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Who remembers when Ben Affleck and Matt Damon stole everyone's hearts by winning their maiden Oscars in 1997?! The best friend duo had their defining moment 19 years ago when they accepted the ...
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.It stars Robin Williams, Damon, Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver.
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]
Damon's mother, Lesley University professor Nancy Carlsson Paige, [2] and Affleck's mother, schoolteacher Chris Affleck-Boldt, [3] had known each other professionally for some time when, in 1980, they introduced their sons to one another during a playdate at Affleck's home. [4] At the time, Damon was 10 years old, and Affleck was 8. [5]
Childhood besties Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were in their twenties when they won their first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1998. (At 25, Affleck became the youngest person to ever win an ...
Academy Award winners and best friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a shot at more Oscar recognition for producing the documentary “Kiss the Future.” Variety has learned exclusively the ...
The film Good Will Hunting, co-starring and co-written by Affleck and Damon, was released in 1997 to widespread acclaim and won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. At the age of 25, Affleck became the youngest writer to ever win an Oscar for screenwriting.
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.