Kevin Smith and Mel Gibson Almost Directed "Good Will Hunting"

And?

A "police silence"?

What, is that after the 21 gun salute, or before?

At least smith knows his limits, imagine the sh*t bomb that would've been, disaster averted.

And I almost banged Charlize Theron.


NOT!

I appreciate articles like this which offers an interesting background story to an amazing flawless film - one of my favs. This essentially launched the careers of two of Hollywood's now heavy and sought after actor and director. The Oscars recognized the freshness of these two “wonder-kids” by awarding them with Best Screenplay. Kevin Smith demonstrating good sense here in choosing not to direct it - know your limitations is about right Ozzie. I'm glad that Freeman and Deniro were not involved. As the casting of Skarsgard (not as well known at the time) and Williams struck a better balance. Also yielded Williams first Oscar win in the Best Supporting Actor category which was about damn well time the Academies honored the man (whose prior Oscar worthy work included Awakenings, Dead Poets Society and Good Morning Vietnam). Williams played the psychiatrist role here with quiet restraint, sensitivity and compassion.

How do you like them apples? Now, I gotta go see about a girl.

(sorry I couldn't resist)

^ One of the better comments I've ever read on this site...

Son of a bitch stole my line.

If Kevin could touched? emagine that... creepy

@nzfilmmaker – thanks bud

@Ranger – LOL

The full read on Boston Magazine link is worthwhile. Here Damon and Affleck express their love for Boston, their Mothers and persistence in developing this screenplay as a vehicle to catapult their own stardom (like Stallone did with Rocky). They also showed how much Studios jerked them around with countless rewrites so much so the screenwriters started incorporating blowjobs into the script between Sean and Will - thankfully deleted by Weinstein when he got his hands on this project and steered it back on production course. Great to hear that Damon / Affleck will reunite as actor / director to tell the story about Boston's Whitey Bulger - an organized crimelord who locals revered with Robin Hood sentiments. Even as mega-stars these two always express a desire to want to return to their roots and show us the backyards they played in. Now that they are living high on the hog they can afford talk at lengths over this creative gem as their rise to meteoric fame and fortune is well deserved.

I almost read this article.

are we in 1999?

And I care why??

ha ha ha
if mel gibson directed...

Good JEW hunting

the ones you've all been waiting for

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And yet part of the reason Good Will Hunting won the awards it won was for the championing of Howard Zinn's take on American history, which was awkwardly shoehorned into the screenplay.

Funny how people always miss the obvious things.

this looks f*ckin amazing

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-footage-from-only-god-forgives-arrives-in-new-teaser-20130105