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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant, set in Boston, Massachusetts. It tells the story of Will Hunting, a troubled prodigy who works as a janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, despite the fact that his knowledge of and facility with higher mathematics far outstrips that of anyone in the university. Will must learn to let go of the past in order to move on with his life. Good Will Hunting is the story of a young man and his struggle with both himself and personal relationships, trying to work through his problems so that he can open up to others, and begin putting his immeasurable intellectual potential to work. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (515x755, 104 KB)original film poster source:[1] This image is of a movie poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Jr. ... Lawrence Bender Lawrence Bender (born 1958) is a film producer and occasional actor. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Benjamin GÃ©za Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Benjamin GÃ©za Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver on 31 January 1971) is an Academy award nominated English actress and singer-songwriter, born in London to Ronnie Driver and his wife Gaynor. ... Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (helpÂ· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter who led the rock band Oingo Boingo from 1978 until its breakup in 1995, and has since gone on to become one of the most sought-after film score composers working in Hollywood today. ... Steven Paul Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 â€“ October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. ... Biography Pietro Scalia was born in Sicily in 1960. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Jr. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area - City 89. ... A child prodigy is someone who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age. ... A janitors bucket with mop A janitor is a person who takes care of a building, such as a school, office building, or apartment block. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ...

The movie was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The widely-spread rumor that Good Will Hunting was written by legendary screenwriter William Goldman was dismissed in Goldman's book Which Lie Did I Tell? as a joke that got out of hand. Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Benjamin GÃ©za Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade is a work of non-fiction first published in 2000 by novelist and screenwriter William Goldman. ...

The film could be compared to J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, and some themes from the book bear a resemblance to the subject and characterization of Will Hunting. The protagonist of the movie also has notable similarities to Srinivasa Ramanujan (mentioned in the movie), George Dantzig, and arguably, William James Sidis. Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (SrinivÄsa RÄmÄnujan IyengÄr)(Tamil: à®¸à¯à®°à¯€à®©à®¿à®µà®¾à®¸ à®°à®¾à®®à®¾à®©à¯à®œà®©à¯ à®à®¯à®™à¯à®•à®¾à®°à¯) (December 22, 1887 â€“ April 26, 1920) was an Indian mathematician widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematical minds in recent history1. ... George Bernard Dantzig (8 November 1914 â€“ 13 May 2005) was a mathematician who introduced the simplex algorithm and is considered the Father of linear programming. He was the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Science in 1975, the John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1974. ... William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 â€“ July 17, 1944) was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic abilities. ...

The film is dedicated in memory of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 â€“ April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet. ... William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) - August 2, 1997), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs (pronounced ), was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ...

Production

Affleck and Damon originally pitched the screenplay to Castle Rock Entertainment as a thriller: Young man in the rough-and-tumble streets of South Boston, who possesses a superior intelligence, is targeted by the FBI to become a G-Man. Castle Rock president Rob Reiner urged them to drop the thriller aspect of the story and to focus on Will's relationship with his psychologist. Screenwriter William Goldman further suggested that the film's climax ought to be Will's decision to follow Skylar to California. A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... The Castle Rock Entertainment logo. ... Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ...

Castle Rock bought the script for $675,000 against $775,000, meaning that Affleck and Damon would stand to earn an additional $100,000 if the film were produced and they retained sole writing credit. However, studios balked at the idea of Affleck and Damon in the lead roles. The script was put into turnaround, and Miramax bought the rights from Castle Rock. In film production, turnaround is the process where the rights to a project one studio has developed are sold to another studio in exchange for the cost of development. ... Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ...

After buying the rights from Castle Rock, Miramax gave the green light to put the film into production. While several well-known filmmakers were originally considered to direct, including Kevin Smith, Mel Gibson, Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh, Affleck and Damon's choice for the job was Gus Van Sant, whose work in previous films like Drugstore Cowboy (1989) had left an impression on the screenwriters. Miramax was persuaded and hired Van Sant to direct the film. Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and the founder of View Askew Productions. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American born Australian actor, director, and producer. ... Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director. ... Gus Van Sant Gus Van Sant Jr. ... Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Good Will Hunting was filmed on location in the Greater Boston area and Toronto over five months in 1996. Although the story is set in Boston, much of the film was shot at locations in Toronto, with the University of Toronto standing in for MIT and Harvard, and the classroom scenes filmed at McLennan Physical Laboratories and Central Technical School. However, the bar scenes set in South Boston ("Southie") were shot on-site. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area - City 232. ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... MapÃºa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapÃºaTech or simply MapÃºa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Central Tech Central Technical School is a vocational school in Toronto, Canada. ... Mural in South Boston saying Welcome to South Boston in English and FÃ¡ilte go mBoston Uheas in Irish. ...

