The pursuit of happyness /
In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young 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 fu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Culver City, Calif. :
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
2011, 2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus) |
| Summary: | In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman. His wife worked double shifts to support the family including their young 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video (approximately 117 min.) |
| Audience: | Rating: PG-13. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; music, Andrea Guerra. |