![]() ![]() Without money or a life partner, Chris finds it challenging to work his way from a six-month unpaid internship with a brokerage firm called Dean Witter to a single spot that twenty men are vying for. Chris soon realizes that there is little demand for the portable bone density scanner, rendering his stock in the company worthless. Chris’s belief in the product showing potential leads him to gamble his family’s entire life savings, which destroys his family as his wife Linda (Thandie Newton) leaves him and their five-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith) and moves to New York to start a new life. He invests all of his life savings in a portable bone density scanner, which provides slightly denser pictures than X-rays for twice the money. The story is set in the 1980s with an African American protagonist, Chris Gardner (Will Smith), who was the top of his class in the Navy yet was on the verge of bankruptcy. This movie was an immediate success with audiences and has been critically acclaimed as “an inspirational and often emotionally wrenching story.” The Pursuit of Happyness (Sony Pictures, 2006)Ĭan a man face a plethora of hardships both personally and professionally to pursue a bit of happiness, especially when the only happiness he knows of is the word “happyness” written on a wall? The answer would be this movie, which is based on a true story written by Steven Conrad and is directed by Gabriele Muccino. ![]()
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