The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama movie. The movie's story was about an entrepreneur, Chris Gardner, and his time while he was homeless. The movie's director was Gabriele Muccino. The movie starred Will Smith. He played Gardner in the movie. Smith's son, Jaden Smith also starred in the movie. He played Gardner's son, Christopher Jr.

The Pursuit of Happyness
Directed by	Gabriele Muccino
Written by	Steven Conrad
Based on	The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
Produced by	Will Smith Devon Franklin Todd Black Jason Blumenthal James Lassiter Steve Tisch
Starring	Will Smith Thandie Newton Jaden Smith
Narrated by	Will Smith
Cinematography	Phedon Papamichael
Edited by	Hughes Winborne
Music by	Andrea Guerra
Production companies	Relativity Media Overbrook Entertainment Escape Artists
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Release date	December 15, 2006 (2006-12-15)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$55 million
Box office	$307.1 million

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	15 December 2006
Croatia	15 December 2006
Mexico	15 December 2006
United States	15 December 2006
Australia	11 January 2007
United Kingdom	12 January 2007
Ireland	12 January 2007
Italy	12 January 2007
Germany	18 January 2007
Israel	18 January 2007
Japan	27 January 2007
France	31 January 2007
Argentina	1 February 2007
Netherlands	1 February 2007
Portugal	1 February 2007
Brazil	2 February 2007
Denmark	2 February 2007
Spain	2 February 2007
Lithuania	2 February 2007
Belgium	7 February 2007
Egypt	7 February 2007
Kuwait	7 February 2007
Czech Republic	8 February 2007
Bulgaria	9 February 2007
Estonia	9 February 2007
Finland	9 February 2007
Iceland	9 February 2007
Latvia	9 February 2007
Norway	9 February 2007
Poland	9 February 2007
Romania	9 February 2007
Venezuela	9 February 2007
Hungary	15 February 2007
Slovakia	15 February 2007
South Africa	16 February 2007
Greece	22 February 2007
Thailand	22 February 2007
Colombia	23 February 2007
Taiwan	28 February 2007
South Korea	1 March 2007
Malaysia	1 March 2007
Singapore	1 March 2007
Sweden	2 March 2007
Turkey	2 March 2007
Ukraine	8 March 2007
Hong Kong	22 March 2007
Serbia	22 March 2007
Russia	22 March 2007
Panama	23 March 2007
Kazakhstan	5 April 2007
China	17 January 2008

Cast

• Will Smith as Chris Gardner
• Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardner Jr.
• Thandie Newton as Linda Gardner
• Brian Howe as Jay
• Dan Castellaneta as Alan Frakesh
• James Karen as Martin Frohm
• Kurt Fuller as Walter Ribbon
• Takayo Fischer as Mrs. Chu

Music

The soundtrack of the movie was released on January 9, 2007.

Songs
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening"	3:09
2.	"Being Stupid"	1:39
3.	"Oeee Balle Balle shakti"	1:30
4.	"Trouble At Home"	1:30
5.	"Rubiks Cube Taxi"	1:53
6.	"Park Chase"	2:29
7.	"Linda Leaves"	4:02
8.	"Night At Police Station"	1:36
9.	"Possibly"	1:45
10.	"Where's My Shoe"	4:20
11.	"To The Game/Touchdown"	1:37
12.	"Locked Out"	2:20
13.	"Dinosaurs"	2:40
14.	"Homeless"	1:55
15.	"Happyness"	3:50
16.	"Welcome Chris"	3:45
Total length:		40:00

Other websites

• The Pursuit of Happyness at AllMovie
• The Pursuit of Happyness on IMDb
• The Pursuit of Happyness at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Pursuit of Happyness at Metacritic