The pursuit of happyness [videorecording] / Overbrook Entertainment ; Escape Artists ; Columbia Pictures Corporation ; Relativity Media ; produced by Todd Black, ... [et al.] ; written by Steven Conrad ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2007.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

9781424817481
142481748X

Other title:

Pursuit of happiness

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.B55 P877858 2007

Production credits:

Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra.

Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer.Summary: In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
AV Materials (CD, DVD, Video Cassette etc)	Savar Campus Library Audio Visual	Savar Campus Library Audio Visual	791.4372 PUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		4020009360
AV Materials (CD, DVD, Video Cassette etc)	Savar Campus Library General Stacks	Savar Campus Library General Stacks	791.4372 PUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		4020009369

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DVD release of a 2006 motion picture.

Special features: Making pursuit; Father and son; The man behind the movie; Inside the Rubik's� Cube; director's commentary.

Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra.

Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen, Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, Takayo Fischer.

In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream. The odds become more daunting by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some language.

DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation.

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) or French (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

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