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After the disasterous reception to his shot-for-shot remake of Psycho<\/i>, Gus Van Sant returned to territory closer to his previous Oscar success with 2000\u2032s Finding Forrester.<\/i> Another tale of a prodigy in academia, the film follows newcomer Rob Brown as a young writer who stumbles into the guidance of a famed recluse writer William Forrester, played by a late career Sean Connery.<\/p>\n
Told in tropes made very familiar by the likes of Dead Poets Society<\/i> and Scent of a Woman<\/i>, Finding Forrester <\/i>is ultimately a very dull version of a mentor\/pupil story. And while the film\u2019s moderate box office success made for a small comeback for Van Sant, stiff competition and a late release kept Sean Connery out of the Best Actor race. Now the film is most remembered for its catchphrase, crowed into consciousness in Connery\u2019s brogue: \u201cYou\u2019re the man now, dog!\u201d<\/p>\n
This episode, we also discuss Connery\u2019s string of post-Oscar hits throughout the 90s and Van Sant\u2019s tough-to-pin-down filmography. Topics also include Oscar presenters who make the envelope reveal more about themselves than the winner, Busta Rhymes, and our favorite pottymouth Shohreh Aghdashloo.<\/p>\n
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