The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - Football Game

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

[@BluntMonster]

Interesting note, this scene wasn't really a failure, they allude to him making some important contacts at the end of this scene in the form of people handing him business cards. The CEO didn't give him his retirement portfolio, but he certainly gave him intimate access to other executives.

[@Cton88]

That’s what it’s all about too! Contacts, networking, and referrals for sure!

[@KieuDarling]

thank you for answering one of my questions that I have as homework on this film 😂 appreciate it.

[@BluntMonster]

@@KieuDarling 🤗 That's so awesome! Glad I am contributing to another's education from my couch. 🤣

[@broadstreet21]

Even if that CEO did give him his portfolio, that alone wouldn't be enough. He needed all the other contacts.

[@BluntMonster]

@@broadstreet21 Precisely, it's a teachable moment for the audience about it being more important to maintain a healthy professional circle than to just aim for the bullseye.

[@Mq6vL9Bu]

I remember feeling this way in business school a time or two. I was 24 and broke but I had chances to speak to people who had the potential to change my reality, change my world, open doors for me, if I could say the right words in the right moment in the right way. It was kind of surreal.

[@caydetalwar8583]

hey, It happened to me too one time, doing my undergrad rn, may I ask how could one do that though.. I mean how can I say the right words in the right moment in the right way.

[@engagementengagement8836]

@Chloe Welsh moron

[@Truta769]

I felt that way during business school, but then when I started to actually work as part of an Equities and Derivatives sales team I actually felt like every single person I talked to could open doors I could've never imagined were there to begin with. I'm not from the USA, I'm from Brazil, and ever since I was a kid i loved this movie and the way he just strives for better no matter what. Being black in the stock market is a different challenge, having to prove your worth everyday, while the reward may not always be the same. I swear this movie talks to me in so many ways, it kinda makes me reminisce for something that I'm still going through.

[@justin-ej1wt]

Hey how you doing now ,in what part of business do you specialize?

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Football Soccer

[@Mindbodyscan]

Love how he looks at his son being happy.

[@sumanthganapathibasavapatn141]

I think this is literally the only movie where even jokes become serious sobering moments. Christopher says 'we don't have a car' in such a hilarious moment, in front of a CEO, and that would normally be an extraordinarily funny scene. However, we don't do much more than smile because we know that Chris is literally BROKE right now, and we feel really sorry for him and afraid of his situation. Brilliant film-making, honestly.

[@teencred9430]

1:40 Interesting irony. Morgan Stanley ended up acquiring Dean Whitter

[@arjbproductions3244]

I love this movie, and what cracks me up about this scene is that it's suppose to be shot in the 80's, but all the 49er branding and logos are from the present day. Just noticed that.

[@SIMS4717]

Its actually the opposite. The uniforms they are wearing today is what they used to wear. They brought it back 2008

[@nx3407]

because of this scene, I'm learning about being respect with others for giving someone to be happy together & feels heart warming

[@Namelessg-no6vy]

rejection is such a hard thing to take. i remember working on commissionn.. being rejected is a normal thing. but every once in a while you really have to work up a courage to ask. and driving your energy up, only to be shot down sucks hard. especially when the person is just not having it that day. most of the day i felt like i was crushed. hopeless. this scene hits hard for me.

[@teencred9430]

Good thing though is right after the rejection, you see Chris giving out A LOT more business cards to, potentially, more clients

[@daakudaddy5453]

Taking rejection that personally is a problem. You should see somebody about it.

[@Namelessg-no6vy]

@@daakudaddy5453 you seem like the type to give advice to things you dont know about. its natural to feel bad after a rejection.. specially if its a summer job. i didnt write it on my first comment but it was a part time job.. also i was a shy person back then. i dont walk around not caring about the things around me. or saying edgy cool things like idgaf. so yeah more power to you if you dont feel anything after rejections. i bet you're the type to be really aggresive after rejections. that if a chick says no to you.. you switch to hating on her.. or whoever rejected you.. i rather be crushed than aggressive. cause i know itll subside.

