The Pursuit of Happyness Edit

A cave?

A company I bought into prior to going to work at Witter.

A couple of doctors' offices.

A few days ago I was presented with a report I'd asked for...

A medical device I sell for a living.

Absolutely.

Actually, I'm on my way to Noe Valley also.

After four months, we had sold all our scanners.

Again, thank you very much, and I'm sorry about the other day.

All right, all right.

All right, but I just... I gotta have some more time... I got my son up in here.

All right, come on. Open him up. Open him up.

All right, come on. We'll push it together.

All right, go ahead.

All right, go to sleep.

All right, here. Come on, come on. Keep up.

All right, I'll paint it myself.

All right, just bring me my son back.

All right, just... All right, take him to the park...

All right, so I'll let you know, Jay.

All right, then we're gonna go sell a bone density scanner.

All right?

All right? I'm just gonna be right there. I'll leave the door open a little bit.

All right.

All right.

All right. Can I have my phone call, please?

All right. One week. And you paint it.

All the information you'll need.

All the rooms are full. It's completely full.

All we gotta do is push this black button right here.

Although we did encounter one math professor at USF...

And a boat came by and said, "Do you need any help?"

And God said, " I sent you two big boats, you dummy."

And he said, " God, why didn't you save me?"

And he said, " No, thank you. God will save me."

And here I was again.

And I hope that we can reschedule for later.

And I made up my mind as a young kid...

And I ran all the way here from the Polk Station, the police station.

And I remember standing there that day...

And I remember thinking.

And I wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities...

And I'll be able to hear you if you call me.

And if you weren't that guy...

And if you're happy and I'm happy, then that's a good thing, right?

And make no mistake about it, we can turn them around.

And maybe we can actually never have it...

And maybe we're going to the game.

And mountains that go deep and low.

And ours were only an hour, not three like yours.

And so is the almost $80 billion...

And the other doors don't unlock. You have to jimmy it.

And the Y? The Y. We talked about this.

And then I never became any of them.

And Walter Ribbon and his Pacific Bell pension money...

And we face runaway deficits of almost $80 billion...

And what does "possibly" mean?

And you didn't have anything to do with that, okay?

And you have to jimmy that.

And, Mr. Ribbon, I also wanna thank you for giving me the opportunity...

And...

Are you familiar with tax free municipal?

Are you okay? What were you thinking?

Are you ready?

As you can see, I still have a long way to go.

As you can see, we got a hell of lot of applications here, so...

Awesome.

Be care... Go ahead.

Be safe, score a hundred.

Because I'm trying to move a couple guys from...

Because that's the day that I found out...

Because tomorrow's going to be your first day...

Because when I was young...

Because you promised me

Bring back my time machine!

Bring my time machine back!

But Christopher's living with me.

But even doing all this...

But give me strength to climb it

But I bet you what.

But I won't give up No, no

But if you have to have lunch with them, have breakfast with them...

But it's not spelled right.

But lead me, Lord, around it

But she told me she was coming to pick me up today.

But that's not part of the motto, so you're not supposed to learn that.

But that's why I gotta work on the scanner.

But we have to face the truth...

But...

Bye, Christopher.

Bye, Mom.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Can he breathe?

Can I ask you a favour, miss?

Can I say something?

Can I see it?

Can we go to the park today, after?

Can you at least put the dog upstairs in your room or something?

Can you be here in 20 minutes?

Can you beat your little rug when nobody's out here?

Can you spell everything you're thinking of?

Can't talk to you about numbers right now.

Chris Gardner?

Chris Gardner.

Chris Gardner.

Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner. Good to see you again.

Chris Gardner. Pleasure.

Chris, I don't know how you did it dressed as a garbage man...

Chris, you got five bucks? I left my wallet upstairs.

Chris! Chris! Don't jerk me around, okay, Chris?

Chris.

Chris. Chris, just come back when it's working.

Chris. Come.

Christmas stuff.

Christopher.

Christopher. Christopher. Come here.

Christopher's living with me!

Christopher's staying with me.

Come on, come on, Rodney. Come on. Let's go. Get out of line.

Come on, come on.

Come on, don't do this to me. Don't...

Come on, finish up.

Come on, I'm jimmying it.

Come on, man.

Come on, you can have one. Which one?

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Dad, listen to this.

Dad, look at me!

Dad, wait! Dad!

Dad, we need to get it!

Dad, when's Mom coming back?

Dad, when's Mom coming back?

Dad, why did we move to a motel?

Dad!

Dad!

Dad! Dad! Dad!

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Deborah, someone's asking for you.

Did Mom leave because of me?

Did you hear what I said? Did you hear me?

Did you pay the taxes?

Did you...? Have you seen Linda and Christopher?

Didn't you ever want to have a home of your own like other people?

Do you like it?

Do you mind if I leave this here with you just for five minutes?

Do you remember that rent is due next week?

Do you understand what I'm saying to you?

Doesn't seem to be functioning right now.

Don't do that. You can get hurt.

Don't ever let somebody tell you...

Don't expect to solve it easily.

Don't move! Stop this...! Stop the train!

Don't step in the fire. We're cavemen.

Don't take my son away from me again.

Don't talk to me like that, Linda.

Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you. Do you hear me?

Don't... Don't even think something like that.

Dr. Telm can't get back to meet you. I'm sorry.

During these 20 years, our population has only increased by 23.3 percent...

Eat.

Eight hundred thousand in commission dollars.

Everybody wears cowboy hats. And a ten gallon's a big hat.

Everything.

Excuse me, did Linda and Christopher come in here?

Excuse me, sir. Where are you going, please?

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Excuse me. Thank you.

Far away from anything.

Far away from buses and noise...

Favours for Frakesh, our office manager. All day.

Feeling underrated and unappreciated.

First in your class in school?

Five is lovely. Thank you. Thank you.

Fourteen's a number.

Get out of line, both of you. Both of you.

Get the hell out of here, then, Linda.

Get the hell out of here. Christopher's staying with me.

Get them over to us.

Get up. Stand up. Come on.

Get your stuff. Get your stuff. Get it.

Getting nervous?

Give it here.

Give me a kiss.

Give me a kiss.

Give me strength to climb it

Go ahead. Get in.

Go get your things. Go.

Go pay more at other daycare if you don't like Navy TV.

Go.

Good afternoon, my name is Chris Gardner. I'm calling from Dean Witter.

Good job.

Good morning to you, sir. My name is Chris Gardner.

Good.

Good. We couldn't be happier.

Goodbye and good riddance.

Green?

Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh?

Hang on to these. I have backups in my desk.

Have you already started learning on your own?

He called the English "the disturbers of our harmony."

He can stay here, but you have to find someplace else to go.

He doesn't know where it is, though.

He must've had on some really nice pants.

He said it was a time machine.

He said, " No, thank you. God will save me."

He should be with his mom.

He sliced in front of him in line.

He travels in the past with this machine and...

He wasn't chosen. It's not a simple pass fail.

He's been waiting outside the front of the building...

Hello, Chris Gardner calling for Mr. Walter Hobb.

Hello, Mr. Ronald Fryer.

Hello, sir. My name's Chris Gardner. I'm calling from Dean Witter.

Hello?

Here is a dollar and I'll give you more money when I come back out.

Here it is. Here's a cave. Come on.

Here you go. We gotta make sure Captain America's warm in there.

Here's my number. Call me, okay?

Hey, asshole. Are you all right, asshole?

Hey, Chris.

Hey, Chris.

Hey, Dad, listen to this. Knock, knock.

Hey, Dad. I'm going pro.

Hey, did you hear what I said? Stop it.

Hey, do you have five minutes?

Hey, don't you ever take my son away from me again.

Hey, everybody. We have four spots left, and that's all.

Hey, get back here!

Hey, hey! Wait! Wait!

Hey, let them win a round.

Hey, listen. I need the rent.

Hey, man, I...

Hey, man, you're missing a shoe.

Hey, Mom.

Hey, now you can call me Jay. We'll talk to you soon.

Hey, Roy. Roy!

Hey, wake up.

Hey, what's happening, man?

Hey, why don't you just put that in your car?

Hey, yeah, how you doing?

Hey, you guys wanna come with us?

Hey, you just got hit by a car. Go to the hospital.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Don't move! Don't move! Stay...!

Hey! Stop it! Hey!

Hey! Wait!

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. Come on, let's go.

Hey. Hey, where are you going?

Hold that bus! Hold the bus!

Holly.

Holy cow.

Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza.

How about we share a ride?

How are you getting along?

How are you, sir? Chris Gardner. Dean Witter.

How are you? Good morning.

How did he know that?

How did he know to put the "pursuit" part in there?

How is somebody just gonna just take my money?

How many times have you seen Chris?

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

I almost forgot.

I came from work, I got my son.

I can give you a few minutes before the 49ers.

I can't even sell it, and it's my job. All right? Be right back.

I can't remember her name, but her face was so...

I can't wait anymore.

I didn't need that many lines.

I don't know, Christopher.

I don't know. One too many, apparently.

I don't know. Some place from before.

I don't mind.

I don't need you to tell me about my sales calls, Linda.

I don't understand.

I don't want you shooting this ball all day and night.

I even asked the landlord to take a picture.

I got a green light from Walter Ribbon...

I got here on time. I was in line.

I got hit by a car.

I got it.

I got painters coming in.

I got three of them before the damn office is even open.

I gotta get back to the '60s, man. That's what I wanna do.

I gotta go.

I guess they want us to go to sleep.

I guess.

I had an interview at Dean Witter for an internship...

I had to do in six hours what they do in nine.

I had to finish quickly.

I have a meeting in there and I don't wanna carry that...

I have my things together, and I'm taking our son...

I have to go somewhere.

I helped you move.

I hope so.

I just had to show him I was good with numbers and good with people.

I know how to find the answer, and I will find the answer.

I know that.

I know you'll take care of him, Chris.

I know.

I know. I have got to go to Oakland.

I learned to finish my work quickly.

I like you, but there's not a chance I'm gonna let you direct our fund.

I made my list for my birthday.

I mean that.

I mean, he could watch television at home.

I mean, I'm... You know, I'm just this office.

I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old.

I need my money. I need my money.

I need my money. I need my money. I need my money right now.

I need to go.

I needed to sell at least two scanners a month for rent and daycare.

