The Pursuit of Happyness/Big Daddy/About a Boy|Thandiwe Newton

Product Code: 8252819

EAN: 5050582528190
Catalogue Code: 8252819
Title: The Pursuit of Happyness/Big Daddy/About a Boy,
Principle Contributor: Thandiwe Newton
Contributors: Gabriele Muccino, Dennis Dugan, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Steve Tisch, Teddy Zee, Sid Ganis, Jack Giarraputo, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Steve Conrad, Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Peter Hedges, Andrea Guerra, Teddy Castellucci, Badly Drawn Boy, Thandiwe Newton, Brian Howe, Joey Lauren Adams, Joy Stewart, Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, James Karen, Josh Mostel, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Leslie Mann, Kristy Swanson, Joe Bologna, Peter Dante, Steve Buscemi, Dan Castellaneta, Hugh Grant, Kurt Fuller, Toni Collette, Takayo Fischer, Rachel Weisz, Kevin West, Isabel Brook, George Cheung, Sharon Small, Mark C. Lawrence, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Hutchison, Ben Ridgeway, Nat Gastiain Tena, Jack Warren, Russell Barr
Genre: Drama, Film
Produced by Label/Studio: UCA, 2006
Published by: Universal Pictures, 19 Nov 2007
Format: DVD / Box Set,
Media: 3 disc(s)

Bonus Tracks: 'I Can', 'Badly Drawn Boy' music videos,|Commentary: Gabrielle Muccino (Director), Chris and Paul Weitz (Directors)|Deleted Scenes|Documentaries: 'Father and Son: On Screen and Off', 'Inside The Rubik's Cube',|DVDRom Features|Filmographies|Interviews: Chris Gardner (Associate Producer), 'Badly Drawn Boy'|Making of Documentary|Trailers

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Cover Notes: Triple pack of films with single fathers being the dominant theme. Set in early '80s San Francisco, 'The Pursuit Of Happyness' (2006) charts the hard times and eventual comeback of Chris Gardner (Will Smith), a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climate. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire. In 'Big Daddy' (1999), Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is a thirty-two-year-old loser who refuses to take responsibility for his life and spends his days watching television in his pyjamas. The day after his girlfriend Vanessa (Kristy Swanson) dumps him, five-year-old Julian (Cole and Dylan Sprouse) arrives at his house, claiming to be the son of his recently departed flatmate. Sonny then mistakenly decides that adopting Julian will impress Vanessa, only to discover that there is more to parenting than meets the eye. In 'About A Boy' (2002), Hugh Grant takes the lead role as aimless, commitment-shy, thirtysomething Will in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestseller. Living on the royalties of a hit song his father wrote 40 years ago, Will drifts through life, moving from one relationship to the next with little lasting effect. But when he hits upon the new idea of dating single-mothers, he soon finds himself entangled with the suicidal Fiona (Toni Colette) and her 12-year-old-son Marcus (Nicholas Hoult). As he and Marcus gradually develop a friendship, Will begins to reassess the selfish life he has been living.

Extras: Bonus Tracks: 'I Can', 'Badly Drawn Boy' music videos,|Commentary: Gabrielle Muccino (Director), Chris and Paul Weitz (Directors)|Deleted Scenes|Documentaries: 'Father and Son: On Screen and Off', 'Inside The Rubik's Cube',|DVDRom Features|Filmographies|Interviews: Chris Gardner (Associate Producer), 'Badly Drawn Boy'|Making of Documentary|Trailers

Even More Details: Anamorphic (16:9)|Language(s): English, Catalan, Spanish, German|Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English|Subtitles: English, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish|Scene Access|Screen ratio 1:2.35|Screen ratio 2:1.85|Dolby Digital 5.1

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