The Pursuit of Happyness

A single father faces challenges in balancing his career aspirations with the responsibilities of fatherhood. The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American English-language Biography Drama movie starring Will Smith, Thandiwe Newton, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, James Karen and Spencer Kayden. The movie is based on The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner Quincy Troupe. Columbia Pictures in association with Relativity Media, Overbrook Entertainment and Escape Artists. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Steve Tisch, Todd Black, Will Smith, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter and Devon Franklin. The Pursuit of Happyness is written by Steve Conrad and directed by Gabriele Muccino. Sony Pictures Releasing acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Pursuit of Happyness was released on 1st March 2007 and takes a screen time of 117 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Pursuit of Happyness was made on a budget of $55 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $307 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Steven Conrad. Cinematography was done by Phedon Papamichael and editing by Hughes Winborne. The music was composed by Andrea Guerra.