1997 · 2h 6m · Drama, Romance
Good Will Hunting
Directed byGus Van Sant
IMDb
8.4
1.25M votes
Metacritic
71
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
critics
Box office
$226M
22.6x its $10M budget
Released Dec 5, 1997 by A Band Apart and Miramax
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)71
Audience (IMDb x 10)84
Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 13 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writers
- Matt DamonBen Affleck
- Music
- Danny Elfman
- Cinematography
- Jean-Yves Escoffier
- Editing
- Pietro Scalia
- Producers
- Lawrence Bender
9 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1998Matt Damon
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1998Lawrence Bender, Producer
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1998Gus Van Sant
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1998Pietro Scalia
- NominatedBest Original Song · Academy Awards 1998Music and Lyric by Elliott Smith
- WonBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1998Robin Williams
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1998Minnie Driver
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1998Danny Elfman
- WonBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1998Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Takes
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