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 based on entrepreneur 's nearly one-year struggle being homeless. Directed by, the film features as Gardner, a homeless salesman.

1. Steven Conrad
2. NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Motion Picture

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Smith's son co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Christopher Jr. The screenplay by is based on the best-selling written by Gardner with. The film was released on December 15, 2006,. For his performance, Smith was nominated for an and a for Best Actor. The unusual of the film's title comes from a that Gardner sees on the wall outside the daycare facility his son attends. He complains to the owner of the daycare that 'happiness' is incorrectly spelt as 'happyness' and needs to be changed.

Contents. Plot In 1981, San Francisco salesman Chris Gardner invests his entire life savings in portable scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy over standard. The scanners play a vital role in Chris' life. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his already bitter and alienated wife Linda, who works as a hotel maid. The financial instability increasingly erodes their marriage, in spite of them caring for Christopher Jr., their soon-to-be five-year-old son. While Chris is trying to sell one of the scanners, Gardner meets Jay Twistle, a manager for, and impresses him by solving a during a taxi ride. After Jay leaves, Gardner lacks money to pay the fare, and chooses to run instead, causing the driver to angrily chase him into a station.

Gardner boards a train but loses one of his scanners in the process. His new relationship with Jay earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker. The day before the interview, Gardner grudgingly agrees to paint his apartment so as to postpone due to his difficulty in paying the rent. While painting, Gardner is greeted by two policemen at his doorstep, who take him to the station, stating he has to pay for his numerous parking tickets he has accumulated. As part of the sanction, Gardner is ordered to spend the night in jail instead, complicating his schedule for the interview the next morning.

He manages to arrive at Dean Witter's office on time, albeit still in his shabby clothes. Despite his appearance, he impresses the interviewers, and lands an unpaid internship. He would be amongst 20 interns competing for a paid position as a stockbroker. Gardner's unpaid internship does not please Linda, who eventually leaves for New York, because she might get a job at her sister's boyfriend's new restaurant.

After Gardner bluntly says she is incapable of being a single mom, she agrees that Christopher Jr. Will remain with his dad. Gardner is further set back when his bank account is by the for unpaid income taxes, and he and Christopher are evicted.

He ends up with less than $22, resulting in them being homeless, and they are forced at one point to stay in a restroom at a BART station. Other days, he and Christopher spend nights at a, in BART, or, if he manages to procure sufficient cash, at a hotel. Later, Gardner finds the bone scanner that he lost in the BART station earlier and, after repairing it, sells it to a physician, thus completing all his sales of his scanners.

Disadvantaged by his limited work hours, and knowing that maximizing his client contacts and profits is the only way to earn the broker position, Gardner develops a number of ways to make phone sales calls more efficiently, including reaching out to potential high value customers, defying protocol. One sympathetic prospect who is a top-level pension fund manager even takes him and his son to a game. Regardless of his challenges, he never reveals his lowly circumstances to his colleagues, even going so far as to lend one of his bosses five dollars for cab fare, a sum that he cannot afford.

Concluding his internship, Gardner is called into a meeting with his managers. One of them notes he is wearing a new shirt. Gardner explains it is his last day and thought to dress for the occasion. The manager smiles and says he should wear another one tomorrow, letting him know he has won the coveted full-time position giving him back his $5 as he promised.

Fighting back tears, Gardner shakes hands with them, then rushes to his son's daycare to embrace Christopher. They walk down the street, joking with each other (and are passed by the real Chris Gardner, in a business suit).

The epilogue reveals that Gardner went on to form his own multimillion-dollar brokerage firm. Cast.

as, a medical device salesman and concerned father. as Christopher Gardner (credited as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith by full name). as Linda Gardner. as Jay Twistle. as Alan Frakesh. as Martin Frohm.

as Walter Ribbon. as Mrs. Chu Production. The film is based on the story of 's struggle with homelessness. Development realized his story had potential after an overwhelming national response to an interview he did with in January 2002. He published his autobiography on May 23, 2006, and later became an associate producer for the film.

