The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Gabriele Muccino
Actors: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  294 reviews
Sales Rank: 1026
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 117
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD15085D
UPC: 043396150850
EAN: 0043396150850
ASIN: B000N6U0E2
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 2006
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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A heartwarming film that demonstrates how good, hard-working people can become homeless almost overnight, iPursuit of Happyness/i 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 (iMen in Black, Independence Day/i), 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 i20/20/i.) 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 iPursuit of Happyness/i, Smith has come out of his safety zone and, in turn, ends up playing his most heroic role to date. --iJae-Ha Kim/ip p p p p p p p p p p p p p p brspan class="h1"strongExtras from I The Pursuit of Happyness/I/strong/span/br table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" cellspacing="4"p p tr align="center" valign="top" tdahref="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH3lrg._V44333007_.jpg"img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH3extsml._V44330974_.jpg"br span class="tiny"bbrBehind the scenes footage of /brbr i The Pursuit of Happyness /ibrhigh bandwidth/br/b /tdp tdahref="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH1lrgjpg._V44332921_.jpg"img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH1sml._V44332920_.jpg"br span class="tiny"bbrChris Gardner: /brbr "On Being Studied By Will Smith"/brbrhigh bandwidth/br/b /tdp tdahref="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH2lrg._V44333005_.jpg"img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/PofH/PofH2sml._V44333004_.jpg"br span class="tiny"bbr Will Smith And Jaden Smith:/br "On Will Always Being In Character" brhigh bandwidthbr/b /td /tr /table strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Beyond i The Pursuit of Happyness /i on Amazon.com /font/strong table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" cellspacing="4"p p p p p p p p tr class="tiny" align="center" valign="top"p p tdimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000957O82.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brMore Films Starring Will Smith /tdp p p p p p tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004WG2F.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0"brMore Films About Fathers Sons/tdp p p p p p p p tdimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060744871.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0"brThe Book/br /td /trp p p p p p p p /tablep span class="h1"strongStills from I The Pursuit of Happyness /I (click for larger image)/strong/span table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%" cellspacing="4"p p tr align="center" valign="top" tdimg border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofh/PoH4sml._V44327676_.jpg"br /tdp tdimg border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofh/PofH5sml._V44327678_.jpg"br p /td /td tdimg border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofh/PofH6sml._V44327675_.jpg"br /td /tr tr align="center" valign="top" td img border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofh/PofH8sml._V44327669_.jpg"br p /td tdimg border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofh/PofH7sml._V44327674_.jpg"br /tdp tdimg border="0" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/sony/pofH/PofH9sml._V44329986_.jpg"br /td /tr /table p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p /!-- end6pak --
Product Description
Chris gardner is a strugglng salesman barely making ends meet when he his 5 year old son are evicted from their san francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When gardner lands an internship at a prestgious stock brokerage firm he his son endure many hardships in pursuit of the dream of a better life. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/24/2009 Starring: Will Smith Jaden Christopher Syre Smith Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Good Movie... January 7, 2009
The movie was very good, but the case was cracked when I received it. The condition of the case did not seem to affect the condition of the DVD, however.
 The Pursuit of Happiness January 7, 2009
This was a very good movie that everyone should see. In inspires you to never give up on anything your heart desires.
AMAZON Scores Again January 6, 2009
The DVD was bought for my step-granddaughter, who loves Will Smith anything! That having been said, as always, the performance of Amazon and its "work-withs" has been excellent. Better than I would ask or hope for! That's all I can say, and I have said it from the first time I ordered from AMAZON.COM.
Oscar winner December 29, 2008
Will Smith should have won an Oscar for his portrayal of Chris Gardner, a divorced homeless man taking care of his son while trying to pursue the American dream of stability, wealth, and happiness. It is always refreshing to watch Will in a movie where there is no need for him to be the so-called tough guy (Independence Day, Men in Black, Hancock).
Student Mom December 28, 2008
My husband and I loved this movie when we first saw it so when I saw it for such an awesome price on Amazon I had to get it. Delivery was fast and the product was perfect. Thanks so much
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