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The Pursuit of Happyness (Widescreen Edition)



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Cast:
Gabriele Muccino (Director)
Will Smith
Jaden Smith
Thandie Newton
Brian Howe
James Karen

Rating:
Released: March 27, 2007
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Sales Rank: 778

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Will Smith stars in the inspirational true story of Chris Gardner, a San Francisco salesman who's struggling to make ends meet. When his girlfriend Linda (Thandie Newton) walks out, Chris is left to raise their 5-year-old son Christopher (Jaden Smith) on his own. Chris' determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship in a brutally competitive stockbroker-training program, where only one in twenty interns will make the cut. But without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced to sleep on the street, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom. With self- confidence and the love and trust of his son, Chris Gardner rises above his obstacles to become a Wall Street legend.

Copyright:   2006, Sony Pictures
Video Format:   Widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio)
Audio Tracks:   English
French
Subtitles:   English , Spanish , French
# Discs:   1
Run Time:   117 minutes
Other:   AC-3 , Closed-captioned , Color , Dolby , Dubbed , DVD-Video , Subtitled , Widescreen , NTSC


Feel-good tale: There is no substitute for hard work! , November, 23, 2008

Based on a true story, "The Pursuit of Happyness" features Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a struggling San Francisco medical equipment salesman beset with financial problems. Tired of the struggle, his wife moves out and leaves him with their little boy. As they spiral down the financial shaft, they are reduced to sleeping in homeless shelters and in subway bathrooms.

Gardner lands an unpaid internship to become a Dean Witter stockbroker. Juggling the demands of fatherhood, keeping financial wolves at bay, selling his remaining inventory of bone density scanners and cracking the books to become a broker, Smith's character pursues his vision like one who has run out of alternatives.

Yes, it's a bit hokey and at times requires you to swallow the implausible, but this is an uplifting film that can inspire you to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.

 

The Pursuit of Happyness - Blu-ray Info , November, 09, 2008

Version: U.S.A / Region A
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:57:27
Movie size: 32,64 GB
Disc size: 42,89 GB
Total bit rate: 37.05 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 28.93 Mbps

LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 4608kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps

Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Spanish
Number of chapters: 16

#Audio commentary by director
#Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream (17 - minutes)
#Father and Son: On Screen and Off (7 - minutes)
#The Man Behind the Movie: A Conversation with Chris Gardner (18 - minutes)
#Inside the Rubik's Cube (6 - minutes)
#I Can - Song

 

A father's love!!! , October, 06, 2008

This movie was amazing!!! it was so truely sad what will smith's character had to go through to survive, all the pain he must have felt along the way, but he came out on top at the end ad it was great!!!!

 

 

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