Where to watch Good Will Hunting (1997)
Good Will Hunting is available to stream in AU on Stan. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A headstrong young genius from a working-class background works as a janitor while hiding extraordinary mathematical talent. After trouble with the law threatens his future, he is required to work with a professor and attend therapy, where a guarded relationship gradually challenges his defenses.
Cast: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck, Cole Hauser, Vik Sahay, John Mighton, Rachel Majorowski, Colleen McCauley, Matt Mercier
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Trivia & production notes
- Matt Damon wrote Good Will Hunting as a final assignment for a playwriting class at Harvard, submitting a 40-page script instead of the one-act play his professor requested.
- Only the scene of Will and Sean's first meeting survived verbatim from Damon's original script; the rest was substantially rewritten.
- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon structured Sean's character as a deliberately flexible role with minimal screen time but the best lines, designed to fit a major star's busy schedule.
- The early script featured action sequences inspired by Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, with Will and his friends leading NSA agents in chases around the city.
- Gus Van Sant initially hesitated to direct because of producer Harvey Weinstein's reputation for having a volatile temper, which Tarantino had warned him about.
- Robin Williams agreed to lower his typical $20 million fee to $5 million but negotiated a contract clause giving him 20% of earnings if the film grossed over $60 million, a deal Miramax accepted because they doubted it would reach that threshold.
- Mel Gibson spent several months developing the film before Matt Damon asked him to step aside out of concern that he and Affleck would age out of their roles.
- Terrence Malick suggested the ending where Will follows Skylar to California, replacing the original ending that had Will killed by a gang or Chuckie dying in a construction accident.
- MIT Professor Daniel Kleitman and mathematician Tom Bohman suggested the P versus NP problem as the mathematical challenge Will solves in the film.
- Harvey Weinstein objected to casting Minnie Driver as Skylar in a note to the casting director that Driver stated was sexist, though Weinstein denied making the comment and said he preferred Ashley Judd for the role.
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