[@specialed171]

Felt the same way in sales. One of the many reasons I had to leave that career path

[@wiskasIO]

Same here, especially when you see others cheating but you refuse to because you want to do things right. I hope you're doing better. Same to all that go out there and hustle for their families.

[@jv0516]

Physical activity really lifts spirits up.

[@eduardodellacqua]

0:08 I would say "My car is being fixed at the moment..."😂

[@BR21490]

and if the other guy is a car enthusiast... whats you car? whats the problem?

[@eahere]

He would have gotten a borrow

[@Penguinecek]

Every possible meeting even if it's failure at the end, is not a failure. Everytime it gives you something. If it's contact or thought that you realized on that meeting can change your thinking and make you even better person at something. That's why im not don'ter im a doer! If someone asks me to go somewhere, even i feel i dont want to but i can, i go, because then after the day, i sit down and realize im glad i went there... Dont be a donter, do be A doer ;)

[@saucegotti8538]

solid advice

[@ralphylad]

“Stood there thinking about the disturbance of mind, wondering if all of this was good? Wether I would make it?” 😢My thoughts every day as I work towards my goals.

[@diegoandres2217]

Thank you so much for this...

[@blackpantherdemitrius1790]

15th like

[@broadstreet21]

Curious about the house location. Looks a lot like the Banks' Bel-Air mansion.

[@broadstreet21]

Oakland, in the Piedmont neighborhood.

[@PHuckinCHAMPS26]

Does Oakland have super nice areas? (Serious question.) most of what I saw visiting there around the coliseum was somewhat shabby

[@broadstreet21]

@@PHuckinCHAMPS26 I think the Piedmont neighbourhood is a bit nicer. Naturally though, I expected this guy would have lived in Pacific Heights, San Francisco.

[@Cruz1to97]

This scene hits so much more now that candlestick park is gone. So many good memories there with loved ones that are no longer here.

[@jonathanok9362]

The disturbers of my harmony.

[@CresencioMedina]

One of the most amazing and well written scenes ever established.

[@GlitChTence]

Whats cool about this is that this was the year the 49ers won the Super Bowl. And I think this was either vs the giants, or the cowboys.

[@thenightswatch8605]

That other kid in the back of the car has an innocent, magical blush on his face. It's really beautiful. Never felt the need of an younger sibling this much in my entire life.

[@silvertonjersey4177]

This is his best movie

[@willpower3317]

I literally based my “professional” persona on this character back when I was 15 years old

[@ksspqf6016]

You need luck in this life to succeed. He was soooooooooo reluctant to go to the game but only managed to get the job he wanted because he got into contact with those people at the game

[@sumanthganapathibasavapatn141]

Hey why don't you put that in your car? wE dOn'T hAvE a CaR

[@ninjanibba4259]

Kids.......lol

[@jaclynschilt4699]

He didn't know he did anything wrong. He was just stating a fact.

[@Will.Flavell]

AAAHHHH Oh My AAHHH

[@Will.Flavell]

0:15 😂😂😂

[@ChrisJones-yu9rz]

Fun fact: In the end scene where you see Will Smith walking his son, which is actually his son in real life on the San Francisco streets? You see Will Smith look at some guy in a kind of weird way that passes by. That is the real Christopher Garner.

[@broadstreet21]

That's not in this scene. Real life Chris Gardener? He looked like James Avery.

[@brettpilkington9539]

That's right at the end of the movie

[@kevinnyne]

Acting at its finest

[@blackpantherdemitrius1790]

30th like

[@Will.Flavell]

We don’t have a car

[@akdeadline218]

San Francisco used to be a beautiful city😢

[@staticrsx741]

Monday night football buddy!

[@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx]

At 0:19 Will: I think I got stung by a bee Me: legend has it Chris rock played the role of the bee

[@sushantsaurabh10100]

😂

[@futrealeyes939]

Man I really had to laugh when i saw the actor of Walter ribbon. Not because he is bad but I knew his role from scary movie lol

[@Alvin_Vivian]

Lol, he's the cop.

