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GENERAL
INFORMATION
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directed by - gus
van sant
screenplay by - matt damon &
ben affleck
music composed by - danny elfman
genre - drama
rating - R
runtime - 120 min.
budget - $10,000,000
gross - $138,339,411 (us)
theatrical release - december 05, 1997
(limited)
january 09, 1998 (wide)
dvd release - january 05, 1999
(region 1)
january 22,
2001 (region 2)
filming locations - boston, mn
cambridge, mn
toronto, on
production companies - miramax films
lawrence bensen productions
be gentlemen limited partnership
distribution by - miramax films
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SUMMARY
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| Will
Hunting is a genius who's living a rough life
in Boston's south end, while being employed at a prestigious
college in Boston, he's discovered by a Fields Medal winning
Professor who eventually tries to get Will
to turn his life around with the help of Sean Maguire
, as Will begins to realize that there's more
to himself then he thinks there is. |
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QUOTES
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sean
I was thinking about what you said to me the other day,
about my painting. I stayed up half the night thinking about
it, and then something occurred to me ans I fell into a
deep, peaceful sleep and haven't thought about you since.
You know what occurred to me?
will
No.
sean
You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what
you're talking about.
will
Why, thank you.
sean
It's all right. You've never been out of Boston.
will
No.
sean
So, if I asked you about art you could give me the skinny
on every art book ever written...Michelangelo? You now a
lot about him I bet. Life's work, political aspirations,
the Pope, sexual orientation, the whole works, right? But
you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel.
You've never actually stood there and looked up at that
beautiful ceiling. I've seen that. If I asked you about
women, you'll probably give me a syllabus of your personal
favorites, and you've been laid a few times. But you can't
tell me how it feels to wake up next to a woman and feel
truly happy. You're a tough kid. If I asked you about war,
you'd probably throw a sonnet right at me, right? Once more,
until the bridge, dear friends. But you've never been near
one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap
and watched him gasp his last breath, looking to you for
help. And if I asked you about love you'd quote me a sonnet,
but you've never looked at a woman and be totally vulnerable.
Known that someone can level you with her eyes. Feeling
that God had put an angel on earth just for you. And you
wouldn't know how it felt to be her angel. To have that
love for her to be there for her forever. Through anything,
through cancer. You wouldn't know about sleeping sitting
up in a hospital room for two months holding her hand, because
the doctors could see in your eyes that the term visiting
hours don't apply to you. You don't know about real
loss, because that only occurs when you lose something you
love more than yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love
anybody that much. I look at you and I don't see an intelligent,
confident man: I see a cheeky, scared, shitless kid. But
you're a genius, noone denies that. Noone could possibly
understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything
about me because you saw a painting of mine. You ripped
my fucking life apart. You're an orphan, right? Do you think
I know the first thing about how hard your life has been,
how you feel, who your are, because I read Oliver Twist?
Does that incapsulate you? Personally, I don't give a shit
about all that, because, you know what: I can't learn anything
from you I can't read in some fucking book. Unless you wanna
talk about you, who you are. Then I'm fascinated. I'm in.
But you don't wanna do that, do you sport? You're terrified
about what you might say. Your move, Chief.
will
What´s that?
sean
This is your file. I have to send it back to
the judge for evaluation.
will
Oh. Hey, you´re not gonna fail me, are
you? What´s it say.
sean
Wanna read it?
will
Why? Have you had any, uh, experience with that?
sean
20 years of counseling. Yeah, I´ve seen
some pretty awful shit.
will
I mean, have you had any experience with that?
sean
Personally?
will
Yeah.
sean
Yeah, I have.
will
It sure ain´t good.
sean
My father was an alcoholic. Mean fuckin´
drunk. He´d come home hammered, looking
to whale on somebody. So I´d provoke him
so he wouldn´t go after my mother and
little brother. Interesting nights when he wore
his rings.
will
He used to put a wrench, a stick and a belt
there then.
sean
Well, I gotta go with that belt there then
will
Well, I used to go with the wrench.
sean
Why the wrench?
will
´Cause fuck him, that´s why.
sean
You foster father?
will
Yeah. So, uh, what´s it, like, Will has
an attachement order? Is it all that stuff?
Fear of abandonment? Is that why I, uh, broke
up with Skylar?
sean
I didn´t know you had.
will
Yeah, I did.
sean
You wanna talk about it?
will
No.
sean
Hey Will, I don´t know a lot. You see
this? All this shit? It´s not your fault.
will
Yeah, I know that.
sean
Look at me, son. It´s not your fault.
will
I know.
sean
No, it´s not your fault.
will
I know.
sean
No, no, you don´t. It´s not your
fault. hmm?
will
I know
sean
It´s not your fault.
will
All right.
sean
It´s not your fault. It´s not your
fault.
will
Don´t fuck with me.
sean
It´s not your fault.
will
Don´t fuck with me, all right?! Don´t
fuck with me, Sean, not you.
sean
It´s not your fault. It´s not your
fault.
will
My God. My God, I´m so sorry. My God.
sean
Fuck them, okay?
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MAIN CAST
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robin williams - sean
maguire
matt damon - will hunting
ben affleck - chuckie
minnie driver - skylar
stellan skargard - gerald lambeau
casey affleck - morgan |
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TAGLINE
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| Some people can never believe in themselves,
until someone believes in them.
Wildly charismatic. Impossibly brilliant. Totally rebellious.
For the first 20 years of his life, Will Hunting has called
the shots. Now he's about to meet his match.
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BOX OFFICE
DETAILS
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| budget - $10,000,000
gross - $138,433,435 (us)
$87,500,000
(foreign)
$225,933,435
(total)
opening weekend
- limited -
$272,912 (7 theaters)
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wide - $10,261,471 (1,787
theaters)
widest release - 2,203 theaters |
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AWARDS
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Oscars
Won - 1998 - Best Actor in a
Supporting Role
(Robin)
Won - 1998 - Best Original Screenplay
Nom - 1998 - Best Picture
Nom - 1998 - Best Actor
Nom - 1998 - Best Director
Nom - 1998 - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
(Minnie Driver)
Nom - 1998 - Best Film Editing
Nom - 1998 - Best Original Dramatic Score
Nom - 1998 - Best Song
Golden Globes
Won - 1998 - Best Screenplay
Nom - 1998 - Best Supporting Actor (Robin)
Nom - 1998 - Best Actor in a Dramatic Pic.
Nom - 1998 - Best Dramatic Picture
Berlin Film Festival
Won - 1998 - Best Single Achievement |
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