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Will Hunting is a janitor at M.I.T. who solves problems other students cannot at work. Will is a genius no doubt about that, but his childhood is filled with darkness making him defensive towards feelings. After being sentenced to jail he has no choice but to work with Professor Lambeau, and attend therapy. Will Hunting will now embark on a journey to find himself and realize what he truly wants in life. This first act begins with Will living in South Boston (a southie) as referred to in the movie

The film Finding Forrester, directed by Gus Van Sant in 2001 is a movie about a 16-year-old average boy named Jamal Wallace, who finds himself excelling on the basketball court, and has an intellectual secret talent for writing and reading, quite contrary to his orthodox friends. The surprisingly talented African American athlete is recruited by a top of the line private school and he looks for guidance to make the choice whether or not he should leave the place he knows for a better education.

the word ideology can be represented in many ways. Today’s basic understanding of the word can be defined as “the body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture” (Farlex, 2009).Gus Van Sant’s exceptional biopic Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008) depicts the story of Harvey Milk, the slain gay-rights activist who became the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet. Harvey Milk’s life changed history – his

‘Elephant’ is a film directed and written by Gus Van Sant and was inspired by a real incident that took place in 1999. The term “elephant” here is taken from the phrase “Elephant in the room” which means a significant issue that people overlook or do not resolve. The issue (elephant) here is high school shootings in America. Elephant is a serene, yet haunting experience that leaves viewers with a “spirit-crushing ennui” that images American culture (Zwick 2004). The movie tracks a handful of students

Lonesome Dove Book Report Lonesome Dove is a story in the western genre written by Larry McMurty. The book was published in 1985 and was the first book of a tetralogy, but third in chronology. The book is about a strenuous cattle drive from Texas to Montana. Lonesome Dove was a wholesome and interesting book that engages your curiosity from the beginning to the end. In the beginning of the story they are in a small south Texas town called lonesome Dove, where the two main characters Augustus McCrae

Good Will Hunting, a world famous film by Matt Damon, is one of the most well-crafted and profound films the world has ever seen. Released in 1998, the movie depicts a young South Boston screwup as he journeys from convict to mathematician thanks to his brilliant mind and the guidance of two clever but contentious men at each shoulder. Will is a young man looking to get through life with easy drinking and careless behavior, but after a run-in with a group of policemen and a challenging chalkboard

catalyse moments of reassessment that allow for a complete understanding of otherwise only half-formed initial discoveries. This is represented in both Ernesto Guevara’s memoir The Motorcycle Diaries, and the biographical film Milk (2008), directed by Gus Van Sant, depicting the election of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay official in California. In both texts, moments of rediscovery catalysed by personal encounters allow for the reassessment of initial discoveries, whereupon they are understood more

The movie Good Will Hunting an American Drama Film was directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard in 1997. This movie is about a man named Good Will Hunting who was a genius but chose not to live as a genius because of fear of past experiences and the ill treatment he received when he was in foster home. Some of the other characters in the movie were supportive and some were not supportive of him. This essay discusses Good

Finding Forrester is a movie that centers on the life of a young teenage boy from Bronx, Jamal Wallace. Jamal Wallace lives with his mother and goes to a school within his neighborhood. On performing very well on his test scores, he gets called to join a private school, Mailor-Callow. Next to a basketball court where Jamal and his friends play lives an old man, William Forrester who is nicknamed “The Window”. Forrester regularly watches the boys play from his apartment. One day, when dared, Jamal

Meagan Good is new the star of the upcoming futuristic drama “Minority Report” debuting on Fox on September 21, 2015. The gritty sci-fi drama is a TV adaptation of the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie that starred Tom Cruise and was based on the short story of writer Phillip K. Dick. The show focuses on a tough and unrelenting cop, Lara Vega played by Good , who is fighting to change the trajectory of murder visions that her partner Dash, played by Stark Stands has been seeing relation a horrific crime