I realized that by not hanging up the phone...

I really appreciate it and I'd be very pleased to accept your invitation.

I really have to go, Chris.

I remember that day.

I said possibly we're going to the game.

I should have him, right?

I spent our entire life savings on these things.

I still remember that moment.

I struggled with the essay question on the back. What did you write?

I submitted an application for the intern programme about a month ago...

I swear I will fill your spot. I promise.

I talked to Mom earlier. Everything's fine, okay?

I think I got stung by a bee.

I thought I didn't owe you that now.

I thought I'd catch you on the way in. I'd love the opportunity to discuss...

I thought I'd wear a shirt today.

I told you. Because I'm getting a better job.

I trust you.

I trust you. I trust you.

I wanna go home.

I want you to know that I do not take that for granted.

I wanted to drop this off personally and make your acquaintance.

I was broke.

I was here first. They told me that we had to be on time.

I was here on time. We were here on time!

I was painting my apartment.

I was smart back then, so they called me Ten Gallon Head.

I was waiting for Witter Resource head Jay Twistle...

I was wondering if... Yeah, Osteo National.

I was... I was...

I... Sacramento.

I'd have to sell one more...

I'll be able to hear you if you call me.

I'll bring him back around 6.

I'll bring this back.

I'll get you!

I'll let you hang on to my car for the weekend.

I'll pick him up from daycare tomorrow.

I'll remember that next time.

I'll see you soon.

I'll talk to you later.

I'll tell you what. Come on by day after tomorrow, in the morning.

I'm afraid that's all we can do for you. See, this is a satellite office.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

I'm certain that I could be of some assistance to you.

I'm Chris Gardner.

I'm Chris Gardner. I have an appointment with Mr. Ribbon.

I'm fine. Listen, do you still wanna come in and talk?

I'm going pro.

I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!

I'm going to New York.

I'm gonna get that for you.

I'm gonna get that to you.

I'm gonna go down and see about this, and I'm gonna do it during the day.

I'm gonna go out there.

I'm gonna go right... You can just...

I'm gonna leave the door open. I'll be right up the stairs.

I'm gonna need to take you with me this weekend.

I'm gonna put the phone down.

I'm gonna stop by a brokerage firm after work.

I'm gonna try to get home by 6.

I'm his mom, you know?

I'm in a competitive internship at Dean Witter.

I'm leaving. Chris, I'm leaving.

I'm not jerking you around, Ralph, all right? I'm gonna get it.

I'm okay?

I'm sorry. Guess I shouldn't laugh, should I?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This thing's impossible.

I'm supposed to present commodities to Bromer. Could you move my car?

I'm taking my son, Tim. My 12 year old.

I'm telling you, no one can.

I'm the type of person...

I'm tired.

I'm trying to cross the street.

I've been pulling double shifts for four months now, Chris.

I've been sitting there for the last half hour...

I've had a few ideas already, absolutely.

I've seen an old friend of mine. Do you mind?

If I sold them all, maybe we might get by.

If it's red in the centre, that's the red side.

If you back out, you know what I'll look like to the partners?

If you didn't pay them...

If you want something, go get it. Period.

In a couple weeks, you'll get call sheets...

In order not to waste any time...

Is it dry now?

Is that all?

Is that fair enough?

It can't be too late. That's my money.

It gave a slightly denser picture than an x ray for twice the money.

It looks like it works around a swivel, so the centre pieces never move.

It means that we're not going to the game.

It seemed we were doing good.

It seemed we were making it.

It takes a few seconds.

It was a small town.

It was a way to another place.

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson...

It was such a revolutionary machine.

It was the 25th of September.

It'll be right over there.

It's a portable bone density scanner.

It's a puzzle measuring just 3 inches by 3 inches on each side...

It's a time machine, isn't it?

It's an evaluation tool we use to separate applicants.

It's an I in "happiness." There's no Y in "happiness." It's an I.

It's been four months, Wayne.

It's for adults. Chris can't use it. She didn't know.

It's half what you pay here.

It's more comfortable. You wanna go?

It's my $14! Go get my money!

It's not a time machine.

It's not a time machine.

It's not actually a box. It's, you know, a private section.

It's promised in the Bible. Pa says we'll find it some day.

It's unnecessary and expensive.

It's written as P P Y, but it's supposed to be an I in "happiness."

Jay says you're pretty determined.

Jay Twistle in the main office, he oversees Witter Resources.

Just a moment.

Just Christopher and me.

Just for the night.

Just give me a second. I'm sure I'm gonna be able to figure it out.

Just go get happy.

Just keep him for the night and I'm... And... Just one night.

Just move it to the other side. They're street sweeping. There's spaces.

Just sell what's in your contract. Get us out of that business.

Just until I can fix this and sell it.

Last year, we had an intern score a 96.4 percent on the written exam.

Let me ask you something. Are you happy?

Let me run up and grab that for you, Mr. Frohm.

Let me see if I can find you an application for our internship.

Let's get ready for bed. Hey, put your plate in the sink.

Let's go.

Let's go. Get your stuff.

Like I said, this part of my life is called "Being Stupid."

Linda, that is what I am trying to do.

Linda?

Linda.

Linda.

Linda. Linda.

