THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (WIDESCREEN EDITION)

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: For His Son, One Man Will Reach For The Impossible.; ; Will Smith stars in this moving tale inspired by the true story of Chris Gardner, 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 Christopher (Jaden Smith) 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.
• Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer, Kevin West, George Cheung, David Michael Silverman, Domenic Bove, Geoff Callan, Joyful Raven, Scott Klace, Rashida Clendening, Eric Schniewind, Peter Fitzsimmons, Maurice Sherbanee, Zuhair Haddad, Victor Raider-Wexler, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Darryl Fong, George Maguire, Joe Nunez, Adam Del Rio, Rocky LaRochelle, Erin Beers, Rueben Grundy, Ming Lo, John Kovacevich, Bonnie Akimoto, Stu Klitsner, Esther Scott, Tina D'Elia, Cecil Williams, David Fine, George Moffatt, Amir Talai, Mike Garibaldi, Jason Frazier, Kevin Crook, David Haines, James Finnerty, Abigail Van Alyn, Bob Greene, Robert Anthony Peters, Terri Orth-Pallavicini, John Robb, Daniel Wilder, Cathy Fithian, Keith Stevenson, Jeff Applebaum, Victor Hoagland, Richard Bischoff, Edward Donlin, Larry Hunt, Rose Aispuro, Arbin C. Kumar, The Glide Ensemble, Jerry Edward McLilly, Shareef Allman, Jeffrey Moon, Peaches Hutchinson, Brandon Deadwiler, Tateanna Wheeler-Lezine, Karen Kahn, Alissa Anderegg, Martin Andris, Elise Angell, Regina Antoinette, Phil Austin, Rick Camp, Doug Campbell, Stefano Capone, Brad Carr, Molly Celaschi, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Kimberly Contreras, James Cotner, Alexander Cukor, Zachary Culbertson, Bill Dietz, Ryan Else, Travis Fields, Yeena Fisher, Garrett Forbes, Ben Fritz, Chris Gardner, Daryl Anthony Harper, David Kiiskinen, Shawn Kresal, Brendan Kruse, Mark Lavell, Steven Lindo, Tyler MacNiven, Tommy Maples, David Pearl, David Alan Poe, Steve Potts, Rob 'Captain Rob' Robinson, John Patrick Shulak, Donn Andrew Simmons, William Paul Smith, Phil Talsky, Adam Wang, Cindy Warner, Gabriele Muccino, Steve Conrad
• Director: Gabriele Muccino
• Runtime: 1:57
• Company: Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Escape Artists
• Media Format: Movie