Taking the chairBen Affleck discusses the trials of becoming a film director Jun 7, 2008
Affleck, who won an Oscar with Matt Damon in 1998 for the original screenplay of Good Will Hunting, defended the film company's decision to delay the release ... The film takes the same Boston setting as Good Will Hunting, an area the 35-year-old knows well. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Gone Baby Gone: No Maddie- but a masterpiece Jun 6, 2008
Ben Affleck won an Academy Award for his screenplay (with Matt Damon) for Good Will Hunting. Even though his script here, co-written with childhood friend Aaron Stockard, failed to be nominated for an Oscar, it is vastly superior, with cracking dialogue and the deftest plotting since LA Confidential. (Daily Mail)
So many ways to see the city, so little time Jun 5, 2008
On this bus tour, you can check out the building where Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio have it out at the end of "The Departed," ponder the meaning of life from the bench where Robin Williams and Damon sat in "Good Will Hunting," and see where Ally McBeal and her neuroses dwelt. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
No Papa permits? No filming here. Jun 1, 2008
Now her experience is enabling the city to juggle multiple films at once, says Harrington, who managed such '90s films as "Good Will Hunting," and "Cider House Rules," and more recent productions including "The Departed," "21," and the just-completed "Mall Cop." He has been in charge of locations around the world, including locations for "Casanova," filmed in Venice. "I might complain about what I have to go through to get a permit in Boston, but ultimately we get what we want," he says. (Boston Globe)
Luck be a lady May 29, 2008
DJ Kid Style/Wayne B., an actor who had bit parts in "Good Will Hunting" and "Southie" and has hosted a Top 40 and hip-hop ladies' night program on , says he plays dance tracks that appeal to a female clientele on a girls' night out. "Men are welcome, but it's designed for ladies," Kid said, nodding his head as a mash-up of Jay-Z and 50 Cent pulsed through the club. (Boston Globe)
Replay would drag life out of baseball May 28, 2008
Probably never makes the "Good Will Hunting" screenplay. You realize Major League Baseball is considering adding replay, a movement given a kick in the rump in the past few days by several home runs that were apparently not home runs. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Wicked good Bostonisms come, and mostly go May 26, 2008
That word popped up, to the confusion of many in the audience, in the movie "Good Will Hunting," which generally gets high marks for its use of Boston English. Casey Affleck - a Cambridge guy playing a Southie guy in the film - twice used the term "barnie," which according to the Wicked Good Guide, is a derogatory name in Cambridge for a Harvard student. (Boston Globe)
Take a fresh look at Boston, reborn May 23, 2008
And were not just talking "Boston Legal;" Drew Barrymore's 2005 comedy "Fever Pitch" took place in Boston, there was "Good Will Hunting" before that, and now "The Bride Wars.". advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The root of maths' square image May 23, 2008
Then there was Good Will Hunting, with Matt Damon, the "sexiest man alive" according to People magazine. In the 1997 movie, Damon plays the MIT janitor-cum-mathematical genius, who not only beats the Fields medallist professor who discovers him at his own game, but also walks away with the girl. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Why Minnie's Being Driven To Succeed In Song May 22, 2008
It has been four years since she last gave it a go, but the Oscar-nominated star of Good Will Hunting says she is defying her critics to pursue a life-long dream. "I've got another job which keeps me quite busy," she says of her break from singing. (Sky News)
Minnie Driver heading home? May 9, 2008
The Good Will Hunting star moved to Los Angeles several years ago to pursue her acting career - which has seen her land the lead role in hit TV show The Riches. And although she loves certain aspects of the U.S., she would prefer her child to grow up in Britain. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Driver denies Zolezzi is baby's daddy May 8, 2008
The Good Will Hunting star confirmed the news she was pregnant during a March 13 appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but she was careful not to name the father of the child. Since then reports have suggested the baby's father was Zolezzi, after it was claimed Driver had allegedly been dating him for over a year. (FOX23 News, NY)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Apr 23, 2008
The school will also hold a movie festival on its campus with a life education theme and will screen award-winning and popular movies such as Children of Heaven, Marvins Room and Good Will Hunting. This story has been viewed 503 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Casey Affleck shines Apr 20, 2008
