The Pursuit of Happyness

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

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.

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