A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 12 wins & 26 nominations total
- Linda
- (as Thandie Newton)
- Christopher
- (as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith)
- Chinese Maintenance Worker
- (as George K. Cheung)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChris Gardner: At the end, the real Chris Gardner walks past Chris and Chris Jr.
- GoofsIn one scene, the train doors close on Chris Gardner's hand while he is holding a bone scanner. He doesn't let go, and the train departs with the doors partially open. That would never happen in real life; BART trains are designed not to move if the doors of any car are obstructed.
- Quotes
Christopher Gardner: [narrating, at a payphone, raining, after learning Linda is taking Christopher away from him] It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?
- SoundtracksWhen the Saints Go Marching In
Traditional
Forget Stalone. Forget Arnold. Forget Bond. Forget all those romantic comedy whimps. Bruce Willis never had to make this many life threatening decisions in Die Hard.
Will Smith gives a better performance of toughness here than he did portraying Muhammed Ali.
This movie is raw. This movie will force you to examine your manhood. See if you can look in the mirror after watching this film.
Fathers, don't let the PG-13 rating fool you. This movie is not for kids. If you let your child see this movie you may regret it. Your child may never be able to look at you the same way again. Your child will wonder why you are not more like Chris Gardner.
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- Also known as
- En busca de la felicidad
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Box office
- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $163,566,459
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,541,709
- Dec 17, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $307,127,625
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1