Columbia Pictures To Hold Open Casting Call For Teen Boy to Star Opposite Sean Connery in 'Finding Forrester'.Entertainment Editors CULVER CITY Culver City, city (1990 pop. 38,793), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1917. It is a center of the U.S. motion-picture industry, whose roots in the city date to c.1915. Its chief manufactures are rubber products and computers. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 Columbia Pictures will hold an open casting call to find a teenage boy to star opposite Oscar(R) winner Sean Connery in the studio's drama &uot;Finding Forrester,&uot; directed by Academy Award(R)-nominated director Gus Van Sant SANT South African Native Trust . Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film in Toronto and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in April. Casting is for the role of Jamal Wallace, a 16-year-old black scholar-athlete. The film traces the unique relationship between Jamal and an eccentric, reclusive re·clu·sive adj. 1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation. 2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut. novelist (Connery). After the novelist discovers that the young athlete is also an excellent writer and secretly takes him on as his protege pro·té·gé n. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, from past participle of protéger, to protect, from Old French, from Latin , they develop an unlikely friendship. As they learn more about each other, they learn more about themselves, and ultimately, with the help of his new mentor, Jamal must choose between following his writing dreams or his hoop dreams. The open call, to be conducted by casting director Francine Maisler, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, in the lobby of the TriStar Building at Sony Pictures Studios The Sony Pictures Studios are located on 10202 West Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California. They are bounded by Culver Boulevard (south), Washington Boulevard (north), Overland Avenue (West) and Madison (East) and is home to Sony Corporation’s Sony Pictures , 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, Calif. 90232. &uot;Finding Forrester&uot; is directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by Laurence Mark, Sean Connery and Rhonda Tollefson. Screenplay is by Mike Rich. Columbia Pictures is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. Sony Pictures' global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment products, services and technologies, and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.spe.sony.com. Note to editors: (R) Academy Award(s) and Oscar(s) are registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
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