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Drama |
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Gus Van Sant |
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Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgard, Ben Affleck & Minnie Driver |
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Plot Summary |
A janitor at MIT, Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a gift for maths that can take him light-years beyond his blue-collar roots, but to achieve his dream he must turn his back on the neighborhood and his best friend (Ben Affleck). To complicate matters, two strangers enter the equation: a washed-up shrink (Robin Williams) who starts to coach Will through his transformation, and a med student (Minnie Driver) who shows him that there can be a pretty face along with his life of the mind. |
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Memorable Quotes |
Chuckie: Every morning I dream I come to pick you up and you have left. |
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Chuckie: You're sitting on a winning lottery ticket and you're too big of a pussy to cash it in. |
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Will: Does this violate the doctor-patient relationship? |
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Will: Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll give it a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Send in the marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number was called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some guy from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes home to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile my buddy from Southie realizes the only reason he was over there was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices so they could turn a quick buck. A cute little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And naturally they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the job interviews, which sucks 'cause the schrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorroids. And meanwhile he's starvin' 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what do I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. Why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president. |
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Will: You wasted $150,000 on an education you could have got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library. |
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Sean: She is not perfect. You are not perfect. The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other. |
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Awards Won |
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Oscars (1998) |
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen |
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- Ben Affleck, Matt Damon |
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Best Supporting Actor |
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- Robin Williams |
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Silver Berlin Bear |
Outstanding Single Achievement (Matt Damon)
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Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (1998) |
Best Original Screenplay |
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Breakout Artist
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Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1998) |
Newcomers of the Year |
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Golden Globes (1998) Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Golden Satellite Awards (1998) Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Original
National Board of Review, USA (1998) NBR Award Special Achievement in Filmmaking Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998) SAG Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Trailer Recommended Link |