The pursuit of happyness / Columbia picturesm ; in association withj Relativity Media ; an Overbrook Entertainment production ; an Escaper Artists production ; a film by Gabriele Muccino.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Culver City, California : Columbia Pictures Industries, [2006]Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006] c2007Copyright date: copyright 2006Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

4800627040665

Subject(s):

Father and son -- Drama

DDC classification:

791.43

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Contents:

DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround, widescreen.

Production credits:

Costume designer, Sharen Davis ; music by, Andrea Guerra ; film editor, Hughes Winborne ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; director of photography, Phedon PapaMichael ; executive producer, Louis Desposito, Mark Clayman, David Alper, Teddy Zee ; written by, Steven Conrad ; produced by, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Will Smith, Thandie Newton, introducing Jaden Christopher, Syre Smith.Summary: This is a true life story of Chris Gardner performed by Will Smith, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year old son Christopher (Jaden Smith). When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise his son on his own. Chris' determination finally pay off when he lands on unpaid Internship is 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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Special features: Making pursuit: an Italian take on the American dream; Father and son: on screen and off: The man behind the movie: a conversation with Chris Gardner; Inside the The Rubik's Cube; "I Can" musical performance; Director's commentary by Gabrielle Muccino.

DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround, widescreen.

Costume designer, Sharen Davis ; music by, Andrea Guerra ; film editor, Hughes Winborne ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; director of photography, Phedon PapaMichael ; executive producer, Louis Desposito, Mark Clayman, David Alper, Teddy Zee ; written by, Steven Conrad ; produced by, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Will Smith, Thandie Newton, introducing Jaden Christopher, Syre Smith.

This is a true life story of Chris Gardner performed by Will Smith, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his 5-year old son Christopher (Jaden Smith). When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise his son on his own. Chris' determination finally pay off when he lands on unpaid Internship is 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.