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It is a familiar fairy tale. In this case, the peasant lad is Will Hunting (Matt Damon), an orphaned foster-home graduate from south Boston. The village school is MIT, and the ditch is the hallway he is mopping. Mathematics professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgård), has challenged his students to prove
a theorem, which he has posted on the hallway blackboard.Will solves the problem at home and posts it on the blackboard during his next shift. Lambeau is baffled when none of the students come forward to claim the prize, and posts another theorem. Will solves this one as well, but Lambeau catches him in the act of writing it on the board.
Will is somewhat adrift within his life, letting the currents carry him along. He is in and out of trouble with the law and finally ends up in jail for striking a police officer. Gerald Lambeau gets him out of jail, on two conditions: Will has to work with him at MIT, and he has to take counseling. Gerald Lambeau gets his old friend Sean McGuire (Robin Williams) to take the case. The initial going is pretty rocky, but Sean eventually breaks through Will’s isolation.
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best picture. Affleck and Damon won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, while Robin Williams won for Best Supporting Actor.
