Good Will Hunting Page #35

LAMBEAU:

Now don't do that. Don't you do that!

Don't infect him with the idea that

it's okay to quit. That it's okay to

be a failure, because it's not okay!

If you're angry at me for being

successful, for being what you could

have been--

SEAN:

--I'm not angry at you--

LAMBEAU:

Yes you are, Sean. You resent me.

And I'm not going to apologize for

any success that I've had.

SEAN:

--I don't have any anger at you--

LAMBEAU:

Yes you do. You're angry at me for

doing what you could have done. Ask

yourself if you want Will to feel

that way for the rest of his life,

to feel like a failure.

SEAN:

That's it. That's why I don't come

to the goddamn reunions! Because I

can't stand the look in your eye

when you see me! You think I'm a

failure! I know who I am. I'm proud

of who I am. And all of you, you

think I'm some kind of pity case!

You with your sycophant students

following you around. And your Goddamn

Medal!

LAMBEAU:

Is that what this is about, Sean?

The Field's Medal? Do you want me to

go home and get it for you? Then

will you let the boy--

SEAN:

I don't want your trophy and I don't

give a sh*t about it! 'Cause I knew

you when!! You and Jack and Tom

Sanders. I knew you when you were

homesick and pimply-faced and didn't

know what side of the bed to piss

on!

LAMBEAU:

That's right! You were smarter than

us then and you're smarter than us

now! So don't blame me for how your

life turned out. It's not my fault.

SEAN:

I don't blame you! It's not about

that! It's about the boy! 'Cause

he's a good kid! And I won't see

this happen to him- won't see you

make him feel like a failure too!

LAMBEAU:

He won't be a failure!

SEAN:

If you push him into something, if

you ride him--

LAMBEAU:

You're wrong, Sean. I'm where I am

today because I was pushed. And

because I learned to push myself!

SEAN:

He's not you!

A beat. Lambeau turns, something catches his eye. Sean turns

to look, IT'S WILL. He is standing in the doorway.

WILL:

I can come back.

LAMBEAU:

No, that's fine, Will. I was just

leaving.

There is an awkward moment as Lambeau gets his coat and

leaves.

WILL:

Well, I'm here.

(beat)

So, is that my problem? I'm afraid

of being abandoned? That was easy.

SEAN:

Look, a lot of that stuff goes back

a long way. And it's between me and

him and it has nothing to do with

you.

WILL:

Do you want to talk about it?

Sean smiles. A beat. Will sees a FILE on Sean's desk.

WILL:

What's that?

SEAN:

Oh, this is your file. I have to

send it back to the Judge with my

evaluation.

WILL:

You're not going to fail me are you?

Sean smiles.

WILL:

So what's it say?

SEAN:

You want to read it?

WILL:

No.

(beat)

Have you had any experience with

that?

SEAN:

Twenty years of counseling you see a

lot of--

WILL:

No, have you had any experience with

that?

SEAN:

Yes.

WILL:

(smiles)

It sure ain't good.

INT. WILL'S CHILDHOOD APARTMENT -- FLASHBACK

From a child's P.O.V. we see a man, partially obscured by a

doorframe. The man turns toward the P.O.V.

CUT BACK TO:

INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- DAY

SEAN:

(after a pause)

My dad used to make us walk down to

the park and collect the sticks he

was going to beat us with. Actually

the worst of the beatings were between

me and my brother. We would practice

on each other trying to find sticks

that would break.

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