Listen, Chris. I need you out of here in the morning.

Listen, I... That's all the money that I have.

Listen, I'm going to Noe Valley, Chris.

Listen, we can drive around all day. I don't believe you can do this.

Listen, we'll get out of your way.

Listen, whatever happens...

Look around. Look at all these dinosaurs.

Look at that.

Look, I can't get Christopher today.

Look, I'll still be putting money in the office, then, all right?

Look, I'm on my way right now. Are you all right with Christopher?

Look, Linda, relax.

Look, why don't you let me do this? All right, just relax. Okay?

Lord, don't move that mountain

Make every side the same colour.

Man, I got two questions for you:

May seem like a strange word to be in that document...

Maybe we can go and have Social Services pick him up.

Met some guys at a ball game, got some cards. I've been working.

Mom left because of Mom.

Moons hits a three pointer at 17 seconds left.

Mr. Gardner.

Mr. Twistle, listen. This is a very important...

My burdens, they get so heavy

My Captain America!

My circumstances have changed some...

My name is Chris Gardner calling for Mr. Michael Anderson.

My nickname.

My sister's boyfriend...

Next week we'll owe three months.

Nice to meet you, Chris. Give me a call.

Nine.

No warning. Nothing.

No, "probably" means there's a good chance that we're going.

No, I can't spend the night here.

No, I gotta be at CAL Bank at 4, and I'm late.

No, I gotta go to Oakland. Well, maybe, we'll see.

No, I'm gonna have to file an extension.

No, it's not.

No, it's not.

No, no, no!

No, no, no. I'm gonna be right outside the door.

No, sir, that's it.

No, sir. Ten minute break.

No, thank you.

No!

No! No! No!

No.

No. Jacket and tie.

No. Lion.

Nobody who?

Not an astronaut?

Not even a reasonable promise of a job.

Not even me.

Now, here's your bulb, and there's your ferrite core inductor.

Now, that's funny. I like that one.

Now!

Of course.

Oh, Chris.

Oh, come on. What's that?

Oh, excuse me...

Oh, it's an Osteo National bone density scanner.

Oh, man, I remember mine.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, no, you don't, Chris. I'm back on at 7.

Oh, no!

Oh, yeah, thanks. Thank you.

Oh, yeah. Lion, lion, lion.

Oh, yeah. Oh, wow, you really messed it up.

Oh, you just missed him.

Okay, baby.

Okay, let's take a break. Be back in 10.

Okay, next time. All right, I'm gonna hold you to that.

Okay, no problem at all, sir. Thank you very much.

Okay, thank you very much.

Okay, thank you, sir.

Okay, well, that's smart. Yeah, make a list.

Okay, yes, thank you.

Okay?

Okay? It's not valuable. You can't sell it anywhere.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

One day, a man was drownding in the water.

One got the job.

One hundred, 20, 40, 60, 80, 200.

One hundred, 200, 20, 40, 45, 46...

One intern was hired at the end of the programme from a pool of 20.

One, two, three!

Open, open, open!

Parking tickets?

People can't do something themselves...

Please don't move That stumbling block

Please stand clear of the doors.

Please! He should've paid you!

Point blank, Dean Witter needs to be managing your retirement portfolio.

Pop out, get a quick bite and then back in there for board prep.

Probably not.

Questions I had. Whether all this was good.

Rachel, get Ristuccia on the phone for me, please.

Really, I think you're gonna be blown away.

Really?

Right here, right here. Go, go, go.

Right here.

Right. We can still...? Half an hour?

Rumour has it you signed 31 accounts for us from Pacific Bell.

Salesman to intern's backwards.

See? That's all I ever do.

Seems hard to bear

Seems like a time machine.

Shelby coming around the mountain When she comes

Shelby who?

Should be here soon.

Since birth?

Since when do you not like macaroni and cheese?

Sir, I have a job interview at Dean Witter at 10: 15 tomorrow morning.

So basically, you want nobody's hands in your pockets but your own?

So did you finish the whole thing, or you have to go somewhere?

So far, so good, Chris.

So go ahead, say goodbye to it, because I'm coming back without it.

So how many...

So I gotta get Christopher home, feed him, bathe him...

So I'm going to New York, Chris.

So I'm gonna go see about what job they got down there.

So I'm gonna stand out in my programme.

So I'm used to being in a position where I have to make decisions and...

So if I lost one, it was like losing a month's groceries.

So if it's yellow in the centre, that's the yellow side.

So one more day.

So the truth is...

So they got me going out there golfing.

So welcome.

So when I was in the Navy, I worked for a doctor...

So you hurry up. There's a line.

So, you know, come on, relax. Enjoy the game. Go, go, go!

Some of you are here because you know somebody.

Some of you are here because you think you're somebody.

Somebody stole a scanner. I had to run the old girl down...

Sometimes when we're moving at night...

Sometimes you can hear them laughing...

Sorry I couldn't make it home on time.

Sorry.

Stockbroker.

Stop him!

Stop him!

Stop it, you son of a bitch!

Stop it! Break it up! Break it up!

Stop it! Shut up! Shut up!

Stop it.

Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Sure.

Take care of yourself.

Team playing, something. And I couldn't think of anything.

Tell him I love him, okay?

