Good Will Hunting Page #7

Will and Billy come forward, stand behind Chuckie.

CHUCKIE:

All right, are we gonna have a

problem?

CLARK:

There's no problem. I was just hoping

you could give me some insight into

the evolution of the market economy

in the early colonies. My contention

is that prior to the Revolutionary

War the economic modalities especially

of the southern colonies could most

aptly be characterized as agrarian

precapitalist and...

Will, who at this point has migrated to Chuckie's side and

is completely fed-up, includes himself in the conversation.

WILL:

Of course that's your contention.

You're a first year grad student.

You just finished some Marxian

historian, Pete Garrison prob'ly,

and so naturally that's what you

believe until next month when you

get to James Lemon and get convinced

that Virginia and Pennsylvania were

strongly entrepreneurial and

capitalist back in 1740. That'll

last until sometime in your second

year, then you'll be in here

regurgitating Gordon Wood about the

Pre-revolutionary utopia and the

capital-forming effects of military

mobilization.

CLARK:

(taken aback)

Well, as a matter of fact, I won't,

because Wood drastically

underestimates the impact of--

WILL:

"Wood drastically underestimates the

impact of social distinctions

predicated upon wealth, especially

inherited wealth..." You got that

from "Work in Essex County," Page

421, right? Do you have any thoughts

of your own on the subject or were

you just gonna plagiarize the whole

book for me?

Clark is stunned.

WILL:

Look, don't try to pass yourself off

as some kind of an intellect at the

expense of my friend just to impress

these girls.

Clark is lost now, searching for a graceful exit, any exit.

WILL:

The sad thing is, in about 50 years

you might start doin' some thinkin'

on your own and by then you'll realize

there are only two certainties in

life.

CLARK:

Yeah? What're those?

WILL:

One, don't do that. Two -- you

dropped a hundred and fifty grand on

an education you coulda' picked up

for a dollar fifty in late charges

at the Public Library.

Will catches Skylar's eye.

CLARK:

But I will have a degree, and you'll

be serving my kids fries at a drive

through on our way to a skiing trip.

WILL:

(smiles)

Maybe. But at least I won't be a

prick.

(beat)

And if you got a problem with that,

I guess we can step outside and deal

with it that way.

While Will is substantially smaller than Clark, he [Clark]

decides not to take Will up on his [Will's] offer.

WILL:

If you change your mind, I'll be

over by the bar.

He turns and walks away. Chuckie follows, throwing Clark a

look.

Morgan turns to a nearby girl.

MORGAN:

My boy's wicked smart.

INT. BOW AND ARROW, AT THE BAR -- LATER

Will sits with Morgan at the bar watching with some amusement

as Chuckie and Billy play bar basketball game where the

players shoot miniature balls at a small basket. In the B.G.

occasionally we hear Chuckie shouting "Larry!" When he scores.

Skylar emerges from the crowd and approaches Will.

SKYLAR:

You suck.

WILL:

What?

SKYLAR:

I've been sitting over there for

forty-five minutes waiting for you

to come talk to me. But I'm just

tired now and I have to go home and

I wasn't going to keep sitting there

waiting for you.

WILL:

I'm Will.

SKYLAR:

Skylar. And by the way. That guy

over there is a real dick and I just

wanted you to know he didn't come

with us.

WILL:

I kind of got that impression.

SKYLAR:

Well, look, I have to go. Gotta' get

up early and waste some more money

on my overpriced education.

WILL:

I didn't mean you. Listen, maybe...

SKYLAR:

Here's my number.

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