The movie took some liberties with Gardner's true life story. Certain details and events that actually took place over the span of several years were compressed into a relatively short time and although eight-year-old Jaden portrayed Chris as a five-year-old, Gardner's son was just a toddler at the time.

Casting Chris Gardner reportedly thought Smith, an actor best known for his performances in action movies, was miscast to play him. However, he said his daughter Jacintha 'set him straight' by saying, 'If Smith can, he can play you!'

Music released a soundtrack album with the score composed by on January 9, 2007. Title Length 1. 'Opening' 3:09 2. 'Being Stupid' 1:39 3. 'Running' 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 Also in the film are brief portions of ' and ', both sung by, and 'Lord, Don't Move the Mountain' by and, sung by the. Release Box office The film debuted first at the box office, earning $27 million during its opening weekend and beating out heavily promoted films such as and. It was Smith's sixth consecutive #1 opening and one of Smith's consecutive $100 million blockbusters. The film grossed $162,586,036 domestically in the US and Canada. In the hope Gardner's story would inspire the down-trodden citizens of to achieve financial independence and to take greater responsibility for the welfare of their families, the mayor of Chattanooga organized a viewing of the film for the city's homeless.

Gardner himself felt that it was imperative to share his story for the sake of its widespread social issues. 'When I talk about alcoholism in the household, domestic violence, child abuse, illiteracy, and all of those issues—those are universal issues; those are not just confined to,' he said. Home media The film was released on on March 27, 2007, and as of November 2007, US DVD sales accounted for an additional $89,923,088 in revenue, slightly less than half of what was earned in its first week of release. About 5,570,577 units have been sold, bringing in $90,582,602 in revenue.

Reception Critical response The film was received generally positively by critics, with Will Smith receiving widespread acclaim for his performance. Film review site calculated a 67% overall approval based on 171 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Will Smith's heartfelt performance elevates The Pursuit of Happyness above mere melodrama.'

In the, observed, 'The great surprise of the picture is that it's not corny. The beauty of the film is its honesty. In its outlines, it's nothing like the usual success story depicted on-screen, in which, after a reasonable interval of disappointment, success arrives wrapped in a ribbon and a bow.

Instead, this success story follows the pattern most common in life—it chronicles a series of soul-sickening failures and defeats, missed opportunities, sure things that didn't quite happen, all of which are accompanied by a concomitant accretion of barely perceptible victories that gradually amount to something. In other words, it all feels real.' Manohla Dargis of called the film 'a in.

The kind of entertainment that goes down smoothly until it gets stuck in your. It's the same old bootstraps story, an American dream artfully told, skillfully sold. To that calculated end, the film making is seamless, unadorned, transparent, the better to serve Mr.

Smith's warm expressiveness. How you respond to this man's moving story may depend on whether you find Mr. Smith's and his son's performances so overwhelmingly winning that you buy the idea that poverty is a function of bad luck and bad choices, and success the result of heroic toil and dreams.'

Of awarded the film three out of a possible four stars and commented, 'Smith is on the march toward Oscar. His role needs gravity, smarts, charm, humor and a soul that's not synthetic. Smith brings it.

He's the real deal.' In, Brian Lowry said the film 'is more inspirational than creatively inspired—imbued with the kind of uplifting, afterschool-special qualities that can trigger a major toothache. Smith's heartfelt performance is easy to admire. But the movie's painfully earnest tone should skew its appeal to the portion of the audience that, admittedly, has catapulted many cloying TV movies into hits. In the final accounting, it winds up being a little like the determined salesman Mr. Gardner himself: easy to root for, certainly, but not that much fun to spend time with.'

Kevin Crust of the stated, 'Dramatically it lacks the layering of a, which it superficially resembles. Though the subject matter is serious, the film itself is rather slight, and it relies on the actor to give it any energy. Even in a more modest register, Smith is a very appealing leading man, and he makes Gardner's plight compelling. The Pursuit of Happyness is an unexceptional film with exceptional performances.

