The Pursuit of Happyness tells the true story of Chris Gardner, a struggling single father who takes an unpaid internship at a brokerage firm in pursuit of happiness and success. He and his young son experience great hardship as they become homeless. Despite facing immense challenges, Chris refuses to give up on his dream of providing a better life for his son and creating a successful career for himself in finance. Through perseverance and belief in himself, Chris is able to complete the internship and achieve his goals.

1. Movie:
The Pursuit of Happyness
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2. Film synopsis
• Life is a struggle for single father Chris Gardner (Will
Smith). Evicted from their apartment, he and his young
son (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith) find themselves
alone with no place to go. Even though Chris eventually
lands a job as an intern at a prestigious brokerage firm,
the position pays no money. The pair must live in
shelters and endure many hardships, but Chris refuses to
give in to despair as he struggles to create a better life
for himself and his son.

3. Cast
• Directed by : Gabriele Muccino
• Written by : Steven Conrad
• Will Smith Chris Gardner
• Jaden Smith Christopher (as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith)
• Thandie Newton Linda

4. OTHER INFORMATION
• Distributed by Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Release date December 15, 2006
• Running time 117 minutes
• Country United States
• Language English
• Budget $55 million
• Box office $307.1 million

5. REAL HERO & MOVIE HERO
• Christopher
Paul Gardner is
an American
businessman,
investor,
stockbroker,
motivational
speaker,
author, and
philanthropist
• Willard Carroll Smith
II is an American
actor, rapper and
media personality.

6. Some simple yet valuable life lessons from
the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness"?
• The road to happiness is full of setbacks.
• To learn how to use your talent in right way.
• Be positive and earnest.
• It's never too late to start something new.
• Its okay if people don't believe in your dream as long as you
believe in yourself.
• The future is uncertain, so just do your bit and everything will
fall into place.

7. • In the movie we have seen that the
character will smith went through
various milestones before he finally
made it to the success. He lost his
car, his wife left him, he became
homeless, he was broke, his business
didn't really work out, he had to
look after his son himself, I Mean
the setbacks were endless. In the
similar way if you are experiencing
major setbacks in your life right now
in your pursuit for happiness and the
fulfillment of your dreams, then you
are on the right path.
“The road to happiness
is full of setbacks”

8. • Not only does Gardner goes
down a road less taken, but
he makes it too! Other than
his determination, strong
will and tenacity, he puts his
brains to good work. He
assesses his talent for
numbers and keeps at it.
Learn to put your flair to
good use. There is always
hope if you never quit.
“To learn how to use your
talent in right way”

9. “Be positive and earnest”
• Chris Gardener is nothing without
his optimistic outlook and his earnest
pursuit of life. He lives hand to
mouth from day to day, but still does
not lose his cool. Half his appeal and
charm lies in his being polite,
friendly, bright and vibrant. His firm
handshakes and a simple “Hello” and
“How are you” wins over everyone at
work. A calm approach to tough
situations will help keep anyone’s
head above water.

10. “It's never too late to start
something new”
• The character will smith played in the
movie was already in his 40's when he
started the internship at the stock
brokerage firm. I'm sure that he was
conscious of the fact that the other people
competing for the position were half his
age, but he didn't let that stop him, he
didn't allow his age to be a barrier to his
goals. Maybe you are looking at yourself
today and thinking to yourself "I'm too old
to start that" or "I'm too young to start
that" age is nothing but a number. What
matters is your drive and willingness to
succeed not your age.

11. “Its okay if people don't believe in your
dream as long as you believe in yourself”
• His wife thought the stock broker
internship was a waste of time, in fact
she didn't even believe he had what it
took to make it as a stock broker, she
use to tease him. Can you imagine how
painful that must have been for him,
when his own wife didn't believe in him.
And maybe that's your situation, where
your own friends and family don't
believe in you. What matters most isn't
what they believe about you but what
you believe about you.

12. • No one can predict the
next moment. So we can
just be on our way and
hope that we reach our
destination. Who knew
that the six-month payless
internship would work
such wonder for Chris
Gardener.
“The future is uncertain, so just
do your bit and everything will fall
into place”

13. Movie: “quote”
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.
-Chris Garnder,

14. Movie Trailer

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