The pursuit of happyness

Resource Information

The work The pursuit of happyness represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The pursuit of happyness

Statement of responsibility

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

Creator

• Pursuit of happyness (Motion picture : 2006)

Contributor

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Escape Artists (Firm)
• Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)
• Relativity Media
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Black, Todd
• Blumenthal, Jason
• Conrad, Steve
• Lassiter, James
• Muccino, Gabriele
• Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
• Smith, Jaden, 1998-
• Smith, Will, 1968-
• Tisch, Steve

Subject

• Biographical films
• Business education (Internship) -- Drama
• Fathers and sons -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Feature films
• Gardner, Chris, (Chris P.) -- Drama
• Internos (Enseñanza comercial) -- Teatro
• Padre e hijo -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos) | Nueva York -- Teatro
• Stockbrokers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra ; costume designer, Sharen Davis ; production designer, J. Michael Riva

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some language

Language note

English (PCM 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1995.9.B55

LC item number

P877858 2007

PerformerNote

Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith

Runtime

117

Target audience

general

Technique

live action