There are worse ways to spend the holidays, and, at the least, it will likely make you appreciate your own circumstances.' In the, Steve Persall graded the film B- and added, 'It is the obligatory feel-good drama of the holiday season and takes that responsibility a bit too seriously.

The film lays so many obstacles and solutions before its resilient hero that the volume of sentimentality and coincidence makes it feel suspect. Neither Conrad's script nor Muccino's redundant direction shows what lifted the real-life Chris above better educated and more experienced candidates, but it comes through in the earnest performances of the two Smiths. Father Will seldom comes across this mature on screen; at the finale, he achieves a measure of Oscar-worthy emotion.

Little Jaden is a chip off the old block, uncommonly at ease before the cameras. Their real-life bond is an inestimable asset to the on-screen characters' relationship, although Conrad never really tests it with any conflict.' Has named the film #7 in its list of 'The Best Conservative Movies'. Of the wrote, 'this film provides the perfect antidote to Wall Street and other Hollywood diatribes depicting the world of finance as filled with nothing but greed.' Accolades Award Category Subject Result Nominated Nominated Nominated Will Smith Nominated Nominated Will Smith Nominated Jaden Smith Nominated Capri Award Movie of the Year Won Award Will Smith Nominated Award Nominated Will Smith Nominated ('A Father's Way') Nominated Will Smith Nominated Jaden Smith Won Won Will Smith Nominated Jaden Smith Nominated Nominated Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Young Actor Jaden Smith Won Will Smith Nominated Won Choice: Chemistry Will Smith Won Jaden Smith Won Choice: Breakout Male Won See also. Retrieved September 4, 2016.

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Running time 88 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $12 million Box office $102.7 million Project X is a 2012 American directed by and written by and Matt Drake based on a story by Bacall, and produced by director. The film follows three friends—Thomas , Costa and J.B. —who plan to gain popularity by throwing a party, a plan which quickly escalates out of their control. The title Project X was initially a placeholder for a final title, but interest generated by the secretive title kept it in place. A nationwide open casting call was employed to find fresh faces. The majority of the cast were sourced from this casting call, but a few with prior acting credits, such as Mann, were accepted after multiple auditions.

Filming took place on sets in Los Angeles over five weeks on a US$12 million budget. The film is presented as a from the perspective of an attendee using a camera to document the night's events. Project X was released in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on March 2, 2012, and grossed over $100 million worldwide during its theatrical run. Criticism focused on the 'loathsome' behavior of the lead characters, the perceived and the disregard for the effects of drug use.

Other reviews considered it funny and thrilling, and equated it to a modern incarnation of the 1978 comedy. Following release, incidents of large-scale parties referenced or blamed the film as an inspiration. Contents. Plot In, high school students Costa and J.B. Plan to throw a party for their friend Thomas's birthday, aiming to increase their popularity.

Thomas's parents go away for the weekend, leaving him alone in the house, but warn him not to have too many people over, and not to drive his father's. Thomas is reluctant to have the party at his house, but Costa continues with his plan. Costa hires AV-student Dax to chronicle the night's events. Costa and J.B.

Advertise the party throughout the school. Thomas himself invites Alexis, the hottest girl at school, and his best friend Kirby, who has a crush on Thomas.

Costa, Thomas, and J.B. Go to buy from drug-dealer T-Rick. While T-Rick gets the marijuana, Costa steals his lawn gnome to use as a party mascot. As they leave, T-Rick discovers his gnome stolen and chases after them but they escape in Thomas's mini-van. As night falls, the party's start time passes but no one turns up and Thomas worries that the party will fail. Suddenly, party-goers arrive en-masse. Indian railway information software free download for pc. Thomas intends to limit the party to the backyard and poolhouse with the house guarded by two young security guards, Everett and Tyler.

However, more and more people begin to arrive and the party moves beyond their control and into the house. Thomas questions Costa on how he advertised the party, forcing him to confess that he put ads on and on a local radio station, worried that no one would attend. Things escalate quickly and the police arrive, responding to a noise complaint. The partygoers remain silent, convincing the officers that the party has already ended. The police leave and the party resumes. T-Rick's gnome is smashed, revealing that it contains a large amount of tablets, which are quickly consumed by the partygoers.

