Chris Gardner in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
A new film, “The Pursuit of Happyness” based on the life of Peace Over Violence 2006 Humanitarian Award Winner Chris Gardner will open in theatres across the country December 15, 2006. Film stars Will Smith as Gardner and chronicles his amazing life story. Always hard working and tenacious, a series of circumstances in the early 1980’s left Gardner homeless in San Francisco and the sole guardian of his toddler son. Unwilling to give up Chris Jr. or his dream of financial independence, Gardner started at the very bottom of the financial industry ladder and pulled his way up, often spending his nights in a church shelter or the a bathroom at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland. The amazing story of Gardner’s life was also published as an autobiography, The Pursuit of Happyness, by Amistad/Harper Collins on May 23, 2006, and is currently #3 on the New York Times Best Seller list. Please visit Sony Pictures.com for more information.