Plot

Set in South Boston, Good Will Hunting is about Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a young man who immerses himself in books, drinking and friends to escape his anger and frustration stemming largely from his past experiences with abusive foster families. Will and his best friend, Chuckie Sullivan (Ben Affleck), hang out together with their small group of friends in impoverished areas of Boston, drinking and occasionally fighting down in Southie. Will works menial jobs, hiding his incredible genius (such as a talent for memorizing facts and an intuitive ability to solve complex math equations). File links The following pages link to this file: Good Will Hunting Categories: Video covers ... File links The following pages link to this file: Good Will Hunting Categories: Video covers ... Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent(s) cares for minor children or young people who have been removed from their biological parents or other custodial adults by state authority. ... A genius is a person of great intelligence. ...

While Will is working as a janitor at MIT, Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgård), a Fields Medalist and combinatorialist, puts a difficult problem for his graduate class on a chalkboard in the hallway, hoping that someone would be able to solve the 'challenge' by the end of the term. Will solves it overnight and secretly posts the answer the next day. This throws the classes and professors into confusion, wondering who could have solved the equation. Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (helpÂ· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ... The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place every four years. ... Combinatorics is a branch of pure mathematics concerning the study of discrete (and usually finite) objects. ...

At some point during the next few days, Will meets Skylar (Minnie Driver) at a Harvard bar, and she gives him her phone number. Meanwhile, at MIT, Lambeau and the other professors decide to put up a much more complicated problem — one that had taken him and his colleagues two years to prove. Soon after they have put up this second problem, Lambeau and his assistant find Will, in his janitor's uniform, writing on the chalkboard. Lambeau (thinking Will is vandalizing the board) is incensed and chases Will away, but then returns to the board to find his astonished assistant staring at the correctly solved theorem. Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver on 31 January 1971) is an Academy award nominated English actress and singer-songwriter, born in London to Ronnie Driver and his wife Gaynor. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[2] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ...

While Lambeau is in the process of trying to track Will down, Will and his friends pick a fight. Will continues brutally beating a man who once picked on him in kindergarten, even as the police arrive and his friends escape. Will is arrested, and during his arrest hits a cop, which seems to guarantee that he will be facing jail time.

Lambeau meets with Will after the court hearing and lays out his options: Either he can go to jail, or he can be released under Lambeau's personal supervision, as per a deal that Lambeau worked out with the judge privately. The latter option comes with two conditions: Firstly, Will must work on advanced mathematics with Lambeau, and secondly, he must see a therapist. // Psychotherapy is a range of techniques based on dialogue, communication and behavior change and which are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as in a family). ...

Will does extremely well in the math sessions with Lambeau; however, he is averse to seeing a therapist, and quickly drives off several well known therapists whom Lambeau has arranged for him to see. On the verge of giving up, Lambeau takes Will to meet his former college roommate, a psychologist, Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), who teaches at Bunker Hill Community College, to mostly uninterested, uninspired students. Bunker Hill Community College is a two-year college located in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which is a neighborhood of Boston. ...

After a difficult start, Sean concludes that Will's defensiveness is the result of years of physical and emotional abuse, (as well as intense isolation), and that his hostile, sarcastic, and evasive behaviors are all defense mechanisms. The two work together to break through Will's considerable barriers, using a certain type of psychotherapy, and to get at the heart of the problem, dealing with Will's complex emotions. The two begin to relate to each other more, with Sean telling Will about his past and his happiness with his now deceased wife, which makes an impression on Will, particularly how Sean gave up his ticket to see the Red Sox in the 1975 World Series (thus missing Carlton Fisk's famous home run in Game 6) to meet and spend time with a stranger in a bar who would later become his wife. This encourages Will to try to establish a deeper relationship with Skylar, whom he has gone on a few dates with after nearly having failed to ever call her. Major league affiliations American League (1901â€“present) East Division (1969â€“present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908â€“present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912â€“present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... The 1975 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. ... Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26, 1947 in Bellows Falls, Vermont) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for 24 years with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ...

