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Damon and Ben Affleck co-wrote Good Will Hunting (1997), a screenplay about a young math genius, [1] which received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars [2] [3] and Golden Globes for Best Screenplay. [4] Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film. [2]
[34] [35] It received nine Academy Awards nominations, including Best Actor for Damon; he and Affleck won the Oscar and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. [36] He and Affleck were each paid salaries of $600,000, while the film grossed over $225 million at the worldwide box office.
They won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and Damon was nominated for Best Actor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He followed it by playing the title roles of a soldier in Steven Spielberg 's war drama Saving Private Ryan (1998) and of the criminal Tom Ripley in the thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), both of which gained critical and commercial ...
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Matt Damon’s Best Screenplay win at the 1998 Academy Awards was a bittersweet moment for the actor’s ex, Minnie Driver. “My face ” Driver, 53, commented on an Instagram clip of Damon, 53 ...
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon recall in an interview with Vanity Fair bringing their moms to the Academy Awards in 1998 after "Good Will Hunting" was nominated.
Matt Damon Nominated Best On-Screen Duo: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Nominated Best Kiss: Matt Damon and Minnie Driver Nominated National Board of Review Awards: Top Ten Films: 4th Place [71] Special Achievement in Filmmaking Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Won Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Picture Lawrence Bender Nominated [72]
See photos of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck from the 1997 Oscars: "I just said to Matt, 'Losing would suck, and winning would be really scary,'" Affleck joked to start off their speech. "And it's ...