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The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen)
- Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton
- Director: Gabriele Muccino
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The rousing, true-life story of a single dad who went from living on the streets to owning his own brokerage firm is brought to the big screen by superstar Will Smith, appearing for the first time opposite his real-life son Jaden Smith. Set in early-'80s San Francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of Chris Gardner, a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climate. He struggles to work his way from unpaid intern at Dean Witter to something more substantial, even as life continues to offer him setbacks. Making his Hollywood debut, Italian director Gabriele Muccino was championed by Will Smith for the project. Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Family Drama, Inspirational Drama
- Theme: Down on Their Luck, Fathers and Sons, Office Politics, Rags To Riches, Success is the Best Revenge
- Release Date: March 27, 2007
- Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Situations, Profanity
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Lead Actors: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen
- Supporting Actors: Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer, Kevin West, George Cheung, Michael Silverman, Domenic Bove, Geoff Callan, Raven Joyful, Scott Klace, Rashida Clendening, Eric Schniewind, Peter Fitzsimmons, Maurice Sherbanee, Zuhair Haddad, Victor Raider-Wexler, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Darryl Fong, George Maguire, Joseph A. Nuñez
- Director: Gabriele Muccino
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 57 min
- Language: English, French
- Subtitle Language: English, French, Spanish
- Format: DVD
Awards
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Nominations: Golden Globe Awards (2), Academy Awards (1)
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Actor 2006, Will Smith
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-12-1584
- ASIN: B002FMYVCE
- Catalog #: 11297474
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.4 inches length x 5.4 inches width x 0.6 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.25 pound.
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The trouble with most inspirational movies -- which often gets them reclassified as manipulative schlock -- is that their outcomes are too easily predicted. The Pursuit of Happyness goes about matters a little differently, telling its story in retrospect, after the happy ending has occurred -- thereby setting aside the charade of suspense. This lets Gabriele Muccino's film focus on the engrossing details of Chris Gardner's improbable journey, as well as Will Smith's Oscar-nominated performance -- making it a little like a Shakespearean play, where audiences are more interested in how a plot is interpreted than whether it contains surprises. One such engrossing detail is the most vividly used prop since Wilson the volleyball: the bulky x-ray devices Chris drags around like overgrown sewing machines, sometimes losing them, sometimes recovering them again, but always as duty bound to them as he is to his son. As both remnants of a financial miscue and his only potential source of income, they're perfect symbols for his hardscrabble San Francisco existence, which Muccino renders with both grittiness and sensitivity.Smith produces his greatest depth and range yet, his performance containing an ingenuity to match that of his determined character. But the actor's contributions also extend to his real-life son, Jaden. Some observers saw this casting choice as gimmicky, perhaps a fatal dose of the preciousness informing Smith's 1997 single "Just the Two of Us," an ode to his older son. But not only is Jaden incredibly cute, he's also a chip off the old block, natural and true. That The Pursuit of Happyness was a box-office success is no great surprise to anyone who's followed Will Smith's career. But that he earns it this time through earnest commitment to his craft, rather than a wink and a clever sound bite, is an outcome worth cheering. Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
