The Pursuit of Happyness Page #2

Synopsis: Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Gabriele Muccino
Production: Sony Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 24 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
PG-13
Year:
2006
117 min
$162,586,036
Website
25,160 Views


for... For four months now,

Chris.

Just... Just sell

what's in your contract.

Get us out of that business.

Linda. That is what

I am trying to do.

This is what I'm trying

to do for my family.

For you and for Christopher.

What's the matter with you?

Linda.

Linda.

This part of my life

is called...

"Being Stupid."

Can I ask you a favor, miss?

Do you mind... if I

leave this here with you,

um, just for five minutes?

I have a meeting in there,

and I don't wanna

carry that in there

looking smalltime.

Um...

here is a dollar.

And... I'll give you

more money

when I come back out.

Okay.

Um, it's not valuable.

You can't sell it anywhere.

Um, I-I can't even sell it,

and it's my job.

Chris?

Yes.

Tim Brophy, Resources.

How are you?

Come with me.

Yes, sir.

Let me see if I can

find you an application

for our internship.

I'm afraid that's all

we can do for you.

See, this is

a satellite office.

Jay Twistle in the main office,

he oversees Witter Resources.

I mean, I'm... You know,

I'm just this office.

As you can see, we got a hell

of a lot of applications here...

Normally I have a resume sheet,

but I can't seem

to find it anywhere.

W-we, uh... Uh...

Um... Thank you very much.

I need to go. Um...

I'll... I'll br...

I'll bring this back.

Thank you.

Okay.

Trusting a hippie

girl with my scanner.

Why did I do that?

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Like I said,

this part of my life

is called "Being Stupid."

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Don't move!

Don't move! Stay...!

Stop! Stop!

Don't move! Stop this...!

Stop the train!

Stop! Stop!

The program took just 20 people

every six months.

One got the job.

There were three blank lines

after "high school"

to... list more education.

I didn't need that many lines.

Try and sleep.

It's late.

It's a puzzle measuring

just three inches

by three inches on each side,

made up of multiple colors

that you twist and turn,

and try to get to

a solid color on each side.

This little cube is

the gift sensation of 1981.

Don't expect

to solve it easily.

Although we did encounter

one math professor at USF

who took just

30 minutes on his.

This is as far as

I've gotten on mine.

As you can see,

I still have a long way to go.

This is Jim Finnerty reporting

for KJSF in Richmond.

Hey.

Wake up.

Eat.

Bye, Mom.

Bye, baby.

Come back without that, please.

Oh. Yeah,

I'm going to.

So go ahead, say goodbye to it,

'cause I'm coming back

without it.

Goodbye and good riddance.

You ain't had to add

the "good riddance" part.

Bye, Mom.

Bye.

It's written as P-P-Y,

but it's supposed to be

an I in "happiness."

Is it an adjective?

Uh, no. Actually,

it's a noun.

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