Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant set in greater Boston, Massachusetts, which tells the story of Will Hunting, a troubled young who works as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology even though his knowledge of and facility with mathematics is superior to that of all of the school's faculty.

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1997 film - Gus Van Sant - Boston, Massachusetts - Janitor - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Mathematics

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The movie was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The widely-spread rumor that Good Will Hunting was written by legendary screenwriter William Goldman was refuted in Goldman's book Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade as a joke that got out of hand.

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Matt Damon - Ben Affleck - William Goldman - Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures In The Screen Trade

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It is often compared to J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, and some claim that it was written with a certain amount of influence from the novel. The protagonist of the movie also has notable similarities to Srinivasa Ramanujan or to the late George Dantzig.

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J.D. Salinger's - The Catcher in the Rye - Protagonist - Srinivasa Ramanujan - George Dantzig

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