Matt Damon tackles controversial 'fracking' in "Promised Land"
It’s been 15 years since Matt Damon won his Academy Award for
writing the script (along with Ben Affleck) for director Gus Van
Sant’s “Good Will Hunting”.  That film thrust Damon into the
spotlight and turned him into a household name: he also starred
in the flick and received his first Oscar nomination as an actor
(he's got two of those nowadays).  Now, with close to 60 movies
under his belt and one other screenplay ("Gerry," which he, Van
Sant and Casey Affleck co-wrote and created together in 2002) to
his credit, Damon is back once again with Van Sant, doing what
they both do best with the new movie "Promised Land."  Teaming
up this time with "The Office" star John Krasinski, who co-wrote
the script and co-stars, Damon and Van Sant tackle the hot-
button issue of natural gas fracking and its effects on a small
farming community. Damon plays a natural gas company frontman
with very deep pockets who descends on the town, ready to
purchase land-le