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{{Infobox Film

| name = The Pursuit of Happyness

| caption = Theatrical poster for ''The Pursuit of Happyness''

| image = poster-pursuithappyness.jpg

| director = [[Gabriele Muccino]]

| producer = [[Will Smith]]</br>[[Steve Tisch]]</br>[[Teddy Zee]]</br>[[Todd Black]]</br>[[Jason Blumenthal]]

| writer = [[Steven Conrad]]

| narrator =

| starring = [[Will Smith]]</br>[[Jaden Smith]]</br>[[Thandie Newton]]</br>[[Brian Howe (actor)|Brian Howe]]</br>[[James Karen]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]</br>[[Kurt Fuller]]</br>

| music = [[Andrea Guerra]]

| cinematography = [[Phedon Papamichael]]

| editing = [[Hughes Winborne]]

| distributor =

| released = [[December 15]], [[2006]]

| runtime = 117 minutes

| country = [[United States|USA]]

| language = [[English Language|English]]

| budget =

| preceded_by =

| followed_by =

| website = http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness/index.html

| amg_id = 1:326489

| imdb_id = 0454921

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'''''The Pursuit of Happyness''''' is an [[Academy Award]]-nominated [[2006 in film|2006]] [[drama]] [[film]] produced by [[Overbrook Entertainment]], [[Escape Artists]], and [[Relativity Media]], and released by [[Columbia Pictures]] on [[December 15]], [[2006]]. While it is based on the true story of [[Christopher Gardner]], a family man struggling to make ends meet, the film takes some liberties with Gardner's actual story. Starring [[Will Smith]] as Chris Gardner and Smith's real-life son [[Jaden Smith|Jaden Christopher Syre Smith]] as Gardner's son Christopher, ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' follows Gardner's struggles to break into the [[stock brokerage]] business as an intern, despite a rocky financial situation. The film was directed by [[Gabriele Muccino]], an [[Italian]] director making his English-language directorial debut.

== Nitpick ==

==Production notes and reception==

[[Thandie Newton]] and [[Dan Castellaneta]] also star in the film as Linda Gardner and Alan Frakesh respectively. Smith insisted that [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gabriele Muccino]] direct this movie because of Muccino's style in movies such as ''L'ultimo bacio'' and ''Ricordati di me''.

I just made a modification to the text, and my justification is just a little bit too large for the edit summary. Basically, the article contained the following text: "Each district comprised one state, except for the districts of Maine and Kentucky, which at the time were part of Massachusetts and Virginia, respectively." Well, that's not quite true: the districts of Massachusetts and Virginia didn't comprise one state either. So I flipped it around: all of the states except two comprised one district. I then expanded on how Massachusetts and Virginia were divided.

The film uses real "[[homelessness|street people]]" and real Glide church members and attendees as extras in some of the scenes featuring the church. The church choir and band, The Glide Ensemble and the John Turk Change Band, may also be in the film. The Glide Ensemble soloists and band are professional performers.

— [[User:DLJessup|DLJessup]] ([[User talk:DLJessup|talk]]) 17:47, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

''The Pursuit of Happyness'' garnered mixed reviews from critics with a 68% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], although [[Michael Medved]] gave ''Pursuit of Happyness'' four stars (out of four) saying "..not even the most jaded movie goers will be able to resist this film's emotional pull with an ultimately inspiring message about the implacable power of love and determination." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.michaelmedved.com/images/pdf/pursuithappy.doc |title=Audio review of ''The Pursuit of Happyness''|author= Michael Medved|accessdate= 2006-12-18}}</ref> Jaden Smith in particular has been praised, due in part to "his natural, low-key quality" that is "both astounding and moving."<ref>''Oscar pursuit of Jaden Smith would be natural'' by Claudia Puig, [[USA Today]], [[December 22]], [[2006]] section E1</ref> The film debuted at number-one at the box-office, making $27 million during its opening weekend and beating out such heavily-hyped films as ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'' and ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Charlotte's Web]]''. It was Will Smith's sixth number-one opening in a row.It has made $157,351,000 as of 2/4/07.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 never fulfilled its Constitutional needs. Congress was given no responsibilty for legislation affecting the Supreme Court. They could pass legislation that could be ratified by the States and incorporated into the Constitution as an Amendment. They did this with the Bill of Rights, the first Ten Amendments. In addition, there is no vote recorded by the House of Representatives on official documents before it was given to President Washington to sign. Since an act of Congress cannot exceed powers given to it except by Amendment, all decisions rendered by an illegal court must be null and void and a Constitutional Amendment must be pursued regarding the composition of the Supreme Court.

Sloan Freer, writing in the [[Radio Times]] (London) gave it a relatively harshly-awarded 3/5 stars (equivalent to "good" where 5 represents "outstanding"), by noting that although the acting belies "understated restraint", from Smith and his son in particular, actually watching the film as a detached onlooker is harrowingly distressing because the suffering of Smith's character is happening to "such a decent man". The review concludes that despite its faultless writing and execution, the film needed to be a little less agonising to sit through, as experiencing the sheer harshness of Gardner's life detracts from the evocation of his evident strength of will.

