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Genre | Drama |
Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Kurt Fuller, Thandie Newton, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Dan Castellaneta, James Lassiter, Steve Tisch, Will Smith, Brian Howe, James Karen, Jaden Smith, Gabriele Muccino, Columbia Pictures; Nord-Ouest Productions See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 57 minutes |
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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.
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A heartwarming film that demonstrates how good, hard-working people can become homeless almost overnight, Pursuit of Happyness is a tour-de-force showcase for Will Smith, who convincingly portrays a down-and-out dad trying to better his family's life. Smith, who usually is cast in effortlessly boyish roles (Men in Black, Independence Day), is wonderful in the film--even in the scenes that shamelessly tug at viewers' heartstrings. Based on the true-life story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman forced at times to shelter his young son (played by Smith's adorable look-alike offspring Jaden Smith) in a men's room, there is little suspense to the film in terms of Chris' outcome. (His story and eventual success a successful and wealthy Chicago businessman was well-publicized on the newsmagazine show 20/20.) And let's face it, Hollywood's not too keen on making feel-good movies with unhappy endings. The beauty (and suspense, to a certain extent) of this film is in the way the story is told. Though he is constantly rushing around to get to appointments and pick up his child, things do not happen quickly for Chris. When he accepts an internship with a prestigious stock brokerage firm, there's a catch: The position is unpaid, suitable more for trust-fund children than single parents with no other source of income. In many scenes, the viewer panics along with Chris, wondering how he's going to feed his child. While Smith and his son, Jaden, share many tender moments together, Thandie Newton has the thankless role of playing Chris' shrill wife, who deserts her family early in the film. It's not a particularly challenging part for the talented actress, and her departure doesn't impact the storyline much at all. As for the movie's misspelled title, it's inspired from a scene in the film. (Seeing a mural drawn by the children at a daycare center, Chris points out to the proprietor that "happiness" is spelled incorrectly. She notes that it doesn't matter how the word is written--just that the kids have it.) With Pursuit of Happyness, Smith has come out of his safety zone and, in turn, ends up playing his most heroic role to date. --Jae-Ha Kim
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Item model number : 15085
- Director : Gabriele Muccino
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 57 minutes
- Release date : March 27, 2007
- Actors : Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Producers : Jason Blumenthal, Will Smith, Steve Tisch, Todd Black, James Lassiter
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified, French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000N6U0E2
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,453 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,564 in Drama DVDs
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Before the 1990s the majority of the homeless were called the hardcore. They were either mentally ill or had drug and alcohol addictions. There were a constant population out on the streets because many of them refused help and major cities were not providing enough assistance to begin with. Since then homelessness had changed with at least half now being poor people who simply can’t afford the rising rents and costs of houses in many of America’s major cities. Many of them like Chris actually work and are still out on the streets.
The Pursuit of Happyness documents the problems Chris had that led him to lose his home. He was behind in rent, he owed taxes, he had his car towed away because he had so many tickets, and more. His wife worked double shifts as a maid at hotel while he tried to sell bone density scanners to doctors. The problem was he had a hard time selling them. That’s the reason why they were constantly behind in their bills. When Linda left Chris’ sole income couldn’t support him and his son and they ended up homeless.
Chris’ time on the streets present many of the problems others in that situation face. There’s the shelters where people can only spend one night for example. They have to stand in line and get in before it’s full and then leave in the morning. He had to juggle his work schedule and picking up Christopher in order to make it to the shelter on time.
The movie is powerful and touching and its message resonates with America today. There are many people like Chris who are the working poor and just one major problem can push them over the edge and into the streets. Will and Jaden Smith do an excellent job with their roles as well. They are an endearing father and son. There are scenes that will make you cry with their lows and high. It’s just another reminder of the struggles homeless people face.
The result is Will's best performance in any film yet. Will himself (in the "Making Persuit" fetaurette on this DVD) proclaims this film as his greatest achievement to date.
I have to agree that choosing a European director was a very wise choice. It gives the film a realism and a point of view that would have been hard to find in a Hollywood director. Muccino's saw this as an "American dream" come true story, and how a father-son relationship should be.
The final scene, showing Gardner's final interview with the Big Bosses including his reaction once he gets outside the building, was possibly the most touching moment I have ever seen in a movie. His expression and reaction was so real, so emotional I couldn't help but cry with him for joy and for his pain through the journey. The perfect choice to end the film.
Extras:
# Father and Son: Onscreen and Off
This is a great introduction to Will's son, Jaden. It shows that the filmmakers were reluctant to consider him at first. It was only after testing thousand of boys in three weeks (and not being happy with any of them) that director Gabriele Muccino asked the other producers if they thought it would be ok to audition Will's son. Jaden blew the other kids out of the water in the tests and the chemistry between him and Will made their relationship on film all the more real.
# The Man Behind the Movie: A Conversation with Chris Gardner
This is a short featurette (8-9 minutes) with clips from an interview with the real Chris Gardner. It was interesting to learn that the real Reverend who ran the outreach center where Chris and his son stayed a few nights, Rev. Cecil Williams, played himself in the film. Chris Gardner insisted on it! The location was also the real place. Chris said that without Cecil Williams, thousands of San Fransisco's homeless (including Gardner) would be in desperate trouble or even dead. We also learn that the subway-bathroom where Chris and son spend a night was an exact replica of the real one. We learn that the director insisted they use real homeless people as extras to play many of the homeless! And many other interesting facts.
# Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
This is where we learn the most about the choice of Gabriele Muccino as director. A fantastic featurette documenting the making of the film, specifically experienced from a first-time English-speaking-movie director. Imagine directing actors and a crew in your second or third language and not being able to express your thoughts or ideas very well because you don't know the words! Fascinating how he pulled it off!
# Inside the Rubik's Cube
A short featurette (under 6-7 mins) about the rubics cube. It was invented by a Hungarian. In the 80's 1 out of 4 households had one. The HUGE success helped bring Hungary out of communism. And more history. Also a bit about "cubing" today.
# "I Can" Song (audio only)
A song written for the film, but not used in the theatrical release. Nice, but hard to *only* listen to a song (without seeing video attached) since this is a dvd.
# Audio commentary with director Gabriele Muccino
Commentaries are some of my favorite features on DVD's. But they are either hit or miss. This one was very good! Muccino starts off explaining how he got involved with the film (hand-picked by Will Smith) and his initial meetings with Will where they discussed their visions for the story. He described some of the challenges directing such a HUGE production, including the insane amount of extras in some scenes (he says American extras are the most professional he has ever encountered), to the period cars (some scenes had well over 100 cars from the period (early '80s), to how he selected and then directed some of the actors. He expresses his deep admiration and respect for Will Smith as an actor and how well Smith took critique and direction.
An EXCELLENT film with some great extras. I highly recommend this to anybody who loves their family and wants to pursue a dream! :)
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Christopher (Jaden Smith): "All right".
Chris: "You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period".
I have to confess that I have a big crush on Will Smith, an actor and rapper who I find super sexy, nice, funny, and cool. I’ve recently bought many of his movies and albums. I am only now discovering, together with my kids, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Yes, I didn’t watch it in the 90s!). So, I bought this movie just because Will is in it. And I was blown away by the movie. The Pursuit of Happyness (yes, with a “Y”: that’s because of a misspelled graffiti on the wall of Christopher’s depressing day-care) is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The film is touching, surprising, sad and funny. The Pursuit of Happyness will break your heart and will make you value what you have. But this is not a depressing movie. It is a movie about hope, love, survival, fatherhood, and about never giving up your dreams.
The Pursuit of Happyness is based on a true story: the story of Chris Gardner and his struggle for a decent life while keeping his son next to him at all times. The real Chris Gardner was present throughout the shooting and discussed several things with Will and director Gabriele Muccino.
Will Smith was nominated for an Oscar for his breathtaking performance of Chris Gardner. That’s definitely one of the best performances of Will’s career (if not the best), together with his stunning portrayals of Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and Dr. Bennet Omalu in Concussion (2015).
Chris Gardner first thought that Will was miscast to play him, but his daughter Jacintha told him: “If Smith can play Muhammad Ali, he can play you!”.
Jaden Smith’s performance is also amazing. He wasn’t casted in the film right away. Director Gabriele Muccino saw some 250 kids and he said that they were all cute and fine. The problem was that Muccino wasn’t looking for a cute and fine little boy, but for a little boy who could be real. After a week, Muccino asked Will if his son Jaden could read for him, and, when he did, Muccino was amazed. The love that father and son have for each other in real life can be definitely felt in the movie. Jaden, who portrays a 5 year old Christopher, was 8 years old when the movie was shot and released. The real Christopher (Chris Gardner’s son), however, was just a baby at the time of the real events.
The best: Will’s brilliant performance, the toilet scene, Will’s running, Jaden’s fresh performance, and the board room scene towards the end of the movie.
The worst: nothing.