At 25, he won an Oscar with his old school friend, Matt Damon for writing the film Good Will Hunting, set in their own college world in Boston. Then, somehow, Affleck moved on to become a beefy blockbuster star in big, bad films such as Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, to the constantly camera-ready liaison with J-Lo, to alcoholism and rehab and a string of crummy rom-coms that went straight to DVD. So it makes sense that now, having cast aside the tatty life, he has gone home to Boston. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gone Baby Gone Apr 18, 2008
Affleck, who shared an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting with his long-time friend Matt Damon, proves himself in yet another facet of the craft of film. Adapting Lehane's novel with Aaron Stockard, Affleck has made an absorbing adult thriller with an ending that seems certain to promote ethical debate among its audience. (Courier Mail)
'Houdini' to break out on Broadway Apr 18, 2008
Elfmans score will be the first Broadway outing for the former Oingo Boingo musician, whose screen credits include scores for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting and the upcoming Wanted, as well as themes to tube skeins The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives. . (Variety)
Arriving baby, arriving Apr 13, 2008
Over the past decade, he's boxed the compass, going from baby-faced Sundance sensation (Chasing Amy) to Oscar-winning screenwriter (Good Will Hunting) to blockbuster movie star (Pearl Harbour) to "Bennifer"-era-tabloid subject of derision (Gigli). After several box-office duds, his last film, Man About Town, didn't get a theatrical release. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Casey Affleck steps out of Ben's shadow Apr 13, 2008
Two years later, he joined brother Ben and neighbourhood friend Matt Damon with a supporting role in their film Good Will Hunting, which the best mates had written. The touching drama was a major success - earning nine Oscar nominations and propelling Damon and the older Affleck to superstardom and roles in a string of hit movies. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
I'm non-sticking with you! Apr 12, 2008
Amiable enough in Good Will Hunting and Chasing Amy, Affleck flopped as an action hero in Daredevil and The Sum Of All Fears, and was perfectly appalling in Jersey Girl. An actor whose attempts to convey emotion are constantly upstaged by a jaw that suggests the presence of an osteoid solidity the actor himself does not possess, Affleck has reached the point in his career where his mere presence in a film now embarrasses the public, which belatedly regrets its initial affection. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Too talented for words Apr 12, 2008
Nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in 1997's Good Will Hunting, London-born Minnie Driver has in the past few years relegated herself to TV series such as Will & Grace, The Riches, for which she was nominated for an Emmy last year, and a handful of short-run independent films. Her last brush with a blockbuster was a cameo in The Simpsons Movie that ended up on the cutting-room floor. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Ben Affleck is scared but excited by his directing debut Apr 11, 2008
His care with words and concern about his image no doubt spring from lessons learned the hard way in the 10 years since he found fame with Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with his longtime best friend, Matt Damon ... Casey, who launched his career with a supporting role opposite Nicole Kidman in 1995's To Die For before joining his brother in Good Will Hunting, has struggled to make his mark since. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Turning the tabloids Apr 4, 2008
Scriptwriting, after all, assisted Affleck's triumphant entry into Hollywood in 1997, when he and Matt Damon won a best-screenplay Oscar for Good Will Hunting. With Gone Baby Gone there was the additional possibility - again echoing Good Will Hunting's winning formula - that Affleck would also star in the movie as an amateur private detective investigating the kidnapping of a four-year-old girl. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Good will hunting Mar 31, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Beyond the tangled web of Heath Ledger's estate, two final films and his celebrated Brokeback performance ensure the money will keep flowing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
After the shock, the services and two months of sorrow, Heath ... Mar 30, 2008
Good will hunting - Heath Ledger - Film - Entertainment - smh. com. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Divorce for Robin Williams Mar 27, 2008
