Good Will Hunting (1997)

Regisseur:

Gus Van Sant

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Matt Damon (written by) &
Ben Affleck (written by)

Premierendatum:

9. Januar 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.

Plot:

Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.

Plot Keywords:

World Series | Flashback | Used Car | Male Female Relationship | Vietnam Veteran

Filmpreise:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 35 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Incredible, moving movie.

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 24

10:00 PM

TNT

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Good Will Hunting (Österreich) [de]
Good Will Hunting - Der gute Will Hunting (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, including some sex-related dialogue.

Länge:

126 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | USA:R (certificate #35614) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Philippines:PG-13 (cut) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | 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

Drehorte:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership

Dies und das:

The scene where Sean and Will are in his office, and Sean starts talking about his dead wife and her farting antics. These lines were ad-libbed by Robin Williams, which is probably why Matt Damon is laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully you can notice the camera shaking, probably due to the cameraman laughing as well.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The location of the writing that Will puts on the chalkboards in the hallway.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Lambeau: Mod fx... squared... dx. So please finish Parceval, by next time. I know many of you had this as undergraduates, but it won't hurt to brush up.

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Soundtrack:

Baker Street

Incredible, moving movie.

A lot of things have been said about this fantastic movie, and I only hope to add a few more praises.

The fact that it was written by Ben and Matt was a shock to me, I did not expect any strong writing and a solid script, but boy was I wrong. The movie lasts for 2 hours, and every minute of it I couldn't even focus on anything beside the incredible world of Will Hunting.

Matt plays Will Hunting, who is a brilliant young man who denies his unreal intellect. Will has had a very abusive childhood which hurt him mentally to a point where he can no longer let anyone close to him aside from his best friend who is played by Ben. That is until a professor at one of the top colleges finds Will's talent and helps him out of trouble with the law. Robin Williams later comes in as a therapist to Will, he is the only one who can really stand up to Will's intellect and manages to break the layer of distrust that Will has developed over years of solitude, and the two develop a bond beyond friendship.

Yes there is a girl, but this is not a romantic movie. There is more to life then what we are taught and what we have to show for it.

The writing is witty, brilliant and hilarious at times, both Matt and Robin Williams preform wonderfully from both a comedic and theatrical prospective. Matt's best work since Dogma and Williams best along side Dead Poet's Society.

If your looking for a typical Hollywood movie with a Hollywood ending, then do not bother spending two hours on this movie. This movie is ahead of it's time, and lands an easy 10 out of 10.

This one is a keeper in my movie library.