Filmography Pursuit of Happyness In the moving drama The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a marginally employed salesman and a single father, struggling with the mother (Thandie Newton) of his five-year-old son (Jaden Smith). When they are evicted from their apartment, Gardner finds himself alone with his son in San Francisco and no place to go. Even when Gardner lands an intern position at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, it pays no money. Forced to live in shelters, enduring many hardships as he goes through their program, Chris refuses to let this dampen his spirits as he pursues his dream of security for himself and his son. US release date: December 15th, 2006. Trailers: Click Here Studio: Columbia Pictures. Genre: Drama. Director: Gabriele Muccino. Screenwriter: Steve Conrad. Budget: $TBC (estimated) US Boxoffice: TBC Starring: Jaden Smith Thandie Newton Scott Klace Kurt Fuller Takayo Fischer Also starring: Soon. Did you know? (info taken from imdb.com) The spelling error in the title is intentional: it refers to an important scene in the movie. Will Smith wanted Gabriele Muccino to direct this movie after seeing his films Ultimo bacio, L' (2001) and Ricordati di me (2003). more soon... back