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The Legacy Of 'Good Will Hunting' 20 Years Later
ResumeTwenty years ago, moviegoers met Will Hunting, a working-class janitor from Southie with a chip on his shoulder, who was also a math genius.
"Good Will Hunting" made $225 million, won two Academy Awards, launched Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to stardom, and, as film critic Ty Burr writes for The Boston Globe, gave birth to a new genre: the modern Boston movie.
Guest
Ty Burr, film critic for The Boston Globe. He tweets @tyburr.
This segment aired on December 1, 2017.