Chris Gardner is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.
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December 15, 2006: Review: The Pursuit of Happyness:
A struggling door-to-door salesman who is trying to support his family and make the rent has his life turned upside-down when his wife abandons him and his son. He desperately tries to make ends meet but inevitably he begins to feel the financial...
December 14, 2006: INT: Chris Gardner:
When
the studio carts out the real life person they just made a movie
about, that's a good sign. People don't usually support their
slander pieces, so clearly Chris Gardner stands behind...
December 14, 2006: INT: Will Smith:
Movie stars don't
come much bigger than Will Smith. How many $100 million blockbusters
has he had? Drama has been a tougher sell for him. See cases of ALI
and BAGGER VANCE, but those were...
December 12, 2006: 4 Happyness clips:
Big Willy's back, ladies and gentlemen, and this time he's in SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION mode. You know, acting mode. Not in Action Willy
blowing-shit-up BAD BOYS or I, ROBOT mode, Animated Willy SHARK TALE mode or Romcom Willy lovey dovey HITCH mode but...
October 25, 2006: Win a cool internship!:
Studios run a lot of contests in promotion of their films. More often than not, they'll dish out some cool swag or a reasonable amount of money. In the case of Sony's
upcoming Will Smith-starring Oscar bait biopic THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPYNESS , however,...
July 31, 2006: Covenant/Pursuit posters:
Sony's sent us new one-sheets for two very different movies today, one of which is for Renny Harlin's horror movie, THE COVENANT , the other of which is for the Will Smith-starring THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS . The former is fairly ominous, I guess, but am I the...
July 25, 2006: Happyness trailer:
The upcoming drama THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS is based on the real-life
story of Chris Gardner (played by Will Smith) who, while living in poverty with his son (played by Smith's real-life son Jaden), landed a prestigious internship and ascended...
