The pursuit of happyness [blu-ray dvd] / Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media, an Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists production, a film by Gabriele Muccino ; produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter, Will Smith ; written by Steven Conrad ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.
Blu-ray Disc. Title from container. Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: Father and son: on screen and off; "I can" song; making Pursuit: an Italian take on the American dream; the man behind the movie: a conversation with Chris Gardner; inside the Rubik's Cube; director's commentary by Gabriele Muccino.
Summary:
Chris Gardner is a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year-old son. When his girlfriend Linda walks out, Chris is left to raise Christopher on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the streets, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self-confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.
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