quote states, “Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.” (“Pursuit of Happyness”). This quote demonstrates an optimistic culture because Will Smith tells his son to not give up ever even if he wants to. He wants his son to keep trying and to always be a go getter no matter what the consequences are. This whole movie is
The 2006 Columbia Pictures film, The Pursuit of Happyness, tells the story of Chris Gardner and his struggle with homelessness. The film offers an insight in a group of individuals, those that are homeless, who typically are not shown in a positive light. Characters in the film show the aspects of the average person’s life, such as how the extras in the film demonstrate the bystander effect, Chris’ personality shows how he is able to get the job at Dean Witter, and Christopher shows some of the
Chris Gardner, the man whose rags to riches story inspired Will Smith’s box office hit The pursuit of happiness, went from living homeless to becoming a multimillionaire. The film is roughly based on real events during one year of his life, when he was 28 years old. Chris Gardner had a difficult childhood, after growing-up in a household with a loving mother who was emotionally and physically abused by his alcoholic step-father. Gardner ended up in foster care, after his mother (who worked multiple
characters but you really just get the film? Ever wonder what it is that made you fall in love with a film even if the dialogue or cinematography isn’t everything you hoped for? It’s the sound design! Not to discredit any part of the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, because it is a beautiful film, but the sound design is what truly makes this film so great. It fills all the voids that are sometimes experienced in films. It does this by capitalizing on what the untrained ear calls noise. Another way the
give us a great lesson. One of my favorite movie of all-time is the call “The Pursuit of Happyness” It is an American film directed by Gabriele Muccino, the first starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith. I have too many reasons for why I like this particular movie, and every time I watch it I learn something different, is like you’re learning a different thing every time you watch that movie. “The Pursuit of Happyness” is one of the films that in every scene make you think and reflect. This film
The Pursuit of Happyness The Pursuit of Happyness is a film, based on a true story, depicting the life of a black man who lives in the borderline of the middle class, before falling deeper into poverty while trying to support his motherless child. Chris Gardner and his son Christopher, portrayed by actor Will Smith and his own son Jayden, depict how the lower class lived in the 1980’s, and explored the hardships many Americans faced, such as homelessness, the job market, the breaking apart of a
Since 1776 the phrase, “the pursuit of happiness” has been etched into the brains of Americans. The essence of the pursuit is present throughout their every endeavor, even if he or she is down on their luck. The movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” directed by Gabriele Muccino is the story of the main that joins this pursuit for happiness. Christopher Gardner, the protagonist, supports his wife and child by selling bone density scanners. These machines are hard to sell and because of that, times are
The Pursuit of Happyness caught my attention as an attractive movie, then an inspiring story, and now an inner power source of mine. Whenever there is a low mood sneaking nearby, I would watch it all over again to regain strength to fight. Great story makes great film, and great character gives soul to it. Chris Gardner is the spirit of the film that makes it classic to me. I felt grateful as Chris showed me what responsibility, perseverance and optimism are. The first gift Chris gave me was the
The pursuit of happyness directed by Gabrielle Muccino is very good movie inspired by true story of salesman Chris Gardner (Will Smith), and his five years old son Christopher (Jaden Smith). The two main actors Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith were the best actors for the movie. The movie place in San Francisco in 1981, is a 2006 American biographical drama film. This movie relates to single man Chris Gardner (Will Smith) salesman struggle with his son by looking for better life, happiness. I recommend
Pursuit of Happyness: Narrative Essay The movie Pursuit of Happyness shows how a person became a homeless then eventually how he survived from being a homeless. Then, to being a multi millionaire. Even though he experienced how hard life can be he still pursued to reach his goals in his life for his son. This movie shows how a homeless person stand up and pursue to be successful. Throughout the movie, the filmmakers showed a how a family struggle from their daily lives'. One example from the movie
Since the movie came out in 2006, “ The Pursuit of Happyness” has been one of my favorite movies. A non-fiction movie based on a true story, of a man called Chris Gardner and his son Christopher Gardner Jr. Both these roles are played by the famous actors Will Smith, and his real life son Jaden Smith. In this very inspirational movie, directed by Gabriele Muccino, Will smith plays out Chris Gardner when he was struggling to start as a stockbroker while being a father in need of money. This movie
The Pursuit of Happyness is directed by Gabriele Muccino, starring actor Will Smith and son, Jaden Smith; a tale that is inspired by successful stockbroker, Christopher Gardner. In this movie, Chris Gardner is a salesman and a single father who struggled through life with his five year old son. Chris often finds himself broke and nowhere to go since they have been forced to leave their apartment due to late rent payment. He was struggling to make ends meet and winds up spending nights at shelter
role of any medium has changed just as much as the times have since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In contemporary America, film is the leading component of the propagation and detraction of the American dream. The film The Pursuit of Happyness (2005) supports the idea of the American dream our founding fathers set out. Wall Street (1987) on the other hand, supports and acts as a detractor of the true American dream and leads people to believe, what a lot of people already believe
The movie “Pursuit of Happyness” is about a man named Christopher Gardner. For me, this movie is extremely touching, and I have learned many things from watching this movie. Christopher has invested many of his family funds in a machine that is identified as the Bone Density Scanner. Christopher feels that the machine would be some classy machine that all doctors would use, and he would be wealthy from selling it. Nevertheless, the Bone Density Scanner did not sell like he thought it would because
be more than just a simple companionship. Just like a clown fish and a sea anemone, both father and son will rely on each other in order to survive the struggles of their everyday lives. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Gabriele Muccino’s The Pursuit of Happyness both depict a story between a father and son using each other as a means of survival when faced with adversity. When placed in a tough situation father and son must create a symbiotic relationship in order to survive. Upon the duo of father
“I now walk into the wild” (3). It was April 1992 a young man from a rather wealthy family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. His name was Christopher McCandless. He gave all of his savings to a charity, abandoned his car in the desert, left all his possessions, burned his money and wallet, and invented an alter ego all to shun society. Four months after his adventure, his decomposing body was found in bus 142 by a moose hunter. Into the Wild is a riveting novel about one
• Riding the Bus Chris Gardner, a salesman who sells bone density scanners, struggled to support his family financially but it proved to be an arduous task as most hospitals considered the scanners to be an unnecessary and expensive luxury. Being unable to sell the bone density scanners, Chris ran into hardships in paying for rent, parking tickets, and daycare fees for their son, which caused his wife to become emotionally distressed. On one of his trips to sell the scanner in town, he encountered
analyzed in this unit, this theme surrounding loyalty presents itself often. Sophocles’ play, Antigone, exhibits loyalty in many of the leading characters: Antigone herself and the tyrannical leader, Creon. The protagonist in the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness written by Steve Conrad, shows his loyalty to his son above all else. Eveline, in the short story by James Joyce, ends up staying in Dublin rather than leaving with her fiance; she shows her loyalty to her family as she
Life bears challenges and trials we need to overcome. In many instances, it is the journey through these moments of crisis, not the crisis itself that develops our character. “The Pursuit of Happyness” uses music, camera positioning, and camera angles to present to the viewers the moods, and tones which help demonstrating Chris Gardner’s perseverance, commitment, and determination. Perseverance can be described as the continual effort to do or achieve something through difficulties, failure or
Would one rather have a life with no control over what happens; or would one want to have a life with some power, but a limited pursuit of happiness? The Government in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 let the citizens do whatever they want to do. The only exception is that they are not to be left alone to think about life and the enjoyments that are involved; they are supposed to live and forget. Illegal activities are considered normal in these novels. America’s