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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. It stars Robin Williams , Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver . The film tells the story of janitor Will Hunting, whose mathematical genius is discovered by a professor at MIT .
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are American actors, screenwriters, and producers from Cambridge, Massachusetts who have frequently collaborated throughout their careers. The duo first gained recognition in 1997 after they won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, which they wrote and starred in together.
After meeting Damon on the set of Good Will Hunting, director Steven Spielberg cast him in the brief title role in the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. [43] He co-starred with Edward Norton in the 1998 poker film Rounders , where he plays a reformed gambler in law school who must return to playing high-stakes poker to help a friend ...
Matt Damon’s work as an actor, writer and producer has cemented him as one of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars. Damon was born in October 1970 to parents Nancy Carlsson-Paige and ...
The screenplay for Gus Van Sant’s 1997 drama “Good Will Hunting” turned Ben Affleck and Matt Damon into Oscar winners, but it didn’t make them rich for very long. During a recent visit to ...
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Good Will Hunting led to another "iconic" moment in Driver's life. The Circle of Friends star went on to score her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She calls the ruby-red ...
Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is a British and American actress. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in 1995's Circle of Friends.She went on to star in a wide range of films including the cult classic Grosse Pointe Blank, Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors ...