| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.40:1. |
| Cast |
Will Smith (Chris Gardner), Thandie Newton (Linda), Brian Howe (Jay Twistle), James Karen (Martin Frohm), Dan Castellaneta (Alan Frakesh), Kurt Fuller (Walter Ribbon), Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (Christopher). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; film editor, Hughes Winborne ; music by Andrea Guerra ; production designer, J. Michael Riva ; costume designer, Sharen Davis. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2006. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated PG-13 for some language. |
| Summary |
Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a single dad who has to support and care for a young child. Impressing a Dean Witter higher-up by solving a Rubik's cube during a taxi ride, Chris gets a place in a stockbroker-training program. But internships don't pay, and there's no guarantee he'll be offered a job at the end of it. Against all odds, he pushes toward success, and eventually turns his life around. |
| Contents |
One day at a time -- Riding the bus -- Two questions -- Being stupid -- Making contacts -- Birthday wishes -- Ride share -- Cab fare -- Go get happy -- Parking tickets -- Big interview -- Second thought -- Linda is leaving -- Packing up -- Taking care -- Internship -- Beyond the call -- Hot lead -- Possibilities -- Paying taxes -- Time machine -- Locked out -- Safe cave -- Four spots left -- Climbing mountains -- Shining light -- Change of scenery -- Happyness. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary with director Gabriele Muccino [audio feature]; Making pursuit: An Italian take on the American dream [featurette] (18 min.); Father and son: On screen and off [featurette] (8 min.); The man behind the movie: A conversation with Chris Gardner [featurette] (13 min.); Inside the Rubik's® Cube [featurette] (7 min.); "I Can" musical performance [audio only]; previews (26 min.). |
| Language |
In English or French with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Dreams -- Drama.
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Despair -- Drama.
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Millionaires -- United States -- Drama.
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Stockbrokers -- United States -- Drama.
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Sales personnel -- United States -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- United States -- Drama.
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Internship programs -- United States -- Drama.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Videodiscs.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Black, Todd.
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Blumenthal, Jason.
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Tisch, Steve.
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Lassiter, James.
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Smith, Will, 1968-
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Conrad, Steve.
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Muccino, Gabriele.
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Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
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Howe, Brian.
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Karen, James, 1923-2018
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Castellaneta, Dan.
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Fuller, Kurt, 1953-
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Smith, Jaden, 1998-
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Columbia Pictures Industries.
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Relativity Media.
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Overbrook Entertainment (Firm)
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Escape Artists (Firm)
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
043396150874 |
| Music No. |
Columbia Pictures 15087 |
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