Williams won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the 1997 film 'Good Will Hunting' and has been nominated for an Academy Award for three other movies: 'Good Morning Vietnam', 'The Fisher King', and 'Dead Poets Society. AFP. (iAfrica.com)
Robin Williams' 2nd wife files for divorce Mar 27, 2008
Williams won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the film "Good Will Hunting." He has been nominated for an Oscar for three other movies: "Good Morning Vietnam," "The Fisher King," and "Dead Poets Society.". Garces has worked as a producer on several of Williams films including "Jakob the Liar," "Patch Adams," and "Mrs. Doubtfire.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Here's to 'bromance' Mar 25, 2008
From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to Good Will Hunting, popular culture is filled with examples of straight guy love. The sitcom "Friends often crafted jokes around the ultra-tight nature of Joey and Chandlers relationship, and in the 2005 film "Wedding Crashers, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson seemed to have something more like a tortured love affair than a friendship. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Big Give or Take? Mar 24, 2008
This is like if and s idea for Good Will Hunting was just stolen by the (former Miramax cheeses) Weinsteins, Tracy sniffed. I am the architect of that show and its framework has been stolen. (Boston Herald)
'Paranoid Park:' Minor Van Sant Work Packs a Muted Punch Mar 21, 2008
tries his hand at creating a cinematic murder ballad with "Paranoid Park," yet another fascinating, if not entirely successful, digression in a career that has moved with surprising ease between such indie bellwethers as "Drugstore Cowboy" and "My Own Private Idaho" and big-canvas productions such as "To Die For" and "Good Will Hunting.". This Story. (Washington Post)
Orbitz Invites Travelers to Hit on 21! Mar 20, 2008
As culture-rich cities like Boston and Chicago have been the settings for some memorable movies like Good Will Hunting, The Departed, The Untouchables and many others, cities like Las Vegas and Austin are also climbing the ranks ... The numerous colleges and universities in Boston have provided a collegial backdrop for movies such as Good Will Hunting ... Visitors to Boston can ride the same Red Line train that carried Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting and Martin Sheen in The Departed, and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Robin Williams Set for `Law & Order' Mar 20, 2008
After his breakthrough role on the 1980s sitcom "Mork ," Williams' career has mostly centered on a mix of movies, including "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Dead Poets Society" and "Patch Adams." He won an Academy Award for 1997's "Good Will Hunting.". The "Special Victims Unit" episode with Williams, titled "Authority," is the show's 200th, Golum said. (Newsmax)
Robin Williams on the Down-L&O Mar 19, 2008
Additionally, it was his serious, albeit warm and fuzzy, turn in Good Will Hunting that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1998. To TVGuide. (E! Online)
Robin Williams to guest star on 'SVU' Mar 19, 2008
He won an Academy Award for 1997s Good Will Hunting. . (MSNBC -- News)
Minnie Driver Confirms Pregnancy Mar 19, 2008
The Good Will Hunting star sparked rumors of a pregnancy after she was photographed leaving a Los Angeles clinic last month. The 38-year-old was forced to admit the news on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday night after Leno commented she had gained weight. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
It's a wrap - 'Milk' filming ends in S.F. Mar 19, 2008
Both stopped by to watch Penn and director Gus Van Sant, whom Williams worked with on "Good Will Hunting.". Thousands of San Franciscans marched in a simulation of the Gay Freedom Parade that was held on June 25, 1978, and of the vigil in November that year to commemorate the deaths of Milk and Mayor George Moscone, both murdered by Supervisor Dan White. (San Francisco Chronicle)
I'm not fat - I'm pregnant, Driver tells Leno Mar 17, 2008
Driver, who was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar for her role in Good Will Hunting, recently starred on the F/X cable TV series The Riches. Source: The Sun-Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Minnie Driver tells Jay Leno shes pregnant Mar 15, 2008
Over the years, Driver has been romantically linked to the likes of John Cusack, Criss Angel and her Good Will Hunting co-star Matt Damon. She was also engaged to Josh Brolin in 2001. (MSNBC -- News)
Affleck, Garner to Raise Money for Obama Mar 15, 2008
He won an Academy Award in 1998 for writing the screenplay for "Good Will Hunting" with pal Matt Damon. Garner, 35, has been filming scenes from a new movie in Boston. (Newsmax)
Paranoid Park Mar 8, 2008
He had been nominated for best director at the Oscars the year before with Good Will Hunting. In 1995, he had made To Die For, one of the best media satires of the 1990s. (Sydney Morning Herald)