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss it with you.

Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

Thank you very much for inviting me into the programme.

Thank you very much for your business.

Thank you very much. Bye bye.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks anyway. Very much.

Thanks, Chris.

That deficit is larger than the entire federal budget in 1957.

That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue.

That means interest, right?

That person's gonna be the guy...

That seems like a time machine. It's a time machine. Take me with you.

That was my stolen machine.

That'd really help me out. It's on Samson, half block, silver Caprice.

That's 200 yards.

That's an adult word to show anger and other things.

That's it for today. Come back tomorrow.

That's it. Just keep heading out. Come back tomorrow.

That's it. No more.

That's it. That's the room quota.

That's just not gonna happen anytime soon, buddy.

That's kind of the way it works, you know. I was below average.

That's mine.

That's not the Navy.

That's what happens when you're always in a rush.

That's... It's $650. I'll have it in the next month.

The 22 home.

The 1200 building is Medley Industrial and Sanko Oil.

The building across the street is Lee Ray Shipping.

The doors are closing.

The federal budget is out of control.

The gorilla?

The guy said it was a time machine. It's not a time machine. He was wrong.

The hell am I supposed to be out of here tomorrow?

The important thing about that freedom train...

The message is:

The next day, after work...

The only resource I would have for six months...

The problem is...

The programme took just 20 people every six months.

Then another boat came by. Said, "Do you need any help?"

Then catch the bus by 4 to the place where they can't spell "happiness."

Then he drowned, and he went to heaven.

Then the cross town.

Then, possibly, we'll go to the football game.

There was a beautiful girl in that class.

There was no salary.

There were three blank lines after "high school" to list more education.

There's dust and shit all over.

There's no more space. You gotta head out.

There's no parking near hospitals.

There's one guy in here who's gonna be somebody.

They all looked so damn happy to me.

They'd stay till 7, but I had Christopher.

They're at PacBell, and I'm trying to bring them over...

This could be an ant farm. This could be a microscope or anything.

This guy, he has a time machine.

This is all I got.

This is as far as I've gotten on mine.

This is Chris Gardner calling for Dr. Delsey.

This is going to be your bible.

This is Jim Finnerty reporting for KJSF in Richmond.

This is part of my life story.

This is the way to watch a football game here.

This is what I'm trying to do for my family...

This little cube is the gift sensation of 1981.

This machine...

This part is called "Riding the Bus."

This part of my life is called "Being Stupid."

This part of my life is called "Internship."

This part of my life is called "Paying Taxes."

This part of my life...

This part of my life...

This way.

Thomas Jefferson mentions happiness a couple times...

Time to get up, man.

To get in line at Glide by 5.

To Golden Gate after daycare tomorrow.

Today it is 75 billion.

Tomorrow.

Tonight.

Tonight.

Trees. What else?

Trusting a hippie girl with my scanner. Why did I do that?

Try and sleep. It's late.

Try Glide Memorial. The building books up at 5.

Twenty years ago, in 1960...

Twenty, 30, 40, 50.

Twenty. One, two, three, four.

Two hundred and fifty dollars. Four more weeks of oxygen.

Two... A couple of blocks.

Unless she was with a guy who sold them too.

Unless you wanna sleep in a room with me for the rest of your life.

Until one day...

Wait a minute. Where you wanna go?

Wait!

Wait. Come on, come on.

Walter Ribbon's office.

Wanna push it?

Watch your back! Look out.

Wayne, I need to get that $14 from you.

Wayne, Wayne, Wayne.

Wayne!

Wayne!

Wayne!

We all have to deal with mountains.

We can go back to the cave if you like.

We didn't do world markets, didn't bother with taxes...

We don't have a car anymore.

We got a box. Come on.

We got... We're...

We gotta stay together.

We gotta... We gotta see somebody else.

We know what those mountains are, here at Glide.

We need a cave.

We need a room.

We need this fire, because there's no electricity...

We pick nicknames.

We sing about them.

We verify at 9:30 tomorrow morning.

We were all working our way up call sheets to sign clients.

We were in the neighbourhood visiting a very close friend...

We were just leaving. Tim!

We'd like to retire and maintain our lifestyle...

We'll start with this, and we'll call you if we wanna sit down.

We're already two months behind.

We're feeling really confident about that one as well.

We're gonna come out of this. Everything is gonna be fine, all right?

We're gonna have a different room later.

We're interviewing for the internships. You got a pen and paper?

We're paying you $150 a month. If he's gonna be sitting around...

Well, because some things are fun the first time you do them...

Well, thank you. Thank you. We appreciate that.

What am I supposed to do with my son?

What are you doing? I could've killed you.

What are you gonna do for money?

What are you supposed to do with it?

What are you talking...? You hounded me for this.

What do you do? And how do you do it?

What do you want?

What happened?

What I didn't know is that doctors and hospitals...

What is the one like that one?

What job?

What the hell you got attitude about?

What were you doing before you were arrested?

What would you say if a guy walked in for an interview...

What's that say on the back of your bag?

What's that?

What's that?

What's the matter with you?

What's the...

Whatever.

When I was a kid, I could go through a math book in a week.

When I was younger. I wanna see Jimi Hendrix do that guitar on fire.

