Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are in the running to pick up another prize for their "Good Will Hunting" script.
The actors, who wrote and starred in the Academy Award-winning picture, are among the nearly 40 Humanitas Prize finalists announced Thursday. The prize honors scripts that illuminate life and foster respect and compassion.The winners will share $120,000 in prize money.
Along with "Good Will Hunting," the finalists for a feature film screenplay are James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg for "Contact" and Richard Friedenberg for "The Education of Little Tree."
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