Good Will Hunting - The Script Source

1 good will HUNTINGbyMatt Damon & Ben AffleckFADE IN:EXT. SOUTH BOSTON ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE -- DAYCUT TO:INT. L STREET BAR & GRILLE, SOUTH BOSTON -- EVENINGThe bar is dirty, more than a little run down. If there is evera cook on duty, he's not here now. As we pan across severalempty tables, we can almost smell the odor of last nights beerand crushed pretzels on the my God, I got the most fucked upthing I been meanin' to tell the camera rises, we find FOUR YOUNG MEN seated around atable near the back of the Jesus. Here we guy holding court is CHUCKIE SULLIVAN, 20, and the largestof the bunch. He is loud, boisterous, a born entertainer. Nextto him is will Hunting , 20, handsome and confident, a soft-spoken leader. On will 's right sits BILLY MCBRIDE, 22, heavy,quiet, someone you definitely wouldn't want to tangle there is MORGAN O'MALLY, 19, smaller than the otherguys.

2 Wiry and anxious, Morgan listens to Chuckie's horrorstories with eager four boys speak with thick Boston accents. This is a rough,working class Irish neighborhood and these boys are its guys know my cousin Mikey Sullivan? you know how he loves animalsright? Anyway, last week he's drivin' (laughs)ALLWhat? Come on!CHUCKIE(trying not to laugh)I'm sorry, 'cause you know Mikey, thefuckin guy loves animals, and this isthe last person you'd want this tohappen , what the fuck happened?CHUCKIEOkay. He's driving along and thisfuckin' cat jumps in front of his car,and so he hits this cat--Chuckie is really laughing isn't funny--CHUCKIE--and he's like "shit! Motherfucker!"And he looks in his rearview and seesthis cat-- I'm sorry--BILLYF uckin' Chuckie!CHUCKIESo he sees this cat tryin to make itacross the street and it's not lookin'so 's walkin' pretty slow at this guys are fuckin' Mikey's like "Fuck, I gotta put thisthing out of its misery"--So he gets ahammer-- will /MORGAN/BILLYOH!

3 CHUCKIE--out of his tool box, and startschasin' the cat and starts whackin' itwith the hammer. You know, tryin' to putthe thing out of its all the time he's apologizin' to thecat, goin' "I'm sorry." BANG, "I'msorry." BANG!BILLYLike it can this Samoan guy comes runnin' out ofhis house and he's like "What the fuckare you doing to my cat?!" Mikey's like"I'm sorry"--BANG--" I hit your cat withmy truck, and I'm just trying to put itout of it's misery"-- BANG! And the catdies. So Mikey's like "Why don't youcome look at the front of the truck."'Cause the other guy's all fuckinflipped out about--WILLW atching his cat get gives will a look, but will only , so he's like "Check the front ofmy truck, I can prove I hit it 'causethere's probably some blood orsomething"-- will --or a tail--MORGANWILL!CHUCKIEAnd so they go around to the front ofhis there's another cat onthe !

4 Ugh!CHUCKIEIs that unbelievable? He brained aninnocent cat!BLACKOUT:The opening credits roll over a series of shots of the city andthe real people who live and work there, going about their see a panoramic view of South sits in his apartment, walls completely bare. A bed, asmall night table and an empty basket adorn the room. A stackof twenty or so LIBRARY BOOKS sit by his bed. He is flippingthrough a book at about a page a stands on the porch to will 's house. His Caddilac idlesby the curb. will comes out and they get in the travel across crowded public housing and onto , we gaze across the river and onto the great cement-domed buildings that make up the TO:INT. CLASSROOM -- DAYThe classroom is packed with graduate students and LAMBEAU (52) is at the lectern. The chalkboard behindhim is covered with finish McKinley by next of you probably had this asundergraduates in real analysis.

5 Itwon't hurt to brush up. I am alsoputting an advanced fourier system onthe main hallway chalkboard--Everyone (cont'd)I'm hoping that one of you might proveit by the end of the semester. The firstperson to do so will not only be in mygood graces, but go on to fame andfortune by having their accomplishmentrecorded and their name printed in theauspicious " Tech."Prof. Lambeau holds up a thin publication entitled " " Everyone (cont'd)Former winners include Nobel Laureates,world renowned astro-physicists, Field'sMedal winners and lowly (cont'd)Okay. That is smattering of applause. Students pack their TO:INT. FUNLAND LATERThe place is a monster indoor funpark. will , Chuckie, Morgan,and Billy are in adjoining batting cages. will has disabled thepitching machine in his and pitches to Chuckie. The boys havebeen drinking. will throws one to Chuckie, high and empty beer cans sit by the !