When? When do you watch it?

When's your test?

Where are we going now?

Where are we going, then?

Where are we going?

Where are you going, sir?

Where do I sleep tonight?

Where you going?

Whether I'd make it.

Which was unlikely...

Who wants to get me a doughnut?

Who's the king of the jungle?

Whoever brought in the most money after six months was usually hired.

Why are our things here?

Why couldn't I look like that?

Why don't you get some sleep, okay?

Why don't you go two blocks over at the Mission Inn motel?

Why not?

Why would you think you don't owe me my money?

Why, good morning to you, my name is Chris Gardner.

Work trip.

Would you get me some coffee, please?

Would you like that, Chris?

Wow, this is...

Write this number down so you can call my secretary, Janice.

X number of calls equals X number of prospects.

X number of customers equals X number of dollars...

X number of prospects equals X number of customers.

Yeah, an ass A hole, all the way.

Yeah, hi. Listen. What can I do for you?

Yeah, I don't know, you know.

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, I know. Just to look at and study so I can choose better.

Yeah, I'll give you a call tomorrow sometime...

Yeah, I'm good for that, Charlie. I'm gonna get it.

Yeah, I'm running a little late for a sales call.

Yeah, of course. How are you?

Yeah, sure. Just don't break it.

Yeah, thanks.

Yeah, that's very funny, man. Give me your hand.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, you will.

Yeah!

Yeah? What job?

Yeah. What happened?

Yep, I know.

Yes, absolutely. Thank you.

Yes, an ass... A hole.

Yes, hello, my name is Chris Gardner. I'm calling for Mr. Walter Ribbon.

Yes, I did.

Yes, I have some very, very valuable information on what's called a tax...

Yes, I'd like to leave a message for Mr. Jay Twistle.

Yes, I'd love to have the opportunity...

Yes, it is.

Yes, Mr. Johnson. Chris Gardner, Dean Witter.

Yes, sir, we're having a lunch actually this Thursday.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

Yes, sir. Absolutely. Thank you very much.

Yes, sir. Just calling to thank you very much...

Yes, that's it.

Yes!

Yes! Yeah!

Yes. Beautiful. Beautiful. Thank you, thank you.

Yes. Yes, I do.

You ain't had to add the "good riddance" part.

You almost have this side.

You are a piece of work.

You can drop him off and I'll pick him up.

You cannot go into my bank acc... No...

You close your eyes. I wanna see.

You didn't see that, 118, 1...?

You don't have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people.

You don't know that that's a basketball.

You drove me two blocks, Wayne.

You got a dream...

You got me doing all the work.

You gotta close your eyes.

You gotta close your eyes. Close your eyes.

You gotta get Christopher from daycare. I can't.

You gotta pay each parking ticket, otherwise, you're staying.

You gotta trust me, okay?

You gotta trust me.

You know you can't take care of him.

You know you're only getting a couple of things, right?

You know, being the last day and all.

You know, I didn't have any notion that you were new there.

You know, mountains that go way up high.

You know, so you'll probably ultimately rank...

You know, when I...

You late pay anyway. You complain. I complain.

You like it?

You owe me $14.

You said that before, when I got pregnant. "It'll be fine."

You see that car? The one with the pretty yellow shoe on it?

You should probably do your sales calls.

You should've seen me out there today.

You take care. Here, come on.

You will be pooling from 60 Fortune companies.

You will mainly be cold calling potential clients.

You won't like it. I didn't like it.

You, you, help me hand these out.

You'd meet me at the altar of prayer

You'll eat with it.

You'll probably be about as good as I was.

You're a good papa.

You're almost there.

You're not quitting on us yet, are you?

You're not supposed to have any of those.

You're sleeping with me.

You're staying at home, where you belong, all right?

You're the one that dragged us down. You hear me?

Your wife, Martha, works at PacBell also, correct?

864 0256.

4796. Janice.

... in the company's pocket. Your board exam.

"Whatever" what? Every day's got some damn story.

0256. 0256.

864. 864.

1710. This is me.

After snack? After your nap? After Love Boat.

All of this for $14. Get my money, Wayne.

All right, Dad. Come on.

All right, get in. All right.

All right, look. I need more time. No.

All right? All right.

All right? All right.

All right? All right.

All right? All right.

Amen, preacher! Yes.

And a penalty? Yeah, a little bit.

And where is it? Come on. Ellis and Jones.

And you owe me money. Yeah.

And you want to learn this business? Yes, sir, I wanna learn.

Anything else? Nope, that's it.

Are we going to the church place? No.

Are we safe? Yeah, I think so.

Are we there? Yeah.

Are we there? Yep.

Are you bringing it to the game? Yeah, I don't wanna leave it.

Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine, Christopher.

Are you sure? Possibly.

Be careful with that. What?

But I finished the whole thing too. Oh, good.

But I need it back for Monday. Feed the meter.

But just don't use that one, okay? Okay.

Bye, Mom. Bye, baby.

Bye. Bye, Christopher.

Can I ask you a question? Sure.

Can you feel it, baby? Oh, yeah.

Can you hear me? Yeah.

Can you still hear me? Yeah.

Chris, how are you? I'm good. How you doing?

Chris, I missed my shift. Yeah, I know. I'm sorry about that.