Thomas kisses Kirby and reveals that he loves her. Alexis meanwhile flirts with Thomas throughout the night and eventually seduces him. Kirby walks in on the pair as they are about to have sex and leaves the party upset.

The noise and chaos of the party, which has now spilled into the surrounding neighborhood, receives televised news coverage with helicopters flying over the house. A guest drives Thomas's dad's Mercedes into the pool after being put into an oven by other partygoers.

The police return in force but are overwhelmed and repelled by the guests. They decide to let the party end naturally before moving in. T-Rick arrives armed with a flamethrower in an attempt to reclaim his gnome. He begins setting fire to the trees and cars in search of Costa, forcing the guests to flee and the party to end. The police shoot his flamethrower pack and it explodes. Thomas, Costa, J.B., and Dax flee with the other guests as Thomas's house burns and the SWAT team moves in to retake the neighborhood. The neighborhood is left aflame.

By morning, the friends return to their respective homes to discover what punishment awaits them. After his parents return, Thomas's father commends him for managing to throw the party because he thought he was a loser, but he uses Thomas's college fund to pay for the damages. At school, Thomas, Costa and J.B. Are cheered by the students and Thomas reconciles romantically with Kirby.

In the epilogue, T-Rick is recovered alive following the explosion, Thomas is convicted for disturbing the peace, contributing to the delinquency of minors, and inciting a riot, and Costa and J.B. Are acquitted; Costa because of his expensive lawyer and J.B. Because his parents convince the court that he is mentally incapable and unfit to stand trial. Costa, however, is currently waiting for the results of three paternity tests.

Dax, meanwhile, is under investigation for the disappearance of his parents. In an interview with, Costa promises his next party will be even better. Cast. as Thomas Kub Mann had prior acting experience, in the feature film (2010), and was told he could not audition for Project X because the producers wished to cast only people without acting credits.

Mann ultimately auditioned seven times before winning the role. as Costa The film is Cooper's feature film debut. Costa's confident nature and backstory of being unwillingly moved to the film's setting of North Pasadena from was developed based on Cooper's auditions, where it was felt he gave the impression of being from New York City, despite originating from. The film is Brown's feature film debut. Dax Flame as Dax A friend of Costa's hired to chronicle the party. Flame was discovered through his personal video blog.

Describing his character, Flame stated 'Because he's holding the camera, my character doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but when he does, it's very impactful.' . as Kirby Thomas's friend, who has an unrequited crush on Thomas. Brady Hender and Nick Nervies as Everett and Tyler A pair of children hired as security for Costa's party. as Alexis A popular high school girl. Knapp's character required nudity, something with which she was initially uncomfortable, stating 'I just had a lot of moral issues with it but I got over it and I heard that it's not that revealing.

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So I’m relieved.' Knapp described her character as a, and was given the opportunity to add to the role, move beyond a 'hot chick' archetype. The cast also includes: as college jock Miles; as Angry Little Person, a party guest; as drug dealer T-Rick; Rob Evors as Rob, Thomas's neighbor; and as Thomas's Mom and Dad respectively; as J.B.' S girl; and as the party.

Television hosts and cameo as themselves. Production Development Producer described the film as an experiment, after executive producer Alex Heineman provided a basic concept, with the production team sharing tales of memorable parties that they had either attended or heard about. Writer Michael Bacall developed these stories into an outline scenario in one night with the goal of creating the 'gnarliest high school party of all time'. The remainder of the story was fleshed out in the following weeks. Bacall and Drake were told to 'go crazy' with the script, although Bacall confessed 'I was a nerd in high school so I never did anything like what's in the movie'. Bacall worked on the script generally at nights between simultaneously working on the scripts for and.

Nima Nourizadeh had previously only worked directing music videos and commercials, but he came to the producers' attention for his directing work on a series of party-themed commercials. Nourizadeh explained to the producers how he would want to develop the script and how he would want the film to look and feel, and he was eventually brought from London to Los Angeles, for what he believed would be two weeks, but stretched to two years. Phillips believed that Nourizadeh's interpretation of the film was compatible with his vision, influencing the decision to hire Nourizadeh in his feature film debut.

