Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Wikidata Q193835, film, IMDb tt0119217, TMDB 489: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Matt Damon as actor (‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan); 3 more episodes agree.

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The Big Picture

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Led to

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Connected to

Matt Damon: 2 lines unmapped ×1 programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Good Will Hunting → Matt Damon. Good Will Hunting plus its Damon/Affleck/Williams Oscar campaign started Amanda's interest in the stories around movies.
    “I think the 1st time I was aware of all of that was Goodwill Hunting”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:08:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

As Good as It Gets: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Good Will Hunting. A host would have given the Oscar to Damon; another recalls Nicholson more.
    “I love Matt Damon, but I remember Jack Nicholson's performance a lot more.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:48:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

F1: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): F1 → Good Will Hunting. Williams to Damon on the bench ranks first on the old-guy-schooling-young-guy list.
    “The best old guy schooling young guy scene ever to me is Robin Williams to Matt Damon on the bench.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (character type): Moneyball → Good Will Hunting. Peter Brand is like the wizard of math everyone is waiting to have his big moment.
    “I thought a lot about Goodwill hunting, watching this movie the 2nd time, you know, like the wizard who just kind of needs to tap into everything and all the math”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:32:05 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

My Cousin Vinny: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → Good Will Hunting. Hates movies that end on a car driving away; Good Will Hunting is the lazy example, but Vinny's car ending works.
    “I don't love a movie that ends with a shot of anybody doing anything in a car.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:32 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Sylvester Stallone: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Sylvester Stallone → Good Will Hunting. Asked whether Damon and Affleck's Good Will Hunting is the same make-your-own-movie story; the difference is they'd been in movies already.
    “Would Good Wolf Hunting be in the same mode of a movie where the guys just went, fuck it, we're going to make our own movie and explodes?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:25 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Titanic: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Good Will Hunting → Titanic. The era's teenage-girl default was Titanic 50 times; Amanda was drawn to Good Will Hunting instead.
    “one way to express yourself as a teenage girl was to like go to Titanic 50 times”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:08:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

What About Bob?: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (therapist movies): What About Bob? → Good Will Hunting. Bill's therapist Mount Rushmore includes both, along with Analyze This and Ordinary People.
    “Movies that had to include a therapist used in some profound way in the actual plot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:15:01 · Bill Simmons (0.95 sure it was them)

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What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → Good Will Hunting. Hates movies that end on a car driving away; Good Will Hunting is the lazy example, but Vinny's car ending works.
    “I don't love a movie that ends with a shot of anybody doing anything in a car.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:32 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Good Will Hunting → Titanic. The era's teenage-girl default was Titanic 50 times; Amanda was drawn to Good Will Hunting instead.
    “one way to express yourself as a teenage girl was to like go to Titanic 50 times”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:08:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Good Will Hunting → Matt Damon. Good Will Hunting plus its Damon/Affleck/Williams Oscar campaign started Amanda's interest in the stories around movies.
    “I think the 1st time I was aware of all of that was Goodwill Hunting”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:08:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (character type): Moneyball → Good Will Hunting. Peter Brand is like the wizard of math everyone is waiting to have his big moment.
    “I thought a lot about Goodwill hunting, watching this movie the 2nd time, you know, like the wizard who just kind of needs to tap into everything and all the math”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:32:05 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (therapist movies): What About Bob? → Good Will Hunting. Bill's therapist Mount Rushmore includes both, along with Analyze This and Ordinary People.
    “Movies that had to include a therapist used in some profound way in the actual plot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:15:01 · Bill Simmons (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (Boston accent): Matt Damon → Good Will Hunting. Damon is the best Boston accent in the cast, going back to Good Will Hunting.
    “Goodwill hunting, the part is the best.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:30:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): As Good as It Gets → Good Will Hunting. A host would have given the Oscar to Damon; another recalls Nicholson more.
    “I love Matt Damon, but I remember Jack Nicholson's performance a lot more.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:48:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): F1 → Good Will Hunting. Williams to Damon on the bench ranks first on the old-guy-schooling-young-guy list.
    “The best old guy schooling young guy scene ever to me is Robin Williams to Matt Damon on the bench.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sylvester Stallone → Good Will Hunting. Asked whether Damon and Affleck's Good Will Hunting is the same make-your-own-movie story; the difference is they'd been in movies already.
    “Would Good Wolf Hunting be in the same mode of a movie where the guys just went, fuck it, we're going to make our own movie and explodes?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:25 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Good Will Hunting: Amanda videotaped the Oprah episode where Damon and Affleck talked about the Minnie Driver breakup.
    “I videotaped the Oprah episode that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were on”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:08:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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