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Good Will Hunting
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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama and romance film directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by Lawrence Bender. The screenplay was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who also star in the film alongside Robin Williams and Minnie Driver. Principal photography took place in Toronto, with the narrative set in Boston, Massachusetts. The production involved companies including A Band Apart, Miramax, Lawrence Bender Productions, and Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership.
The film has a runtime of 127 minutes and was released on December 5, 1997. It received an R rating. Critical assessments include an IMDb rating of 8.4, a Metascore of 71, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 97%. The movie earned two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor. The production budget was $10,000,000, resulting in revenue of $225,933,435.
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8.2Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Will Hunting
- Robin Williams as Sean Maguire
- Ben Affleck as Chuckie Sullivan
- Stellan Skarsgård as Gerald Lambeau
- Minnie Driver as Skylar
- Casey Affleck as Morgan O'Mally
Themes
- boston, massachusetts
- mathematics
- genius
- male friendship
- flashback
- psychologist
- janitor
- dating
- courtroom
- group of friends
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Ratings
IMDb
8.4/10
1,213,877 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 25 wins & 61 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Screenwriter
- Matt Damon
- Cast member
- Harmony Korine
- Composer
- Elliott Smith
- Producer
- Lawrence Bender
- Production company
- Miramax
- Cinematographer
- Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 503907
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/good-will-hunting
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- publication date
- 1998-01-09
- film editor
- Pietro Scalia
- title
- Good Will Hunting
- box office
- 225900000
- review score
- 97%
- capital cost
- 10000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Damon, Affleck, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, and Minnie Driver, with Casey Affleck and Cole Hauser in supporting roles. Set in Boston, the film follows Will Hunting (Damon), a troubled but self-taught mathematical genius working as a janitor at MIT, whose talent is discovered by professor Gerald Lambeau (Skarsgård). To avoid jail, Will agrees to study under Lambeau while attending therapy with psychologist Sean Maguire (Williams), which forces him to confront his past and his relationships, including with Harvard student Skylar (Driver).
Released by Miramax Films, Good Will Hunting premiered on December 2, 1997, and opened in the United States on December 5. Produced on a budget of about $10–16 million, it became a commercial success, grossing $225.9 million worldwide.
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