Matt & Ben 2004

Overview

Matt and Ben is a 2004 comedy film with a runtime of one hour and one minute. The film explores the origins of two men who later became famous for their high-profile romances, big-budget film successes and failures, and their involvement in Project Greenlight. The narrative focuses on the period in 1996 when the pair lived in a run-down apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts. During this time, they worked on the script for the film that eventually became Good Will Hunting. The story examines the public and Hollywood-glamorized version of how their careers began. The production is described as a hilarious and scathing play that depicts the pivotal moment when the finished script was created. The film was released in the United States on February 1, 2004. The project is associated with the story of these two young men as they navigated their early creative collaboration before achieving widespread fame in the entertainment industry.