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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) | User Rating
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Original title: Pursuit of Happyness, The Release Date • USA: Dec 15, 2006 BoxOffice: $99.9M
MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for some language.
Running Time 1 hour, 57 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Relativity Media
Studio Columbia Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles • Pursuit of Happyness (2006) • The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) • Untitled Chris Gardner Project
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Genre: Drama
Plot: In The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a family man struggling to make ends meet. Despite his valiant attempts to help keep the family afloat, the mother (Thandie Newton) of his five-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) is buckling under the constant strain of financial pressure. No longer able to cope, she reluctantly decides to leave.Chris, now a single father, continues doggedly to pursue a better-paying job using every sales skill he knows. He lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, and although there is no salary, he accepts, hopeful he will end the program with a job and a promising future. Without a financial cushion, Chris and his son are soon evicted from their apartment and forced to sleep in shelters, bus stations, bathrooms, or wherever they can find refuge for the night. Despite his troubles, Chris continues to honor his commitment as a loving and caring father, using the affection and trust his son has placed in him as an impetus
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| Written by |
Steve Conrad
The Weather Man, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, Chad Schmidt | |
| Cast |
Will Smith
Independence Day, Men in Black, I, Robot |
 | Thandie Newton
Crash, Mission: Impossible II, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles |
 | Kurt Fuller
Anger Management, Wayne's World, Ghostbusters II |
 | | Brian Howe
Catch Me If You Can, K-PAX, The Majestic | James Karen
Superman Returns, Mulholland Dr., Any Given Sunday | | |
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