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Release Date:
9 January 1998 (USA)
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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
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 16 wins
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35 nominations
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(244 articles)
Williams Was Never Told About Mork & Mindy Cancellation
(From WENN. 26 November 2009, 5:36 PM, PST)
Brain food: philosophy hits the big screen
(From The Guardian - Film News. 24 November 2009, 12:34 AM, PST)
(From WENN. 26 November 2009, 5:36 PM, PST)
Brain food: philosophy hits the big screen
(From The Guardian - Film News. 24 November 2009, 12:34 AM, PST)
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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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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
USA:R (certificate #35614) |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:14 |
Chile:14 |
Czech Republic:12 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Israel:PG |
Singapore:NC-16
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In the scene where Will and his posse visits the Harvard Bar, just as they're getting seated and before Ben Affleck's character orders a pitcher of the "finest lager Boston has to offer," there's an uncredited extra sitting at the bar, eating peanuts. It's GQ, the white bass drum player from "Drum Line."
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After Will solves the second problem that Professor Lambeau puts on the chalkboard in the hallway, Lambeau and Tom look at it and Tom mutters "looks right". The problem is one that Lambeau and his associates know the answer too, so why does Tom say "looks right"? Either it is right or it isn't.
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Referenced in "Friends: The One with the Inappropriate Sister (#5.10)" (1998)
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Heart & Soul
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This is a screenplay, whose script was written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and sold for $ 600,000. (They split the proceeds)I love this movie. I have seen it several times, and I still want more at the end (Isn't that what good movies do to you?) The subplots make for mini-movies of their own, especially the interplay between Robin Williams' character and Stellan Skarsgard's character.
Damon's real life buddy Affleck plays that same buddy role in GWH, and provides the definition for true friendship.
Minnie Driver is compelling, and I just love a couple of scenes when she and Damon are in a novelty store, and another where she is telling a joke in a bar with Damon, Affleck and friends. The love story which develops with Driver is very convincing, and it's "under the surface" portrayal plus input from one of our favorite characters makes for one of the best definitions of intimacy I have ever seen on film.
When I see some of the movies in IDB's top 250, I am sad that this movie isn't in there, but that is my opinion. Torn between GWH and Rounders as Damon's best movie, though I think GWD plays to a wider audience.