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matt756
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 Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2002 9:42 pm |
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There's a line in the movie that says something about why he doesn't read his own writings aloud. I really would love to have that quote. Thank you in advance for anyone who can help me
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matt756
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 8:24 pm |
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I'm sorry I can't help anymore, I haven't seen the movie in a very long time, not since the last time it was on HBO, but the thought behind that line came to me and I'm trying to figure it out.
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mgm
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 6:00 am |
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I did a few searches and came up with nothing. Some related quotes, though:
"Write the first draft with passion and the second with intelligence."
-- Sean Connery in the movie Finding Forrester
"The quickest way to a woman's heart is with an unexpected gift at an unexpected time."
-- Finding Forrester
"Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people--if only they'd stop writing."
--Laura Miller, from a salon.com review of the movie Finding Forrester
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thenostromo
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 5:40 pm |
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Well, I'm up to this scene in the movie and this is what is said (the wording is pretty darn close to exact)
Jamal: They're making us enter some kinda writing contest at school. You ever enter one of those?
William: yeah, once.
Jamal: did you win?
William: of course
Jamal: what? money or something?
William: the Pulitzer.
Jamal: They make all the students get up and read in front of the class.
Forrester: What the hell does that got to do with writing? Writers write so that readers can read. Let someone else read it.
Jamal: Ever read your own book?
Forrester: In public? Hell no. Barely even read it in private. Ever wonder why writers do that coffee shop reading sh*t? So they can get laid!
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matt756
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 12:27 am |
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Thanks Much, and from here in Chicoland, Happy New Year!
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uclaxray
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 9:43 pm |
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Request for board.
Can someone who own the movie post the text to Wallace's final letter which Forrester read out loud at the writing contest.
It started out something like: "Losing family obliges us to seek out new family....."
Much obliged.
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