The Pursuit of Happyness

There are several references to "Pac Bell" (Pacific Bell) pensions.

"Pac Bell" was one of the "baby bells" created by the court-ordered breakup of AT&T in 1984.

Before that, the official name of the company was "The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company.

" Anyone who retired before that would have a pension from Pac-Tell, not Pac-Bell.

When Chris gets into the cab with Mr.

Twistle, a nearby UPS truck has their 2004 livery painted on it.

When Chris chases after Hippie Girl in the BART station, he looks from the gate area down to the train platform.

Hippie Girl stands next to a BART train that displays a "#1 Transit System in America" decal just to the left of the door.

After he runs down to the platform and bangs on the closed train door, the decal is missing.

A BART car has a "#1 Transit System in America" decal.

BART won that award in October 2004.

The movie is set in 1981.

The original Rubik's cube did not have the logo on the center white square.

This was added much later.

When Chris is in the cab with Mr.

Twistle solving the Rubik's Cube, the cab window behind him has a decal for a local radio station (KMEL) in the interior shots, but not the exterior shots.

At Candlestick Park, there is a 49ers logo that was introduced in 1996.

In 1981, the seats in BART trains were tan, not blue.

When Chris is making cold calls, his Togo's cup has lettering and a logo that first appeared in the late 1990s.

When Chris and little Chris are in the Glen Park BART station, a departing BART train has a "C" type car (a cab car with a flat face) on the end.

BART started running those cars in the mid-1980s.

When Chris gets into the car after the football game, the bone scanner isn't in his lap.

In the next shot, it is sitting on his lap.

At the subway, Christopher is sitting on the bench with his legs crossed, showing the soles of his sneakers.

They are clean, as if they were brand-new.

When little Chris' mother carries him in the bedroom and puts him in bed, he is supposed to be asleep.

However, he lifts both of his legs up to avoid the side of the bed.

When Chris and Christopher are collecting their stuff after being kicked out of the hotel room, Christopher picks up his basketball in a grocery bag.

The next time he is seen, he is carrying a garbage bag.

When Chris enters the day care center to pick up his son, the cameraman and camera are reflected in the window.

Will Smith's character's car is "booted" and towed away due to unpaid parking tickets.

San Francisco began using the Denver Boot in the mid 1990's.

When Chris gets hit by the car, the momentum has him rolling forward.

In the next scene, he is rolling to the left in the next lane.

Before Chris solves the Rubik's cube, he is talking to Jay Twistle on the sidewalk near the taxi.

A man in a brown jacket and tie passes by, followed by a blonde in blue clothing.

A few seconds later, they pass by again walking in the same direction.

When Chris runs out of the building after saying he has learned to get his job done early to make it to the shelter in time, the same man and woman appear in the distance, walking together.

Near the end of the movie, when Chris learns he got the job, he walks outside, into a crowd of people walking.

One of the extras walking near Chris is the same blonde in the same blue clothing.

When Martin Frohm asks Chris to borrow $5 for the taxi, a red-headed woman in a burgundy jacket walks between the actors and the camera.

In the next shot, she walks by again.

When Chris admires the stock broker in the red sports car, the stock broker parks his car several feet behind another car.

In the next shot, from across the street, the red sports car is just a few inches behind the other car.

In the next shot, back to the original location, it is several feet away.

The bright yellow platform edge warning system, in all of the BART station scenes, was installed in 1987.

When the Gardners leave for the football game in Walter Ribbon's Mercedes, the license plate is for a truck, not a car.

In 1981, most of the buildings shown in the San Francisco Skyline shots were not completed yet.

Chris's basketball is from "Classic Sport," which was founded 1993.

His ball was introduced in 2000.

When Chris and his son are denied a room at the shelter, a homeless guy hits a parking meter, which wiggles like it is made of rubber.

Chris Gardner wears a Timex Indiglo watch.

Indiglo was introduced in 1988.

When the stock broker stops his sports car and gets out, it rolls back, as if the hand brake has not been applied.

When Chris is viewing Candlestick Park from the 'box seats', the camera pan shows glassed-in luxury boxes.

Those were added in the 1980s.

The textbook given to Chris and the other interns is the 1988 edition of Graham and Dodd's Security Analysis, published well after the film's 1981 time frame.

In one scene, the train doors close on Chris Gardner's hand while he is holding a bone scanner.

He doesn't let go, and the train departs while the doors are partially open.

That would never happen in real life; BART trains are designed not to move if the doors of any train are obstructed.

The movie shows all-glass bus shelters with large poster ads.

The San Francisco MUNI adopted all-glass bus shelters in the 1990s.

The posters first appeared in the late '90s.

Jay Twistle's son wears a red hooded 49ers Starter parka.

Starter started selling that line of parkas in 1990.

When Chris is having Mr.

Frakesh's car moved, a 1991 Honda Accord is parked between the other cars.

At the beginning, when Chris and Christopher are walking to daycare, Christopher is carrying a basketball in a plastic grocery bag.

In subsequent shots, he is not holding the ball.

He receives the same ball as a gift later in the film.

Christopher has a scuffle with the taxi driver, opens the front door, and tries to get his scanner out.

When the taxi driver grabs him and tries to pull him out of the taxi, they are suddenly on the car hood (bonnet), and Christopher throws the taxi driver on the hood.

In the same shot, the front door is closed again.

The tennis racket that the neighbor uses to beat his rug seems to be from 2002.

In the beginning, a person walks from a subway station while eating UTZ potato chips.

UTZ chips are not available on the West Coast.

When Chris visits the doctor who buys his last machine, the abdominal x-ray hanging in the background is upside-down.

The pelvis and bladder should be at the bottom, not the top.

Plastic grocery bags were not widely available in 1981.

When Chris enters Martin Frohm's office after he is summoned, Martin comments on Chris' shirt ("nice shirt"), which is blue.

However, when Chris leaves the office his shirt is white.

When Chris enters the firm for the first time, covered in paint, he turns the corner of cubicles while following the assistant and a member of the crew can be seen retreating behind a pillar underneath the stock ticker.

(Red hat, green shirt, and black pullover.

At about 42:40 into the film) (at around 1h 40 mins) After Chris and his son are denied a room, we see Wayne walking along in front of them, towards the camera in a gray hat and a purple t-shirt.

How is it that a home accepts only women and children and not homeless men?isn't that a form of bias?

Really? I'm a 24 years man who is strong enough and remain calm in danger.

At the moment I am in a similar situation as the lead character was in this film, so that is why I was interested in this flick. I am about to make a gamble myself and do an internship without pay just to get some work experience under the belt, just like Chris in the film.

"…Maybe happiness is something we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what," says Chris Gardner (Will Smith).

This is an easy film to watch and to understand but at the same time it's so extraordinary you have no idea. The role of Will Smith should have won the Oscar for sure that year.

Nominated for 1 Oscar! Is this a joke?

Everyone will have a very difficult time, academic pressure, work frustration, life embarrassment, love can not be panic all day long. If you get through it, your life will suddenly be bright if it doesn't come, time will teach you how to shake hands with them.

Such a beautiful movie, shows what it takes to make it in life. Really touched my heart.

The Pursuit of Happiness is a terrific movie with a well developed storyline and a very talented cast. It's an inspiring true story about a salesman who went through real struggles in order to care for his son and make it in business, it's sweet, emotional and hard to watch at times as we see just how much this man had fallen, we are taking in almost immediately, supporting him all the way through.