While painting, Chris is greeted by two police officers at his doorstep, who take him to the police station, stating he has to pay for numerous parking tickets he has accumulated. The day before the interview, Chris grudgingly agrees to paint his apartment to postpone being evicted due to his difficulty in paying the rent. His new relationship with Jay earns him the chance to become an intern stockbroker. Chris boards a train but loses one of his scanners in the process. After Jay leaves, Chris lacks the money to pay the fare and chooses to run instead, causing the driver to angrily chase him into a BART station. While Chris is trying to sell one of the scanners, he meets Jay Twistle, a lead manager and partner for Dean Witter Reynolds, and impresses him by solving a Rubik's Cube during a taxi ride. The economic instability increasingly erodes their marriage, despite caring for Christopher Jr., their soon-to-be five-year-old son. While he is able to sell most of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands enrage his wife, Linda, who works as a hotel maid. The scanners play a vital role in Chris's life. In 1981, San Francisco salesman Chris Gardner invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy improvement over standard X-rays. Smith was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Actor. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by Columbia Pictures, and received moderately positive reviews, with Smith's performance and the emotional weight of the story garnering universal acclaim. The movie is set in San Francisco in 1981. The unusual spelling of the film's title comes from a mural that Gardner sees on the wall outside the daycare facility his son attended. It is based on Gardner's nearly one-year struggle being homeless. The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling 2006 memoir of the same name written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe.

Smith's son Jaden Smith co-stars, making his film debut as Gardner's son, Christopher Jr.

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and starring Will Smith as Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman.

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