The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness ( The Pursuit of Happyness ) is an American film drama based on a true story. The film was directed by Gabriele Muccino in 2006. Will Smith plays a single father who constantly has money problems until a lucrative job is offered to him one day. But for that, he must first get through an unpaid internship.

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Chris Gardner lives in the early 1980s in San Francisco and works as an independent sales representative. He tries new bone instruments for sale that allow a slightly better resolution than previously available devices. However, since these are twice as expensive, Gardner is not very successful. He is abandoned by his wife Linda, who can no longer bear the financial constraints of the family. After Linda has gone away with their son Christopher, Chris brings his son back to him, because he knows that he can take better care of him because of his indomitable ambition as Linda, who no longer cope with the load, which in the end also sees Linda.

Chris is looking for a more promising work. He gets a six-month internship at an investment bank which, although unpaid, but includes the possibility of a permanent position. But he is only one candidate among many, and at the end of the training, but only one will get the permanent position. In order to secure a livelihood for himself and his son Christopher, Chris, however, must continue to work alongside his internship as a sales representative. Because of rent arrears he and Christopher have to move out after a short time the rented apartment and live henceforth a few months at the motel until the local rent for tax liabilities and their automatic payment from the state ( the tax office takes the money without permission from the account from ) not can pay more and end up on the street. Although they are from now on homeless, Chris is still everything to pursue his two jobs and - more importantly - to be a good father for his son.

In the end, Chris successfully completed the final examination of his internship and is employed after the six -month internship in the Investment Bank.

Reviews

David Ansen wrote in Newsweek that he respected the " tactful " way would be shown in homelessness. The role of Will Smith is unusual for him Newton WOULD "impressive" ( "she makes a powerful impression " ), Jaden Christopher Syre Smith WOULD "natural."

James Berardinelli described the film on ReelViews as "long", "boring" ( " dull ") and " depressed ". He stretch a story from two hours that could tell in an hour you more efficient.

Andrea Niederfriniger writes in Filmreporter.de that it was a "good idea " to incorporate a real father-son relationship in the film. For dramatic reasons, changes in real history were taken into account. Last but not least, to make the film " salable and hollywood esque ".

Awards

Will Smith was nominated in 2007 for an Oscar in the category of Best Actor. He and the song A Father 's Way was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2007. Will Smith and Jaden Smith were nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award in 2007. Jaden Smith received the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, Will Smith was nominated for the same price in a different category. The pursuit of happiness was also awarded Best Film with an Image Award. Will Smith, Jaden Smith and Thandie Newton received nominations for the same award.

Background

This is the film adaptation of the life story of a successful stockbroker and formerly homeless Chris Gardner, which he himself wrote a book titled The Pursuit of Happyness, and which stood on the U.S. bestseller lists for a long time.

The film was shot in San Francisco and Oakland ( California). His cost of production was estimated at 55 million USD. The film opened in U.S. cinemas on 15 December 2006, where he played an approximately 163 million USD. In Germany, there were about 1.35 million moviegoers.

The title refers to the requirements formulated in the Declaration of Independence of the United States " inalienable rights " of every person to " life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ." The original title of the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, writes happiness, the corresponding English word for ' bliss ', deliberately wrong, as can be seen in several scenes in the wrong case, for example, on the wall of the crèche, which plays a role in the film.

Trivia

  • Will Smith's son Jaden plays his son in the movie - Christopher, the son of the protagonist Chris Gardner.
  • At the end of the film has the real Chris Gardner made ​​a cameo appearance.
2006 in film Screenplay Steve Tisch Film score Andrea Guerra (composer) Phedon Papamichael Hughes Winborne Brian Howe (actor) Kurt Fuller Academy Award for Best Actor NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture NAACP Image Award Oakland, California Metacritic
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