Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film based on Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film features Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker. Smith's son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son Christopher Jr. The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling memoir written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by Columbia Pictures. For his performance, Will Smith was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden... Globe for Best Actor. In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner invests his family's savings in portable bone-density scanners which he tries to demonstrate and sell to doctors. The investment proves to be a white elephant, which financially breaks the family and as a result, his wife Linda leaves him and moves to New York. Their son Christopher remains with his father. While downtown trying to sell one of his scanners, Chris meets a manager for Dean Witter and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a short cab ride.
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| Release date: | December 15, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Gabriele Muccino |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | Will Smith, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter, Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black |
| Editor: | Hughes Winborne |
| Music by: | Andrea Guerra |
| Cinematography: | Phedon Papamichael |
| Screenplay by: | Steven Conrad |
| Estimated budget: | $55,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Pursuit of Happyness |