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The Pursuit of Happyness
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
2006 · Directed by Gabriele Muccino · 117 min · Drama · 13 frames
Tagline
For his son, one man will reach for the impossible.
Crew
- Screenplay: Steven Conrad
- Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
- Edited by: Hughes Winborne
- Music: Andrea Guerra
- Production design: J. Michael Riva
- Produced by: Will Smith, Steve Tisch
Cast
- Will Smith as Chris Gardner
- Jaden Smith as Christopher
- Thandiwe Newton as Linda
- Brian Howe as Jay Twistle
- James Karen as Martin Frohm
- Dan Castellaneta as Alan Frakesh
- Kurt Fuller as Walter Ribbon
- Takayo Fischer as Mrs. Chu
- Kevin West as World's Greatest Dad
- George Cheung as Chinese Maintenance Worker
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Cantonese
- Studios: Escape Artists, Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $307,077,295
- Themes: work, worker, homeless person, single parent, san francisco, california, bus, homelessness, church service, bad luck, biography
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