Chris, I'll talk to you later. I'm gonna give you a call.

Chris, thank you very much. Well, thank you, Dean.

Chris, what's up? Hey, Mr. Frakesh.

Chris? Go ahead. I have one.

Chris? Yes, sir.

Chris? Yes.

Chris? Tim Brophy, Resources. Yes. How are you?

Chris. Chris, sit down, please.

Chris. Hey, Jay.

Chris. Hey.

Come back without that, please. Oh, yeah, I'm going to.

Come here! I'm sorry.

Come here. Calm down. I have to go back to work.

Come on. Come on, what?

Concerning? Yes, ma'am.

Dad, where are we going? Be quiet.

Dad, where are we going? I don't know.

Dad, where you going? Hey, what did I say?

Dad, why don't you leave it? We can't.

Dad. I gotta...

Dean Witter. Yes, hi.

Did you forget? Forget what?

Did you have a nickname? Yep.

Did you hear what I said? Let's go. Open the door!

Did you see it? I lost my shoe. No, I'm sorry.

Did you see me? Yeah.

Do you see them? Yeah.

Do you trust me? Yeah.

Do you wanna leave? Yeah.

Does it hurt? Christopher, I'm fine.

Dressed yet? No.

Essay question? Yeah, on the back.

Ever? I hope not.

Fine, thank you for asking. First day in there. It was exciting.

Follow me. Yes, sir.

For what? I wanna see about a job there.

For your birthday gifts? Yeah.

From the bottom to the top. Yes, sir.

From the doorman to the CEO. Okay.

From who? Cynthia from work.

Give me my money. Please stop.

Good luck, Chris. Thank you. Thank you.

Good. I'm good. You doing good?

Goodbye. Yeah. I'll see you soon.

Gorilla. The gorilla?

He said you're smart. Well, I like to think so.

He says he's been watching TV. Oh, little TV for history.

He's 5 years old. Hi, baby.

He's good? Yeah.

Hello? Chris.

Hello? Hey, yeah.

Hello? Mr. Ribbon.

Hello. Hey.

Here you go. All right.

Here's the file, Mr. Ribbon. Thank you.

Hey, Chris! Hey. Hi, Ralph.

Hey, Chris. Hey.

Hey, good morning, Mr. Frakesh. What's up?

Hey, goodbye, Mrs. Chu. Goodbye.

Hey, man, that's not cool. Back up! Back up!

Hey, Mr. Frohm. Chris. Hi.

Hey, that's my spot. Back off.

Hey, you know what today is? Yeah.

Hey, you want one of those? No, it's okay.

Hey. Dean Witter.

Hey. Hey, baby.

Hey. How you doing? Hey.

Hey. Jeff, right? 49ers game. Yeah.

Hi, Chris. Mr. Frohm, good to see you.

Hi. Hey, Christopher.

Hi. Hi.

Hi. How you doing?

High school? Yes, sir.

Hold on one second. All right.

Holly. What's holly? The Christmas stuff.

Hoss wears that hat. Hoss?

How about that? Wanna do that? No.

How did you get so smart? Because you're smart.

How do you know Bonanza? We watch it at Mrs. Chu's.

How is he? He's fine.

How many in the class? Twelve.

How much? Eight dollars.

How you doing in here, man? Okay.

How you doing, Jay? I'm doing fine.

How you doing, Jay? I'm doing good.

How you doing, Mrs. Chu? Hi.

How you doing? I'm doing great.

How'd you feel about the graphs? Easy.

I appreciate it. We just don't need it, Chris.

I can do it. No, you can't. No one can.

I can't hear you. I trust you. I trust you.

I cannot stay... 9:30 tomorrow morning.

I don't have it, man. I'm sorry. Go get my money.

I got him. I got him. He's asleep.

I gotta go work on the scanner... Don't go.

I have a meeting after the game. You're going to the game?

I have to go now, Chris. No, no, no.

I have to pick up my son. We verify at 9:30 tomorrow.

I know what it means. What does it mean?

I know you probably waited for me. Little bit.

I love you. I love you too.

I need that money now, not later. When I get it, you get it, Ralph.

I think I should make a list. What do you mean?

I think so. All right. That's good.

I wish I could help you... This is my son, Christopher.

I'll be right here. Okay.

I'll just be a little while, okay? All right.

I'll pay you back, honest. Five is good?

I'll say. But I was also first in my radar class...

I'm a stockbroker. Stockbroker. Oh, goodness.

I'm calling from Dean Witter. I wasn't drinking water...

I'm just not happy! Then go get happy, Linda!

I'm so sorry. I'll kick your ass!

I'm sorry! Idiot.

I'm trying to keep a clean house. Hey, wait a second.

I'm waiting. All right, I got that for you, Ralph.

Is "fuck" spelled right? Yeah, that's spelled right.

Is it an adjective? No, actually it's a noun.

Is that okay? I don't know. What do you think?

Is there anyone else who can...? I take care of him.

it is not a time machine.

It is. No, it's not.

It works. Thank you very much.

Jay? Yes, sir.

Jimmy what? You have to jimmy the key.

Just flip around. Okay.

Just out of here. Why?

Knock knock. Who's there?

