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The pursuit of happyness [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Relativity Media ; an Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists production ; produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter, Will Smith ; written by Steven Conrad ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Pursuit of happiness (other title)
Black, Todd, (film producer.). Blumenthal, Jason, (film producer.). Castellaneta, Dan, (actor.). Conrad, Steve, (screenwriter.). Fuller, Kurt, 1953- (actor.). Guerra, Andrea, 1961- (composer (expression)). Howe, Brian (Actor), (actor.). Karen, James, 1923-2018 (actor.). Lassiter, James, (film producer.). Muccino, Gabriele, (film director.). Newton, Thandiwe, 1972- (actor.). Papamichael, Phedon, (director of photography.). Smith, Jaden, 1998- (actor.). Smith, Will, 1968- (film producer,, actor.). Tisch, Steve, (film producer.). Winborne, Hughes, (editor of moving image work.). Davis, Sharen, (costume designer.). Riva, J. Michael, (production designer.). Columbia Pictures, (presenter.). Escape Artists (Firm), (production company.). Overbrook Entertainment (Firm), (production company.). Relativity Media, (presenter.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith. (Cast).

Summary:

Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a single dad who has to support and care for a young child. Impressing a Dean Witter higher-up by solving a Rubik's cube during a taxi ride, Chris gets a place in a stockbroker-training program. But internships don't pay, and there's no guarantee he'll be offered a job at the end of it. Against all odds, he pushes toward success, and eventually turns his life around.

Record details

  • ISBN: 142481748X
  • ISBN: 1424851491
  • ISBN: 9781424817481
  • ISBN: 9781424851492
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Commentary with director Gabriele Muccino [audio feature]; Making pursuit: an Italian take on the American dream [featurette]; Father and son: on screen and off [featurette]; The man behind the movie: a conversation with Chris Gardner [featurette]; Inside the Rubik's® Cube [featurette]; "I Can" musical performance [audio only]; previews.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; film editor, Hughes Winborne ; music by Andrea Guerra ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; costume designer, Sharen Davis.
Participant or Performer Note:
Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some language.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1, widescreen presentation.
Language Note:
English or dubbed French dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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