6 Another pitch, (cont'd)You're gonna get charged!WILLYou think I'm afraid of you, you bigfuck? You're crowdin' the guns another one, way brushin' me back!WILLStop crowdin the plate!Chuckie laughs and steps 's bouncin' at a bar up Harvard. Weshould go there are we gonna do up there?CHUCKIEI don't know, we'll fuck up some smartkids.(stepping back in)You'd prob'ly fit right fires a pitch at Chuckie's head. Chuckie dives to avoidbeing hit. He gets up and whips his batting helmet at TO:EXT. SOUTH BOSTON ROOFTOP -- EARLY AFTERNOONSEAN McGUIRE (52) sits, FORMALLY DRESSED, on the roof of hisapartment building in a beat-up lawn chair. Well-built andfairly muscular, he stares blankly out over the his lap rests an open invitation that reads " CLASS OF'67 REUNION."While the morning is quiet and Sean sits serenely, there is alook about his that tells us he has faced hard times.

7 This is aman who fought his way through life. On his lonely stare we:CUT TO:EXT. CAMPUS LAWN -- DAYA thirty year REUNION PARTY has taken over the lawn. A welldressed throng mill about underneath a large banner that reads"WELCOME BACK CLASS OF '72." We find Professor Lambeau standingwith a drink in his hand, surveying the crowd. He is interruptedby an approaching me, Professor Lambeau? 'm in your applied theories 're all down at the Math and 's know. We just couldn't wait 'tillMonday to find out what?STUDENTWho proved the TOM FOLEY PARK, S. BOSTON -- AFTERNOONIn the bleachers of the visiting section we find our boys,drinking and smoking cigarettes. will pops open a beer. The boyshave been here a while and it sees something that catches his 's that? She's got a nice reveals a girl in stretch pants talking to a beefylooking ITALIAN GUY (BOBBY CHAMPA)MORGANYah, that is a nice could put a pool in that 's she talking to?

8 MORGANThat fuckin' guinea, will knows , Bobby Champa. He used to beat theshit outta' me in 's a pretty big , he's the same size now as he was this, let's get something to Morgan, you're not gonna go talk toher?MORGANFuck boys get up and walk down the could go for a (nonchalant)Let's hit "Kelly's."CHUCKIEM organ, I'm not goin' to "Kelly's RoastBeef" just cause you like the take-outgirl. It's fifteen minutes out of else we gonna do we can't sparefifteen minutes?CHUCKIEAll right Morgan, fine. I'll tell youwhy we're not going to "Kelly's." It'sbecause the take-out bitch is a fuckin'idiot. I'm sorry you like her but she'sdumb as a post and she has never got ourorder right, never 's not 's sharp as a 're not goin'.(beat)I don't even like "Kelly's."CUT TO:INT. HALLWAY -- LATERL ambeau, still in his reunion formal-wear, strides down thehallway, carrying some papers.

9 A group of students have gatheredby the chalkboard. They part like the red sea as he approachesthe board. Using the papers in hand, he checks the , he turns to the is correct? Who did this?Dead silence. Lambeau turns to an INDIAN (cont'd)Nemesh?Nemesh shakes his head in erases the proof and starts putting up a new , whoever You are, I'm sure you'llfind this one challenging enough tomerit coming forward with your is, if you can do CHUCKIE'S CAR, DRIVING IN SOUTH BOSTON -- CONTINUOUSThe street is crowded as our boys drive down Broadway. They moveslowly through heavy traffic, windows down. Chuckie sortsthrough a large "KELLY'S ROAST BEEF" BAG as he holds the wheel for Chuckie as he looks through the (cont'd)(same tone)Double gets out fries for himself, hands will his (cont'd)I, I had a Kelly's Double you shut the fuck up! I know whatyou ordered, I was there!

10 MORGANSo why don't you give me my sandwhich?CHUCKIEWhat do you mean "your sandwhich?" Ibought (sarcastic)Yah, all much money you got?MORGANI told you, I just got give me your fuckin' change andwe'll put your fuckin' sandwhich on you gotta be an asshole Chuckie?CHUCKIEI think you should establish a good lineof , Chuckie goes back searching through the (cont'd)Oh didn't do it again did she?CHUCKIEJ esus Christ. Not even she get my Double Burger?CHUCKIENO SHE DIDN'T GET YOUR DOUBLE BURGER!!IT'S ALL FUCKIN' FLYIN' FISH FILET!!Chuckie whips a FISH SANDWHICH back to Morgan, then to , that's really bad, did anyoneeven order a Flyin' Fish?CHUCKIENo, and we got four of ' gotta' be kiddin' me. Why do we evengo to her?CHUCKIEC ause fuckin' Morgan's got a crush onher, we always go there and when we getto the window he never says a fuckin'word to her, he never even gets out ofthe car, and she never gets our orderright cause she's the goddamn MISSINGLINK!