Project X was not intended to be the title of the film, but it was kept to capitalize on interest generated by the rumored secrecy surrounding the project. Adding to the secrecy, producers decided to not send full scripts to any prospective cast member, instead providing only individual pages. Casting To create the impression that the events of Project X had actually happened, the producers decided against casting known faces, but to find completely new actors.

Phillips stated that the goal of the open call was to cast 'unknown actors' and 'real people of all ethnicities,' who would not normally be given a chance to star in a film. Phillips and producer decided to create a nationwide open casting call, allowing any United States resident over the age of 18 to audition for Project X through a specially created website. Actors were required to provide videos of themselves telling embarrassing or funny stories, or dancing. However, traditional casting was still employed to allow actors with little professional acting credits to audition.

The process allowed traits of the selected actors to be incorporated into their characters, including in several cases, their respective characters taking the actors' names. In casting the three leads, the production avoided solo casting and instead had a group of three actors auditioning together, switching out and adding different actors to see which group worked best together. The casting of low-profile actors aided in keeping the production budget low by avoiding the larger salaries attached to stars. To prepare for the role and create a believable friendship between the leads, Brown, Cooper, and Mann were sent to together and spent a weekend in a cabin. Principal photography. Youths standing in front of police in during a Project X inspired party in 2012, called. Following the release of Project X, many parties were inspired by the film.

On March 9, 2012, 'Project M' became the first event to gain media attention after a party invite was posted on Twitter by high schooler Mikey Vasovski, and was subsequently passed to thousands of users, to the point that the message was being resent once per second, and was posted on. The party was dubbed 'Project M' by Vasovski, and the invite contained the address of a foreclosed home where the party would take place.

On March 9, potential party-goers began arriving at the location, but by 11 a.m. The party had been officially cancelled after police began escorting people off of the premises. Based on his promotion job, Vasovski was offered a summer internship.

On March 10, 2012, a second party gained media attention. The party was organized by a Canadian student, titled 'Project Kris'. Within 24 hours, it had been viewed by over 900,000 people. The event was allegedly intended to be a small party for 30.

On March 13, 2012, two separate parties were attempted in and, Texas. In Miramar, people were invited to a foreclosed home to recreate the film as 'Project X House Party 2'.

The promoter was arrested and charged with $19,000 of criminal damage before the party had begun. Police claimed to have turned away 2,000 teenagers who approached the property unaware of the party's cancellation.

In Houston, 13 teenagers were arrested after successfully throwing a party and causing up to $100,000 of damage to an empty home. When police questioned the teens about their motivation, they claimed to have been inspired by the film. A second Houston party attracted between 500 and 1,000 guests, but resulted in the death of one person after an attendee started firing a gun when police attempted to break up the event. On September 21, 2012, in the small Dutch town of a party spiraled out of control after a invitation. News reports indicated that 'There were multiple mentions of an American film called Project X', and that some revelers wore T-shirts marked '. The damage was estimated to be over €1 million ($1.32 million).

In 2012, a party called Proyecto X ('Project X' in Spanish) was held in the of, Argentina. The event gathered 4,500 teenagers who were sold alcohol. In 2014, a party called 'Project P' was thrown in Mecosta County, Michigan which attracted more that 2,000 people to an isolated farm house. There were go-go dancers, strippers, a fire thrower and two DJs reportedly hired for the party.

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Dozens of participants were taken to area hospitals after overdosing on drugs (particularly heroin) and alcohol including one reported sexual assault. Police from seven agencies who responded chose to manage the situation from the perimeter because of the risk of hundreds of intoxicated drivers fleeing the scene. Three suspected organizers of the rave were formally charged. Sequel On March 6, 2012, four days after its release, Warner Bros. Announced a sequel, with Bacall returning to write a script. On May 19, 2015, the studio officially announced that the sequel would be titled Project XX and was initially scheduled for release on August 19, 2016, but was never officially confirmed.

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