* [PLANET POP] Mar 3, 2008
But Kimmel got his revenge with his own spoof music video that he aired on his post-Oscar talk show, in which he revealed he was having an affair with actor Ben Affleck who won an Oscar with Damon for writing Good Will Hunting. The video parody features a shirtless Kimmel quietly strumming his guitar in a romantic ballad dedicated to Affleck, who then joins Kimmel in a series of embarrassing poses. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Affleck-Kimmel Video a Web Sensation Feb 29, 2008
At one point, Damon gestures to Silverman's chest and defiantly asks, "Hey, Kimmel, how do you like them apples?" a homage to his oft-quoted line in "Good Will Hunting.". Silverman then confesses, "Last week when I was playing Scrabble with you online, I was f -ing Matt Damon.". (Fox News)
In the beginning was the word Feb 25, 2008
Maybe composing the next Good Will Hunting, an Oscar winner in 1977 for a couple of guys in their mid-20s, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, authors of their very first screenplay. Sponsored Links. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Oscars: Worst best pictures Feb 23, 2008
Good Will Hunting and L.A. Confidential were robbed. Gladiator (2000): Big winner all the way around. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Minnie Driver expecting daughter Feb 22, 2008
Good Will Hunting' star Driver previously dated Matt Damon but was famously dumped live on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Casey Affleck is teachers 3rd Oscar nominee Feb 22, 2008
After Specas classes, Ben Affleck said it was natural for him and Damon to write their own roles and try to get their own movie made, as they did with 1997s Good Will Hunting, which won them Oscars for best original screenplay. INTERACTIVE. (MSNBC -- News)
Oscar will love Old Men Feb 20, 2008
And while its probably a shoo-in in the original screenplay category where stripper-turned-blogger-turned-screenwriter Diablo Cody became one of the most written-about film scribes since Affleck and Damon decided to collaborate on Good Will Hunting Juno has its work cut out for it as a would-be best picture. For one thing, its a comedy, and the last out-and-out funny movie that took the top prize (the unintentional laughs of Crash notwithstanding) was Annie... (MSNBC -- News)
Minnie Driver reportedly pregnant Feb 19, 2008
Good Will Hunting' star Driver previously dated Matt Damon but was famously dumped live on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has also been romantically linked to John Cusack and was rumored to be engaged to magician Criss Angel. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Handicapping the Oscars Feb 17, 2008
Since Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won for "Good Will Hunting," this category has drawn more attention than humble scribes are used to. It's a pat on the back for a film that academy members want to honor in some way, like "Little Miss Sunshine.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lawsuit filed against DHS Feb 17, 2008
February 17, 2008 - 6:51 AM Sub-Navigation. Degrassi: The Next Generation. (FOX23.com, OK)
Waz Set Visit Feb 13, 2008
The charismatic star of Good Will Hunting, Ronin and the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films seems pretty comfortable with his lack of clothes (he is Swedish after all), so averting our eyes in as professional a way as possible, we sit down to talk. IGN: Nice dressing gown ; is that for the film. (IGN FilmForce)
Acad music branch courts controversy Feb 13, 2008
"Charges that the music branch is out of touch with contemporary music don't wash, Bona says, "because over the last decade or so, they have nominated some cutting-edge people" including rapper Eminem ("8 Mile"), hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia ("Hustle ) and singers Elliott Smith ("Good Will Hunting") and Aimee Mann ("Magnolia"). "It's really about the voting process.". (Variety)
Whose line is it? Test your movie quote knowledge Feb 10, 2008
Ben Affleck as Chuckie Sullivan in Good Will Hunting (1997). 2. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Josh Brolin To Play Twinkie-Crazed Assassin To Sean Penn's Harvey Milk Feb 8, 2008
"This was a tough time, the end of one era and the beginning of another one," Brolin said of the angle of the film, which is being directed by "Good Will Hunting" Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant. "Harvey Milk, the gay thing ... it was a major transitional thing in San Francisco. [White] couldn't see the big picture. ... This guy can't see beyond the length of his arm. The only way he feels he can have control over anything is by shooting somebody. It's really sad.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
What Your Favorite Movies Say About You Feb 6, 2008
