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"Good Will Hunting" The fate of Robin, Matt, Ben, and Gus Van Sant

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"Good Will Hunting" The fate of Robin, Matt, Ben, and Gus Van Sant

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After winning the Oscar, he became a major figure in Hollywood.



In the movie, Will, an orphan who works as a cleaner at MIT, has his talent discovered by Professor Rambo, and through his math lessons and Sean's psychoanalysis, he overcomes the bitter experience of domestic violence in the past and develops his own self. Break out of your shell and be reborn as a new person. Several elements are included, such as the conflict with Sean, who is suffering from a sense of loss after losing his wife, his clumsy love affair with Skyler, an honest female college student at Harvard University, and his friendship with Chucky, his fellow workers at the construction site. , depicts the sparkle and pain of youth.


The story itself isn't terribly new, but one thing that still resonates in a strange way, even more than 20 years after the film was made, is the portrayal of young Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Casey Affleck. Isn't it because his feelings seem to overlap with his role?



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Although they were unknown at the time, they had a passion for success in their hearts. And, like a singer-songwriter, he vividly expressed his feelings and performed his own compositions. Matt Damon appeared on a British BBC radio show this year (now 48 years old) and responded to the question, ``What do you think about those days?''


"I started writing the script for this movie when I was 22 and Ben was 20. But by the time it was finished, I was 27 and Ben was 25. , I really didn't know what was going to happen, and I didn't know if I would be successful, but this work changed my life dramatically, and it's still with me to this day. I don't think I've ever come across a work that has had such a big impact on my life."


The screenplay for this movie won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Matt and Ben were suddenly thrust into the spotlight as people of the hour. Matt went on to become a successful action star in The Bourne Identity (2002), while Ben won the Academy Award for Best Picture for his directorial work Argo (2012). Casey Affleck won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ` `Manchester by the Sea '' (2016), which Matt produced.



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  1. CINEMORE
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