Gus Van Sant's 2000 Finding Forrester was quickly billed " Good Will Hunting in the Hood.

Coming of age was dealt with in Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ), race relationships were a theme in American History X ( 1998 ), and the AIDs epidemic and discrimination were the focus of Philadelphia ( 1993 ).

Many restaurant and shop names use puns: Cane & Able mobility healthcare, Tiecoon tie shop, Planet of the Grapes wine and spirits, as do books, such as Pies and Prejudice, comics ( YU + ME: dream ) and films ( Good Will Hunting ).

In other programmes and films, airports are merely indicative of journeys, e. g. Good Will Hunting.

US actor Matt Damon, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his sensitive portrayal of a math genius working as a janitor in Good Will Hunting, metamorphosed into an action hero with the car-chase and gunfire-filled Jason Bourne franchise.

* Good Will Hunting

Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song, " Miss Misery "— included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting — was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998.

In 1996, Smith was tapped by director and fellow Portland resident Gus Van Sant to be a part of the soundtrack to his film, Good Will Hunting.

* Actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who grew up near Zinn and were family friends, gave A People's History a plug in their Academy Award-winning screenplay for Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ).

There, they evade a security guard ( Diedrich Bader ) and make their way through multiple movie sets, including Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season.

* The final scene of the film Good Will Hunting, in which Will is seen driving on the highway, was filmed on the section of the Mass Pike in Stockbridge.

In light of 1997's big winner, Titanic, the film won only the Oscar for Best Original Music Score ( Musical or Comedy ) by Anne Dudley, with the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars going to Titanic and its director James Cameron, and the Best Original Screenplay Oscar going to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting.

Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård.

Good Will Hunting was both a critical and financial success.

Goldman has consistently denied the persistent rumor that he wrote Good Will Hunting or acted as a script doctor.

His film scores have included Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, Spider-Man, Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas and dozens more.

* In the movie Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon's character quotes Beecher at his arraignment for assaulting a Police Officer.

His famous miscue is also referenced in the films Good Will Hunting, Rounders and Fever Pitch, the episode Brother's Little Helper of The Simpsons, and the musical Johnny Baseball.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Good Will Hunting, and an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.

She achieved greater recognition playing opposite Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ), a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award, among others.

He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director — for Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ) and Milk ( 2008 ), both of which were also nominated for Best Picture — and won the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant ( 2003 ).

In 1997, the director gained mainstream acceptance thanks to Good Will Hunting, starring and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

The success of Good Will Hunting afforded Van Sant the opportunity to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho.

* In the 2006 film The Good Shepherd Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, a Skull and Bones recruit who joins the OSS to help with a mission in London.

* A Good Year ( 2006 )

In 2006 he re-teamed with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for A Good Year, the first of two consecutive collaborations ( the second being American Gangster co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007 ).

The Good German, a romantic drama set in post-war Berlin starring Cate Blanchett and Clooney, was released in late 2006.

The band covered the Beatles hit " Good Day Sunshine " for the 2006 album All Together Now: Beatles Stuff for Kids of All Ages.

** James Brown, African-American soul musician ( I Feel Good ) ( d. 2006 )

She gained critical acclaim for her performances in the independent films She's the One ( 1996 ), Office Space ( 1999 ), The Good Girl ( 2002 ) and Friends with Money ( 2006 ).

* The Good Shepherd ( 2006 )

* The Good German ( 2006 )

This new project, entitled Good Monsters, was released on September 5, 2006.

*" Waiting for a Train " Excerpt from Douglas Harper's Good Company: A Tramp Life ( 2006 ) ISBN 978-1-59451-184-4

* In The Times Good University Guide ( June 2006 ), Accounting and Finance was listed as one of the Top 20 university departments in the UK for Accounting and Finance-one of only four Scottish departments to make the Top 20

As of early 2006, these six songs from the first Rutles CD ( which were not on the original LP release ) are credited solely to Neil Innes: " Baby Let Me Be ", " Between Us ", " Blue Suede Schubert ", " Get Up And Go ", " Goose Step Mama ", and " It's Looking Good ".

She has appeared in guest roles on Family Ties ( 1985 ), ER ( 1999 ), Law and Order: Special Victims Unit ( 2002 ), 7th Heaven ( 2004 ), Law and Order: Criminal Intent ( 2006 ), Surface ( 2006 ), The Good Wife ( 2009, 2010 & 2012 ), Medium ( 2009 ), Greys Anatomy ( 2009 ), Fringe ( 2010 ) and How To Make It In America ( 2010 ).

He has directed several music videos ( such as Girlicious ' " Like Me "), as well as newcoming artists, Destinee & Paris's " FairyTale " music video, and in 2006, the feature film The Good Mother starring Angie Harmon, produced by Billy Pollina.

Pop singer Jamelia's song " Window Shopping " ( from her 2006 album Walk with Me ) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound effect as well as Mrs. Slocombe's voice inquiring, " Good morning, Mr Grainger ; are you free?

According to a couple of old timers, brothers Euler B. Thompson ( 1909 – 2005 ) and Branan G. Thompson ( 1912 – 2006 ), Good Hope has a rich history dating back over 200 years with a couple of different versions of its origination.

* Mike Evans ( 1949 – 2006 ), Actor and co-creator of the show Good Times

* Cherry Jones — Actress ; Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1991 ( Nominee-Our Country's Good ), 1995 ( Winner-The Heiress ), 2000 ( Nominee-A Moon for the Misbegotten ), 2005 ( Winner-Doubt ); Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1995 ( Winner-The Heiress ), 1998 ( Winner-Pride's Crossing ), 2005 ( Winner-Doubt ), 2006 ( Nominee-Faith Healer )

In September 2006, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei established the Institute of the Good Shepherd, made up of former members of the Society of St. Pius X, in Bordeaux, France, with permission to use the Tridentine liturgy.

At the 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana.

George Clooney at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats ( film ) | The Men Who Stare At Goats in the 2009 Toronto International Film FestivalClooney next appeared in The Good German ( 2006 ), a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post-World War II Germany.