(Famous example: Sean Maguire in "Good Will Hunting"). Continued. (CBS News)
The runts step up Feb 6, 2008
Accomplishments: Co-winner of best original screenplay Oscar for the film Good Will Hunting. Golden Globe nominee for acting in Hollywoodland. (Globe and Mail)
PICTURING HARVEY MILK Jan 31, 2008
" Black began interviewing anyone he could find, including Jones, political activist and one-time Milk aide Anne Kronenberg and former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, who was part of Milk's world. Black, who also has written for the HBO series "Big Love," finished his script last February. He showed it to Jones, who promptly took it to director Gus Van Sant, an old friend whose films include "Good Will Hunting," "Finding Forrester" and "My Own Private Idaho. " According to co-producers Dan Jinks... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sentimental picks, old and new, vie for awards Jan 23, 2008
A for Afflecks -- Ben Affleck already has an Academy Award, shared with Matt Damon, for writing "Good Will Hunting." Now, his younger brother, Casey Affleck, is a nominee for "Assassination of Jesse James ..." and actress Amy Ryan is nominated for Ben's directing debut, "Gone Baby Gone." It's about the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl from working-class Dorchester. Foreign language class -- Marion Cotillard, who delivers a stunning performance in French as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose," is... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Crowding to see Patti Jan 19, 2008
The trade mag makes the case that Affleck's second act may be more impressive than his first, during which he won a screenplay Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" and starred in a slew of blockbusters. "Part genre pic, part politically charged melodrama, 'Gone Baby Gone' does not feel like the work of a novice," Variety's Matthew Ross writes of Affleck's directorial debut. (Boston Globe)
Continuereading Jan 15, 2008
Big movies since: Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, Ocean's trilogy, Bourne trilogy (Damon); Good Will Hunting, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Daredevil, The Sum of All Fears, Gone Baby Gone (Affleck). Lowdown: Good Will Hunting might've broken Matt and Ben out, but they were acting long before their Oscar winner. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Weinstein Co. expects to sign interim deal with striking writers as industry layoffs mount Jan 12, 2008
The Weinstein name has been attached to award-winning films including The English Patient, Good Will Hunting and Chicago. While the initial catalyst for the deal was Harvey and Bob Weinstein's relationships with writers, it was their concern over the strike's growing impact, job losses and the negotiations stalemate that pushed them to act, according to the person familiar with the deal. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
for the record Jan 10, 2008
Think of "Miss Misery," for which Elliott Smith received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song when it appeared on the "Good Will Hunting" soundtrack. The more recent "Across the Universe," on the other hand, a musical chronicling the 1970s exclusively through Beatles songs, rests heavily on the unshakable fortress of its music. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
New on DVD: 'Waitress' is a bittersweet treat Nov 30, 2007
2007 World Series (2007, Shout Factory, unrated, $20): Given that Good Will Hunting took place not in Denver but you know where, Matt Damon is an apt narrator to commemorate the four-game Boston Red Sox sweep of the temporarily miracle Colorado Rockies (though Games 2 and 4 were close). To juice up minimal suspense, a litany of extras includes BoSox outfielder J.D. Drew's playoff grand slam, pitcher Josh Beckett fanning the side in the Series opener and grown men dousing each other in an orgy of... (USA Today -- Life)
In a Supporting Role Nov 26, 2007
NOW Winters lost the ponytail for his role as Cyril O'Reily on HBO's Oz, but dug out his scrunchy for 2001's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where he reunited with Damon and Affleck to parody the Good Will Hunting scene for their good buddy, director Kevin Smith. Yes, he likes them apples. (Boston Globe)
Behind the Scenery Nov 26, 2007
NOW No establishment has capitalized on Good Will Hunting like the L Street Tavern ... "I have people coming in here asking about the Bow & Arrow, but nobody asks about Good Will Hunting," she says. (Boston Globe)
A Tourist's Guide to Boston Nov 21, 2007
The tour might even allow you to stop for a drink at the L Street Tavern, where Will, Chuckie, Morgan, and Billy hung out in 1997's Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting. The Boston Beer Company - brewers of the world-class Samuel Adams beer, they offer tours of their facilities almost daily. (Suite101.com)
