The pursuit of happyness [video recording] /
Overbrook Entertainment ; Escape Artists ; Columbia Pictures Corporation ; Relativity Media ; produced by Todd Black ... [et al.] ; written by Steven Conrad ; directed by Gabriele Muccino.
- Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007
- 1 digital video disc (DVD) (117min.): color ; 12cm.
Special features: Making pursuit; father and son; the man behind the movie; inside the Rubik's cube; "I can" song; director's commentary. Library internal view only.
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra ; costume designer,Sharen Davis ; production designer, J. Michael Riva. Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Andrea Guerra ; costume designer,Sharen Davis ; production designer, J. Michael Riva.
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 theiryoung 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.
DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) or French (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.