The Constitution also states that the Supreme Court shall hear ALL cases involving violation of the Constitution. The Congressional law passed through the efforts of Chief Justice Taft is also null and void for Congress has no power to change any word in the Constitution without use of the Amendment procedure.

It is amazing that none of the "experts" regarding Constitutional law ever brought these facts to light.

Shel Haas

Sources: The Congressional Record, The Constitution of the United States of America

==Trivia==

*[[Speedcubing]] champions [[Tyson Mao]] and [[Toby Mao]] were hired as consultants to teach Will Smith how to solve a [[Rubik's Cube]] in two minutes. Will Smith also gained the attention of a [[Princeton University]] recruiter by quickly solving a Rubik's Cube in an episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''. Will Smith always had interest in speed-cubing and continues to practice.

*The Rubik's Cube in the film correctly depicts the Rubik's Cube manufactured in 1981. One can tell this by the black-and-white, logo "Rubik's Cube" located on the white, vinyl center-sticker of the white face (vinyl is no longer used for the stickers).

== The Picture of the 1st Page ==

*Will Smith actually grew the moustache he has in the film.

Is this image entirely necessary? I feel that unless a higher resolution can be shown for reading purposes, the use of such an image is lost. [[User:Absolute Zerr|Absolute Zerr]] 00:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

*[[Dan Castellaneta]], who voices [[Homer Simpson]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', co-stars in the film as one of Gardner's superiors and requests a donut from Gardener. This is a nod to Casellaneta's animated counterpart who shares a similar taste for donuts.

*[[Tyler MacNiven]] makes a uncredited guest appearance as the male hippie who stole one of the bone density scanners.

*At the very end of the film, the real Christopher Gardner does a cameo in which he walks between the camera and Smith, the latter doing a double-take over his shoulder at him.

*Throughout the film, Will Smith's character is often shown on the [[BART]] system, but even though the train network opened on [[September 11]], [[1972]], it was not yet fully built out in its present form in the year the movie was set, 1981 (although at that time, all of the main BART subway lines within the cities of San Francisco, [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] and [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] were in daily revenue service).

==Differences between the film and actual events==

*Linda never existed. She is an amalgamation of Gardner's two previous wives.

*Chris Jr. was only 2 years old at the time of the events of this film.

*The Rubik's cube incident never happened. Smith came up with that idea, because he has always been fascinated with Rubik's cubes.

*Chris Gardner never had a suitcase, but kept all his items within disposable plastic bags.

*Gardner's internship was paid a $1000 a month stipend.

*He spent 10 days in jail for not paying his parking tickets.

*He eventually started at [[Bear Stearns]].

*He sometimes spent the night underneath his desk when the shelters were full.

*The movie character says he's from Louisiana, but the real Chris is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

==Awards/Nominations==

*[[Academy Awards]]

**Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Will Smith) - ''Nomination''

*[[Black Reel Awards]]

**Best Film- Nomination

**Best Actor (Will Smith)- Nomination

**Best Breakthrough Performer (Jaden Smith)- Nomination

*[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]

**Best Actor (Will Smith) - ''Nomination''

**Best Younger Actor (Jaden Smith) - ''Nomination''

* [[Golden Globe Awards]]

**[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]] (Will Smith) - ''Nomination''

**[[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ("A Father's Way") - ''Nomination''

*[[Image Awards]]

**Outstanding Motion Picture- ''Nomination''

**Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Will Smith)- ''Nomination''

**Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Jaden Smith)- ''Nomination''

**Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Thandie Newton)-''Nomination''

* [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]

**Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Will Smith) - ''Nomination''

== References ==

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==External links==

*[http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness Official site]

* {{imdb title|id=0454921|title=The Pursuit of Happyness}}

* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=pursuit_of_happyness|title=The Pursuit of Happyness}}

* [http://www.premiere.com/moviereviews/3322/the-pursuit-of-happyness.html Pursuit of Happyness review at Premiere Magazine's site]

* [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/PRHAP.php The Pursuit of Happyness] at [http://www.the-numbers.com/ The-Numbers]

* [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/pursuitofhappyness The Pursuit of Happyness Reviews] at [[Metacritic]]

*[http://www.sidewalkstv.com/specialfeatures/pursuit-of-happiness/index.html ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' premiere in San Francisco] on ''[[Sidewalks Entertainment]]''

* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/10/DDGVLF4AI81.DTL ''Chris Gardner has pursued happyness, from the Glide soup kitchen to the big screen''] at [[San Francisco Chronicle]]

* [http://www.fulleffectmagazine.com/node/323 Film Review: Pursuit of Happyness] at [[Full Effect]]

* [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/raskin7.html The Pursuit of Happyness] review by Max Raskin of [[LewRockwell.com]]

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