Jaden Christopher Syre Smith

The Pursuit of Happyness -- Will Smith stars in an inspirational true story about a struggling single father who dreams of a better life for his young son. Finding themselves homeless, he risks everything by embarking on an unpaid internship in a highly competitive stockbroker training program - where only one in twenty interns make the grade.

Inspired by a true story, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five year old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including being homeless and living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them.

Set in San Francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of Chris Gardner, a 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.

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.