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. After that tragedy, Gardner and his young son are evicted for so many unpaid income taxes in his bank account. After Gardner says that Linda is incapable of being a single mother, she agrees that Christopher will remain with his father. Gardner’s unpaid internship doesn’t please Linda as his wife. Despite of his appearance, he got success to impress the interviewers and lands an internship with among 20 interns competing for a paid position as a broker. But, he must not late to come for his interview tomorrow, then Gardner manages to arrive at Dean Witter’s office on time with a shabby clothes. While painting, Gardner is greeted by the police at his doorstep and he ordered Gardner to spend one night in the jail because of his accumulation of his parking tickets. The day before the interview to be a stockbroker, Gardner agrees to paint his apartment in order to postpone from being evicted due to his difficulty in paying the rent. Now, Gardner has a new relationship with Jay Twistle and it gives him a chance to become an intern stockbroker. One day when Gardner tries to sell his scanners in downtown, he meets Jay Twistle (Brian Howe), a manager of Dean Witter Reynolds and Gardner impresses him by solving a Rubik’s cube during a taxi ride with Jay Twistle.
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Gardner is a salesman of portable bone-density scanners. Gardner is a salesman and Linda is working as a hotel maid. The movie actually tells the story about Chris Gardner (Will Smith) and Linda (Thandie Newton) as his wife and of course their five years old son, Christopher (Jaden Smith). Then Gardner complained to the owner of the daycare that “happiness” is incorrectly spelled as “happyness” and needs to be changed. The unusual spelling comes from a sign Gardner saw when he was homeless in the past, Gardner sees on the wall outside the daycare facility that his son attends. It is interesting if we realize that the title said Happyness, not Happiness. The movie focuses on the struggle of his life and Gardner realize that his story had Hollywood potential after an overwhelming national response to an interview he did with 20/20 in January 2002, then he published his autobiography on May 23, 2006. Now, Chris Gardner is an American entrepreneur, investor, stockbroker, motivational speaker, author and philanthropist. The Pursuit of Happyness is actually the real story of Chris Gardner’s early life. He embodied how selfless fathers could be for the sake of their children.The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film starring Will Smith along with Jaden Smith, His son who co-stars in his film debut. Chris went through a lot but that didn’t stop him to fight and find a job that could provide a living for him and his son. The movie also showed what a father’s love could conquer just to provide for his child. Despite all the negativities and misfortunes, life goes on. This movie embodied the importance of perseverance to reach success. As a reward, he was chosen and hired by the company. In the end, only one should stand out against the others. There, he proves his worth as a broker competing with hundreds of other aspiring brokers. The manager, Jay, saw potential in Chris Gardner. He met a manager of a big company who helped him be hired in the company. If they can’t get a room, they sleep on the streets. After work, Chris brings all his things and runs with his son to be up in line. At night, they needed to show up in line before other homeless people fill up the available rooms. On his own, he takes care, feeds, bathes, and takes his son to daycare. Since then, he faced life being a single parent. Not too long before that, his wife even abandoned him and their son. Due to being unable to pay the rent bills, they got kicked out eventually. For that, he was forced to sell his properties and was even asked to move out of their apartment. It wasn’t enough to pay his bills, parking tickets, taxes, rents, and even his son’s daycare fees. He wasn’t selling enough to provide for his family’s needs. This is a box type medicine device that he supplies to doctors as his business. The movie started with Chris Gardner making sales calls for his bone density scanner. The movie tells the story of a man as he finds his way to happiness. The movie Pursuit of Happyness revolves around the journeyof Chris Gardner to success. Happiness is something that cannot be obtained, but for some reason people pursue it anyway. Written by: de Mesa, Galdones, and Mendoza