At the same time, however, the well-intentioned Lambeau is attempting to push Will to excel in his direction, not seeing or perhaps not comprehending just how sensitive Will is and how he could snap in a second if pushed. Tensions eventually boil between Lambeau and Sean at a bar, resulting in a public argument that has Lambeau walking off. To make things worse, Will blows off several lucrative interviews that Lambeau has arranged for him, or in one case, sends his friend Chuckie in his place.

After he and Skylar have been involved for some time, she eventually asks Will to move to California with her, as she will begin medical school at Stanford University. Will panics at the thought of disrupting his life so greatly and shrinks from the emotional closeness that would be involved. He explodes, and begins yelling, revealing a great many things about his life to her, and the lies he told her. Will coldly walks out of her room while Skylar collapses in tears. Days later, after she leaves on a plane, he goes back to his normal habits. Stanford Medical School Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. ...

Later at the professor's office, Lambeau chastises his protege for standing up the job interviews he had lined up for him. Will shrugs it off, which irks Lambeau. An angry Will tells Lambeau that the work he is giving him is so easy it's a joke. He then sets fire to a proof he had done for Lambeau, sending the professor running to put it out. Lambeau is hurt by Will's actions, and admits that he is incapable of doing the proof that Will considers "a joke" and carelessly burns. He seems envious of, and haunted by, the sheer magnitude of Will's ability; he tells Will that he wishes he had never met him, so he could sleep at night without the knowledge that someone like Will existed. At this, Will just walks away, shutting the door behind him. Lambeau, still kneeling on the ground by the burned proof, and still emotional, quietly says the other reason he wishes he'd never met Will: so he wouldn't have to watch Will throw it all away.

Next Will attends a job interview with the NSA, with the interviewer and a U.S. General promising him a bright future. At his next therapy session, Will discusses how he turned down the job offer as a way of avoiding misery. Sean however begins to see the flip side, perceiving that Will spends so much time and energy seeing all the things that can go wrong down the road in order to avoid pain, that he ends up paralyzed into complete inaction. Will chooses to remain in this state, which is often somewhat miserable, rather than take the risk of something new coming along to hurt him. Sean asks Will if he feels alone in the world and challenges him to name a single soul mate or person who challenges him and with whom Will has a meaningful relationship. The conversation continues and culminates with Sean asking Will a simple question about his future career, “What do you want to do?” Will responds that he wants to be a shepherd and tend to his sheep. Annoyed, Sean ends the session early which enrages Will who verbally attacks him. Sean calmly keeps asking Will what he wants to do and compellingly proves his point that Will has no answer to that question. Will leaves in a huff. NSA can stand for: National Security Agency of the USA The British Librarys National Sound Archive This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

About a week later as Will is working at a construction site, he takes a break with his friend Chuckie. As the two split a six pack, Chuckie lets Will know how he feels about their situation. He tells him that Will, with his unparalleled intellectual abilities but working construction, is basically "sittin' on a winnin' lottery ticket," and too afraid to cash it in. Chuckie also bluntly admits that he, and any of their friends, would do anything to have what Will has, and he hates the fact that his friend is wasting his potential by living the same impoverished life. Chuckie says that his greatest hope is that one day when he goes to pick Will up for work in his car, he simply won't be there. Furthermore, if Will continues to spend his life living the same way, he is doing a disservice not just to himself but also to Chuckie, who wants to see him happy and successful.

Lambeau and Sean argue in Sean's office about Will's future, (which also becomes partially about longstanding issues and arguments between the two, as well as their different ways of looking at the world), when Will walks in, unintentionally breaking up the discussion. Lambeau walks off and Sean begins their therapy session. It is then that the two begin to have a discussion about childhood abuse, which they have both experienced firsthand as victims. Sean, very gently assures Will that "it's not your fault," prompting Will to immediately put up his defenses, first thinking of it as a joke and later becoming furious. Will eventually comes to tears and embraces Sean, shaking and apologizing.

