? Right?

See you next week?

Sell books, I guess

She calls me up this one night, bugging, dog. Bugging.

Sit down.

So we would like to suggest what we feel...

So what's all this stuff about his book?

So your professor wasn't exactly full of praise this afternoon.

So your title's at the top of my paper.

So, you here for good now?

Stink in here.

Thank God!

That is, if you don't screw it up...

That.

That's quite an accomplishment.

That's why I thought it might be a good time for us to talk.

The board does have the authority to place you on academic probation...

The rich tradition of handing in competition entries...

Then write the letter.

Then you won't mind showing me.r

There'll be no questions...

They don't even have you in the dead people section yet.

They take things real serious around here.

They're busy listening to themselves talk.

Thirteen.

This is still our game.

Three have made it to the professional level.

Was that all you were showing me?

We'd spent our summers here.

We're playing here in two weeks.

Well, the risk is doing it too much.

What did you say?

What do you mean, you don't know?

What up, Fly?

What's it feel like?

What's wrong with it?

When I come due And I blow the spot

Which fails to meet the basic criteria...

Which proves what?

Why have me rewrite something you published?

William, I actually spent money on these tickets. Come on.

With this band playing, you need megaphones to talk at the bar

Word?

Yeah, but they didn't.

Yeah, I bet he was.

Yeah, I know. A little college ball and all

Yeah, I think it's bullshit, though.

Yeah, they want me to spend some time on the court.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. You know this place?

Yo, man, your glasses are like Coke bottles.

Yo, T.

You around this weekend?

You don't know what to do right now, do you?

You full of shit, dog.

You got him, he gets you. Write the letter.

You gotta dribble first.

You know how long I worked on that?

You know, they talk a lot about you out there.

You mean about the author?

You write your first draft...

You're bigger than I am

You're giving me advice on women?

Your piece, correct?

Your version is actually quite original...

Be careful where you take this. Why not tell me some magazine ran it?

Ever see a ghost that wasn't white? Just playing.

How you? Maintaining

I had the spot. You'll know when you got the spot

I just thought... Shut up.

It's remarkable

Look at all these books. Don't touch anything.

Love, dog. All right, T. Good looking.

No, stay away from your lying ass. Yo, J, you believe me, right?

No, yo, I got this one. Rats.

Okay. You ready?

Right. Love you, dog. All right?

That's the last time we seen her. Shurrita from across the street?

True. Y'all play too much

We can sit in a booth. All right.

Whatever, man. I'll go up there. Yeah

Yo, yo, got something? Oh, shit!

You ever enter one of those? Writing contest?

... afraid that we may fail, or worse yet, afraid we may succeed.

... to see the things I've seen this past year...

...and all of them.

...as you haven't had a call in six... Okay

...before spring break.

...but he left after my dad left.

...by submitting this piece.

...cannot steady the unrest of those...

...everything changed from then on.

...I forgot something.

...including you.

...isn't whether it's good.

...know you got nothing to give them

...may I have your attention...

...may I read a few words?

...of obtaining information that matters to you.

...one William Forrester.

...seeking out the bright moments that will serve...

...should you ever have an interest in a teaching position..

...suggesting what is it you wish to do with your life.

...that never thought about wasting milk in soup.

...that our excellence extends beyond the classroom.

...the level of work I should anticipate, Mr. Wallace?

...to put it mildly, caught our attention.

...to the new day of spring. And while its grip seems endless...

...was the gift of frien...

...we don't want to pursue this any more than you do. Any of it.

...whatever we write in this apartment...

...with a conjunction, "and."

'I wish I had seen this, or I wish I had done that, or I wish..."'

"...great men have poor relations."

"...or needs to."

"Born 1930.

"It is a melancholy truth that even..."

"Losing Family."