Imagine going from a wonderful, happy, successful life, to losing everything you have, even your family. That’s what happened in Chris Gardner’s life. In the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, the director, Gabriele Muccino, had made some choices for the events that portray the real life events of Chris Gardner's life. For Example, when Chris Gardner had completely hit rock bottom and had nowhere to live or sleep, he and his son stayed in the bathroom of a subway station. Moreover, when Chris’s girlfriend left him and their son, or when his son had told him he was a good “Poppa”. Although there are many similarities between the two, there are also a lot of differences. In the movie, Chris’s son is five years of age, but in the real life events
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Another difference would be when the two police officers came and arrested Chris at his home, or that he actually has two children; one not being shown in the film. There were many similarities between the film and the real life events of Christopher Gardner's life; however, there were also a great deal of differences portrayed in the events between the film and the actual story.
Between the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, and the real life events it’s based on, there are droves of similarities. According to the writers of Chasing the Frog, “They locked the door and slept on the floor of the MacArthur station in Oakland, Ca… When people knocked and banged on the door, Chris told his son to remain quiet” (“The Pursuit of Happyness”). In the film, when Chris was running out of money and couldn’t pay to stay in his home, he didn’t know what to do. Eventually, he found his way to living in a train station with Christopher, his son. This actually happened in real life too. When people would come and knock on the door, they simply would just stay quiet. After a while, the station provided them with a more suitable place to stay than a bathroom. …show more content…
In the movie, the son’s age is different from real life. The real Chris Gardner was okay with this decision. He said, "I understood that. You've got to give these guys some license. My son was 2 years-old when we were going through this. Did we have dialogue? Yeah. But there's obviously more you can do when the child is a little older. Give them some license."(“The Pursuit of Happyness”). Will Smith's son Jaden, was actually seven-years-old during the shooting of the movie, who portrayed Christopher Jr. as a five-year-old in the film, instead of two years old as Gardner stated. Another difference would be when the two police officers came to Chris’s house and arrested him. When they had arrested him in the movie, it was over all his unpaid parking tickets. In real life, he was arrested because of Jackie, the mother of his son Christopher, who had called them due to domestic violence, which never really happened. In the film, he only had to stay one night, and then almost missed his job interview the next day. After the job interview, he called his wife and she had told him she was leaving. When he got home, her and their son’s belongings were gone, along with them. In real life, Jackie said Chris physically abused her and after he was arrested, he was then told that he owed the parking tickets. After his 10 days in jail, he came home
Another difference would be when the two police officers came and arrested Chris at his home, or that he actually has two children; one not being shown in the film. There were many similarities between the film and the real life events of Christopher Gardner's life; however, there were also a great deal of differences portrayed in the events between the film and the actual story.
Between the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, and the real life events it’s based on, there are droves of similarities. According to the writers of Chasing the Frog, “They locked the door and slept on the floor of the MacArthur station in Oakland, Ca… When people knocked and banged on the door, Chris told his son to remain quiet” (“The Pursuit of Happyness”). In the film, when Chris was running out of money and couldn’t pay to stay in his home, he didn’t know what to do. Eventually, he found his way to living in a train station with Christopher, his son. This actually happened in real life too. When people would come and knock on the door, they simply would just stay quiet. After a while, the station provided them with a more suitable place to stay than a bathroom. …show more content…
In the movie, the son’s age is different from real life. The real Chris Gardner was okay with this decision. He said, "I understood that. You've got to give these guys some license. My son was 2 years-old when we were going through this. Did we have dialogue? Yeah. But there's obviously more you can do when the child is a little older. Give them some license."(“The Pursuit of Happyness”). Will Smith's son Jaden, was actually seven-years-old during the shooting of the movie, who portrayed Christopher Jr. as a five-year-old in the film, instead of two years old as Gardner stated. Another difference would be when the two police officers came to Chris’s house and arrested him. When they had arrested him in the movie, it was over all his unpaid parking tickets. In real life, he was arrested because of Jackie, the mother of his son Christopher, who had called them due to domestic violence, which never really happened. In the film, he only had to stay one night, and then almost missed his job interview the next day. After the job interview, he called his wife and she had told him she was leaving. When he got home, her and their son’s belongings were gone, along with them. In real life, Jackie said Chris physically abused her and after he was arrested, he was then told that he owed the parking tickets. After his 10 days in jail, he came home