Good Will Hunting Film (1997) Study Guide Movie Packet

The following eight-page study guide film packet is used to accompany the Gus Van Sant-directed 1997 drama film, Good Will Hunting starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. It can be used in an English, film studies, or media studies classroom. The first page contains a list of cast and crew and a background and introduction on the film. The second page is a page that encourages students to write notes via Cornell notetaking formatting. Pages three, four, five, six, and seven contain comprehension questions to guide the viewer on the work's allusions, camera movement, characterization, cinematography, costume design, dialect, editing, flashbacks, irony, mise en scene, plot, set design, sound, stereotypes, story, style, symbolism, and themes. The eighth page contains discussion questions on the work's characterization, conflicts, motifs, themes, and writing.