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Writers (WGA):
Matt Damon (written by) &
Ben Affleck (written by)
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Release Date:
9 January 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them. more
Plot:
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 35 nominations more
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The Real Best Picture of 1997 more (517 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robin Williams ... Sean Maguire

Matt Damon ... Will Hunting

Ben Affleck ... Chuckie Sullivan

Stellan Skarsgård ... Prof. Gerald Lambeau

Minnie Driver ... Skylar

Casey Affleck ... Morgan O'Mally

Cole Hauser ... Billy McBride
John Mighton ... Tom - Lambeau's Teaching Assistant
Rachel Majorowski ... Krystyn
Colleen McCauley ... Cathy

Matt Mercier ... Barbershop Quartet #1
Ralph St. George ... Barbershop Quartet #2
Rob Lynds ... Barbershop Quartet #3
Dan Washington ... Barbershop Quartet #4
Alison Folland ... M.I.T. Student #1
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Rated R for strong language, including some sex-related dialogue.
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126 min
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The lecture hall in the movie is actually a lecture hall in McLennan Physical Laboratories (MP); a building at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. more
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Continuity: When Chuckie is having the conversation with Will about how he wishes one day Will wouldn't be home when he comes to pick him up, he finishes the scene with a sip of beer from a can. The can is in his right hand as he takes the sip, but in the next shot as he lowers the can from his lips, it has miraculously jumped to his left hand. more
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Lambeau: Mod fx... squared... dx. So please finish Parceval, by next time. I know many of you had this as undergraduates, but it won't hurt to brush up.
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Referenced in Nowhere Fast (2006/II) more
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Fisherman's Blues more

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56 out of 67 people found the following review useful.
The Real Best Picture of 1997, 18 June 2000
Author: Eight Two from sunny florida

While everyone took sides with L.A. Confidential (for it's Old Hollywood flair and tight-as-a-girdle plot arc) or Titanic (for it's generally inescapable, juggernaut-like aura) as the Best Picture of 1997, it seems that too many people overlook Good Will Hunting for what it was: a timeless little opus that managed to make South Boston look romantic and happened to make Ben Affleck and Matt Damon some of the most deserving superstars in recent memory.

Because before they were anybody, they were just the writers of this tale of a reluctant human being named Will Hunting, a mathematical genius who wore the guise of a hoodlum, and all of the sudden obstacles he had to take on to truly step in to manhood. Among these obstacles were a straight-forward shrink who outright dared Will to bulls*** him (played by Robin Williams, who got his overdue Oscar for it), a brilliant M.I.T. professor who felt it his own personal redemption to put Will's mind to great use somehow (Stellan Skarsgård, who never fails to steal nearly every scene he's in), and a girl who doesn't understand why the boy she loves so much cannot love her.

It was these obstacles that made Will Hunting such a complex character: while he was a genius at the definite (math), he was a bit of a moron at the indefinite (human relationships). His rough-edged exterior was simply a cry for help, and the process of which the obstacles in his life realized that and attempted *to* help him was nothing short of extraordinarily touching.

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