At the end of the movie, upon reflecting on his options and current path in life, Will decides to take a risk. He has reconciled with Sean and they part as friends. Lambeau arrives at Sean's office to apologize but Sean lets him leave his apology unsaid. (Sean does the same with his own). As Lambeau sees his friend packing his bags, he asks where he's heading off to, of which Sean intends to travel the world. Sean tells Lambeau of an upcoming class reunion and tells Lambeau that he will buy him a drink at it. Lambeau responds that the drinks at the reunion are free, and Sean says he was being "ironical". The two decide to head out for a drink.

After he finds out that his friends, led by Chuckie, have built a car for him for his 21st birthday gift, (which a grateful Will calls "the ugliest fuckin' car I've ever seen"), Will decides to follow his heart and go to California to find Skylar, instead of continuing his life in Boston. Will casts aside the lucrative job opportunities that Lambeau had offered him, and puts his heart on the line, leaving it up to "fate", but not before dropping by Sean's apartment, who is still in the process of packing his things. As Will drives off, Sean finds a note in his mailbox from Will explaining what he was doing and using the line "I have to go see about a girl", the very same line that Sean told his friends when he first spotted his future wife in a bar.

The next morning, Chuckie and his buddies drop by Will's apartment with Chuckie showing up at his doorstep, to find Will gone. A smile forms on Chuckie's face as he walks back to his car, realizing his friend has finally left.

The movie ends with a scene of Will driving his car on the highway, headed to California.

Cast

Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Benjamin GÃ©za Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film actor, director, and Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter. ... Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (helpÂ· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ... Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver on 31 January 1971) is an Academy award nominated English actress and singer-songwriter, born in London to Ronnie Driver and his wife Gaynor. ... Caleb Casey Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... Cole K. Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. ... Born in Hamilton, lives in Toronto, Canada. ... Bunker Hill Community College is a two-year college located in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which is a neighborhood of Boston. ...

Reception

The reviews for Good Will Hunting were, for the most part, favorable and the film garnered many positive reviews. As well, many film critics appreciated the ideas the film explored. Of those who gave the film negative reviews, many objected to its coarse language and content. It has a 96% "Fresh" rating according to film review compilation website Rotten Tomatoes [1]. Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

According to the box office reports, Good Will Hunting grossed $225 million internationally (twenty-two times the film's budget). Although the film's limited release at the end of 1997 (traditional for likely Oscar candidates) merely hinted at its future success, the film caught on thanks to good reviews and a strong reception by the American public. The film received international praise, in part due to the acting of Robin Williams and Matt Damon, both of whom were nominated for Academy Awards for the film, with Williams winning. The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

Box office

Released in US: December 5, 1997 (limited), January 9, 1998 (wide)
Opening Weekend: $272,912 (limited), $10,261,471 (wide)
Studio: Miramax
Total US Gross: $138,433,435
Production Budget: $10,000,000
Rentals: $53,988,000
Worldwide Gross: $225,900,000

Trivia

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Soundtrack

The late Elliott Smith contributes the most to this soundtrack. Smith's "Miss Misery" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song, but lost out to Celine Dion's Titanic theme, "My Heart Will Go On". Steven Paul Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 â€“ October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. ... The album Fishermans Blues marked a change in the sound of The Waterboys, abandoning their earlier grandiose rock sound for a mixture of traditional Irish music, country music and rock and roll. ... The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. ... Luscious Jackson is an all-woman band formed in 1991 in New York City named for a basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers (Lucious Brown Luke Jackson). ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter who led the rock band Oingo Boingo from 1978 until its breakup in 1995, and has since gone on to become one of the most sought-after film score composers working in Hollywood today. ... Promotional artwork for the Foo Fighters 1998 cover of Gerry Raffertys song. ... Gerry Rafferty (born Gerard Rafferty, 16 April 1947, in Paisley) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. ... Andru Donalds is a musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Al Green may refer to: Al Green (musician) Al Green (politician) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... CÃ©line Marie Claudette Dion, OC OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ...

While Danny Elfman's score was nominated for an Oscar, only two cues appear on the film's soundtrack release. Elfman's "Weepy Donuts" was used on NBC's Today Show on September 11, 2006, while Matt Lauer spoke during the opening credits. OSCAR is an acronym for Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Matthew Todd Lauer (December 30, 1957) is an American television personality. ...

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Awards

Wins

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Nominations

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External links

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