Finding Forrester
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Oct 24, 2026
Jeff StampkaHOST
Then he first got known in the movie Scarface and won an Oscar for Amadeus.
Jeff StampkaHOST
He was also in The Last Action Hero, Star Trek, Insurrection, Finding Forrester.
Jeff StampkaHOST
On TV, he was on home front for like six years.
Jeff StampkaHOST
Now, he's done theater a lot.
Russel HowcroftHOST
I
Ross StevensonHOST
think it was Finding Forrester.
Ross StevensonHOST
I think was the name of the movie.
Russel HowcroftHOST
Not The Shining.
Ross StevensonHOST
Good on you.
Ross StevensonHOST
The paper bag industry is doing well.
Ross StevensonHOST
Brad, this was the advice about writing from the movie Finding Forrester.
Ross StevensonHOST
The first key to writing is to write, not to think.
speaker_1HOST
So my first question to you is where on earth are we in AI right now?
Steve EismanGUEST
There was a great movie with Sean Connery where he played this, I can't remember the name, Finding Forrester.
Steve EismanGUEST
And I remember the young character asks him a very complicated question, and his response is, as he's eating soup, he goes, it's not exactly a soup question.
Steve EismanGUEST
It's a complicated question.
10 MINS LATER
speaker_1HOST
Deep Seek's new model or Kimi, what is it called now? Kimi
Steve EismanGUEST
K3.
Steve EismanGUEST
Best name in the biz.
speaker_1HOST
Kimi K3.
Dave TempleHOST
I remember when I worked there-
Derek GainesHOST
"How was Finding Forrester?" [laughs]
Dave TempleHOST
It was very good.
Dave TempleHOST
I learned so much.
Dave TempleHOST
That was a...
Dave TempleHOST
He was- that was some of the worst acting I've seen- Yeah ...
Dave TempleHOST
Busta Rhymes do in Finding Forrester.
Dave TempleHOST
But it used to be sweet at Best Buy- Got the niggas in there, yeah ... 'cause we, I remember people used to buy entertainment centers.
speaker_1HOST
So let's get into it.
speaker_0HOST
To start, just to grasp the sheer scale of the AI narrative, Eisman actually compares analyzing the AI market to that old movie, Finding Forrester.
speaker_1HOST
I love that reference.
speaker_0HOST
Right.
Chris FeilHOST
like the closest to rumpled that connery has ever allowed himself to be seen as on
Joe ReidHOST
screen even in like Finding Forrester it's not quite this rumpled yeah
Chris FeilHOST
I mean he's too buried in wool in Finding Forrester to ever appear rumpled in this it's just like he didn't style his hair and it feels shocking like in a way he's too hot even at like 70 in this movie too hot to be in this movie and respectfully too old we'll get into it
Joe ReidHOST
he is but I enjoyed the shit out of him in this movie
Chris FeilHOST
I really did too
42 MINS LATER
Joe ReidHOST
So that was kind of, you know, that was sort of...
Joe ReidHOST
And then after that, it's
Chris FeilHOST
his largest age gap ever with Busta Rhymes and Finding Forrester.
James BlancoHOST
Yes.
James BlancoHOST
A movie called Finding Forrester.
James BlancoHOST
Oh, it's
Tom ProvostGUEST
lovely.
Poppa UHOST
Yep.
Poppa UHOST
My man from, uh, Finding Forrester.
MaxHOST
Who was the guy from Monk?
Poppa UHOST
Um, yeah, To- isn't that Tony Shalhoub, right?
Poppa UHOST
Monk is Tony Shalhoub.
MaxHOST
Yeah.
Poppa UHOST
And then the, uh, professor, um, from Finding Forrester, the evil guy.
Poppa UHOST
Um, Professor Crawford is the, uh, main villain in the movie.
McKay ChristensenHOST
Now, just a few years after his Major League success, Disney came knocking at his door.
McKay ChristensenHOST
They hired a screenwriter who also would write Finding Forrester, Miracle, Invincible, Secretariat, and Cars 3 to write the screenplay.
McKay ChristensenHOST
And the movie, entitled The Rookie, was released and sold over $80 million at the box office.
McKay ChristensenHOST
Today, Jim is an author and speaker.