Then, of course, came the nominations. The movie garnered a whopping nine, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director, on top of its two wins for Robin Williams and, famously, best screenplay. It was on this stage, accepting this award, that Ben and Matt cemented their place not just in history (Ben is still the youngest person to ever win that award) but on the A-list. They walked up the steps giggling and in disbelief, just to bros who made a really good movie, and they left as the actors who would go on to bring us Armageddon, The Town, Argo, Saving Private Ryan and The Departed. 

For those of us who basically only know them as Movie Stars (capitalization intended), it's almost laughable to think about their night at 1998 Oscars. They were so young, so skinny, their Boston accents were so strong. They wore tuxedos that were exactly what you would imagine two bros new to Hollywood would pick out when looking for a "fancy tuxedo." They waved to the audience. They yelled out names of people they saw in the audience, just because they were so excited to be standing onstage and seeing people they knew in the audience. Their moms yelled back to them from the audience.

It was a far cry from the actors we've seen at just about every Academy Awards since. And thus, as Ben and Matt would say, we ask how do you like them apples?