Product Description

Winner of the Golden Globe award for Best Original Screenplay of 1997, "Good Will Hunting" is the story of a mathematical genius who refuses to accept his talent. A psychologist takes him under his wing and tries to help him resolve his personal traumas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170289 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
As director Gus Van Sant observes in the introduction to Matt Damon's and Ben Affleck's screenplay Good Will Hunting, the two young actors somewhat resemble the characters they play in the film: they're best friends, and Affleck (who plays Chuckie) habitually chauffeurs Damon (Will), who doesn't drive. Van Sant says we can see how badly Damon drives by watching the film's last scene, in which he is actually driving the car with the camera mounted on it. But Damon and company write better than he drives; this script contains some of the boldest and best monologues since Pulp Fiction.

Van Sant and cast member Robin Williams helped the young actors tame the tigers in their cranial tanks, trimming the script into a precision instrument. Though the stills from the film are not perfectly matched to their places in the script, this story remains as much a joy to read as it is to watch on the big screen.

Customer Reviews

A good background for the movie
This screenplay gives a very good background view of the movie and adds to what we see on screen. the book includes stills from the movie which help connect the two genres. The introduction written by the movies' director, Gus Van Sant, gives insight into the writing of the screenplay and how the various elements came together to create the movie, Good Will Hunting.