The story follows Gardner (Will Smith) as he loses it all and then by chance takes up a salary free internship in a stock brokers, whilst living with his son in a homeless shelter.
The story is heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, Will Smith is great as Gardner and portrays the right levels of motivation and foolhardiness, Jayden Smith is very good as his son, and the intimacy between the pair, makes the story much more convincing during the most harrowing scenes.
I found this story to have a great arc and to be both sad and motivating in equal measure, watching Gardner lose everything you build a relationship with the character, meaning that you are rooting for him until the final scene. The elements where the father and son are forced to sleep rough in a tube station toilet was particularly hard to watch and the film doesn’t shy away from these scenes or sanitise them.
The film is well shot with good pacing and some lovely cinematography, the acting is first rate and this is an underrated but really worthwhile film.

The film itself is good, Will Smith carrying Chris Gardner off well, and his son Jaden great. The story can sometimes be a bit unbelievable, but the way it's told really does make it enjoyable. Plenty of funny bits in between the sadness; the chases to get the bone scanner being some of the best action bits.
The Blu-ray transfer is great, 24fps, 1080p AVC, so it's great quality. The sound is also well transferred: 5.1 PCM, which isn't bad, would have liked TruHD, but that's by the by.
All the extras are here, in MPEG2 format, which is just a touch over the DVD quality. The best one being the Rubik's Cube featurette, fascinating.
This is well worth getting on the HD platform, it's clear as a bell and reminds me of when I saw it in cinemas, clear, bright and colourful. You won't find a better transfer, well until HD is superseded, but that's a long way away. If you really like this movie, get it, otherwise might be better getting the DVD.
4/5 for the film, 4/5 for the transfer and 3/5 for the extras.

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