[@Will.Flavell]

Maybe a change of underwear son. 😂😂😂

[@broadstreet21]

He also played Adam Sandler's boss in Anger Management, with the complete opposite personality.

[@98kame]

Why invite him. Just to let him down that’s why I hate job interviewers they know they not going hire you yet still make you show up

[@xxDxxism]

theres a reason why you aint a boss...its all about connections.

[@TheCeraization]

If someone invited me to a 49ers game for free, I’d also go.

[@dtwister31]

And that would have been a bad move on your part. You’re only looking at the lost sale from the CEO. He made other connections with people at that game that likely led to profit for him. Taking the chance was wise of him

[@ogreman-lll-957]

49ers didn’t play the bills in 1981!

[@wyceholliday1317]

Bruh, lifelong 49’ers fan here and I could care less, the movie is about finding your inner willpower and “happyness”

[@Topic_____542]

It's a movie 1:58

[@sky_glizzy]

That’s the giants not the bills Bills had red helmets

[@bommo23]

lollllll

[@jaclynschilt4699]

What was the point of inviting him to the game if he wasn't going to work with him?

[@eldensmith4161]

There were other clients there that he did meet as you can see with them exchanging business cards

[@The-CoffeeMan]

To be a nice guy and Invite him and his son to a good time?

[@broadstreet21]

@@eldensmith4161 He's talking about why the CEO invited Gardener along.

[@dante4ever563]

Because he still showed he went out of his way to apologise & to show he wasn't messing about

[@stevenliu2415]

The pension fund manager knows Dean Whittier and probably thought Chris was a higher-up. He was open to hearing the offer but not coming from Chris.

[@DONLARRYA]

😂😂😂

[@andrewomahony9260]

How did he figure out where Walter Ribbon lived? Surely he couldn't have been listed

[@srikanthsv79]

Phone book?

[@eyeknow8009]

watch the movie

[@Will.Flavell]

He was visiting a close friend in the neighbourhood. 😂😂😂

[@Will.Flavell]

Keep pressing 0:16

[@andrewlopez6378]

This is me to the undercovers fucking for information

[@geoff3103]

LOL yeah I'm so sure back in the Montana era that this bigshot with a skybox just happened to have an extra pair of tickets; right......This is about as Sci-Fi as Star Wars.

[@fredysanmiguel4488]

don't you hate when prospect that you are trying to sale your services are never straight forward and just want tthem you listen to them,, make you waste time to tell you in the end we are not doing any business with you, they drag it and drag it given you false hopes,,, ,,, why this guy invited Cris gardener to the football game ?

[@patricialim6816]

0:08

[@Will.Flavell]

0:15

[@ℳℯ𝓀𝒽𝒾𝒯𝒽ℯℬℯ𝓈𝓉𝒮𝒾𝓃𝑔ℯ𝓇]

How did Chris get stung by a bee 0:15

[@taoliu3949]

He didn't. He pretended he was so the client didn't hear/register/realize that he didn't have a car.

[@borood1188]

The son and father ended up homosexual. Makes you wonder if every one of them was

[@AlmostGod007]

What a LIAR There was no bee bite 🐝

[@bommo23]

we know

[@jaclynschilt4699]

Duh! He didn't want him knowing he didn't have a car

[@AlmostGod007]

@@jaclynschilt4699 it was a joke didn’t u guys get it ?

[@Alvin_Vivian]

You don't say.

[@Will.Flavell]

0:16 😂😂😂

[@wadewapass3843]

Did he actually get stung by a wasp?

[@TheRealSorav]

He just said that cause he didn't want the dude to know he didn't have a car m8

[@sappermade6012]

See when u don’t give up

[@tinyan7145]

@@TheRealSorav What's wrong if he said he didn't have a car?

[@malsawmtluangahmar6040]

@@tinyan7145 because he cant look like a loser in front of a man who he hopes to do business with

[@jacksonplaysgames2422]

@@malsawmtluangahmar6040 I mean he lives in ny I don’t think he would be shocked

[@blackpantherdemitrius1790]

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