Let me see. Christopher, sit back. Sit back.

Let's go. Come on. Where?

Like the bus? Yeah, like the bus.

Linda, wait a minute. Hold it, hold... I'm going to leave. We are leaving.

Lord don't move that mountain Please don't move that mountain

Love Boat? For history. Navy.

Man. Hey, come on, man.

Maybe next quarter. It's possible.

Monday Night Football, buddy. Yes, sir. Thank you very much.

Morning, Mr. Twistle. Good morning.

Mr. Ribbon. Yes?

Mr. Twistle, Chris Gardner. Hi.

Nice shirt. Thank you, sir.

No, go ahead. Good talking to you, sir.

No, I haven't seen them. 119 120. Double overtime.

No, I'm okay. Yeah?

No, it's not. There, there.

No, no, no! You asshole, give me my money!

No, no. I have to fix it now. No.

No, no. Stay right here. Dad.

No, where in your body? Like, the back of my legs.

No, you can't. Let me see it.

No. Come on, Linda.

No. I was not aware of that.

No. You catch the game last night? No, no.

Nobody. Nobody who?

Now, Chris. Yes, sir.

Oh, hi. Hi. This is my son, Christopher.

Oh, my... What happened?

Oh, yeah? What's it say? "Hot Rod."

Okay, 415. 415.

Okay, buddy. All right, yes.

Okay, listen. You gotta have some place...

Okay. Okay, kids in the back.

Okay. So... You can slow down.

Okay. Thank you.

On sales calls, okay? Okay.

Payable to the City of San Francisco. Does it have to be the full amount?

Please, please, please! Son of a bitch.

Possibly. We're going too.

Probably stay at a hotel. A hotel?

Really? Possibly.

Right. Call her tomorrow. Yes, sir. 415 864 0256.

Say bye bye, Chris. Bye.

See you soon. Bye bye.

Seven. Seven?

She can give you all the specifics. Yep.

Should I go? Sure, man. Why not?

Show up early. While qualified persons...

So you don't trust me now? Whatever. I don't care.

Stay here. Dad, look.

Stockbroker? Yeah.

Stop! Did you hear what I said?

Take care of yourself. Mr. Twistle.

Take care. You made all the right moves.

Taxi! Mr. Twistle.

Thank you very much for this, really. Hey, it's my pleasure, Chris.

Thank you very much, sir. Yes, sir.

Thank you very much. We'll see you soon.

Thank you. Okay.

Thanks a lot. Oh, yeah, thanks. Great idea.

That paper's a little heavy, huh? Yeah, but I got it.

That's a basketball! Hey, hey. What do you mean?

That's bullshit. No, I'm pretty sure I can do it.

That's it. Hey, you take care.

There's just some glass work. Let me stop you right there.

Twenty minutes. Absolutely. Just had someone cancel.

Wait, watch out. What is it?

Wait! ... this part here...

Wanna know what happened? Yeah.

Warm enough? Yeah.

Was he ever dressed like this? No.

Was it as easy as it looked? No, sir. No, sir, it wasn't.

Watch out! Whoa! Oh, my good... A T. rex.

Wayne, get my mo... I really don't, man. It's $14.

We can't stay here tonight. Yes, we can. Open the door!

We gotta find a cave. Come on. Okay.

We gotta find someplace safe. Like what?

We need some place to stay. Okay, and I would love to help you...

We should wait for the police. I gotta go to work.

We... Thank you very much.

Well, maybe next... Thank you.

Well, you're all right? Yeah, yeah.

Were you on the street? Yeah, I was running in the street.

What are you doing up here? I came to apologise...

What are you gonna do about that? Look, this is what we gotta do.

What do you like that's green? Trees.

What does "probably" mean? It means we have a good chance.

What guy? The guy. He was at the park.

What happened? No, nothing.

What is it? Dinosaurs.

What is this? It's a gift for Christopher.

What? "Ten Gallon Head."

What? Basketball.

What? Did Mom leave because of me?

What? Did you hear what I said?

What? Saturday.

What? Whatever, Chris.

What? You gotta stay until this thing clears.

What? Why? Why what?

What...? To Candlestick? We're going now. Come with us.

What's that? I grew up in Louisiana, near Texas.

What's that? It's to repair the light.

What's that? Just filling out a cheque...

What's that? What?

What's your favourite colour? Green.

What's your problem with numbers? 864 2...

Where are we going now? To see someone about my job.

Where are you going? Come here! No!

Where are your seats? We've... We're upper deck.

Where? He's outside. Please come with me.

Where? Just right by the office.

Where? You don't see all these dinosaurs?

Where'd he get you? Just right at the back of my head.

Where's Mom? Look, just get your stuff.

Where's my damn shoe? I don't know.

Where's my shoe? What?

Who did? He did.

Who is this? Jay Twistle.

Who's he? He's that guy...

Who's there? Shelby.

Why don't you let the lady in? Hey, back up.

Why you doing that? No, I wanna take him to the park.

Yeah, Chris. Yes, Mr. Ribbon...

Yeah, extension 4796. 4796.

Yeah, hi. Hi. Chris Gardner.

Yeah, I can. No, you can't.

Yeah, I know. You have two now.

Yeah, okay. Sure, sure. We don't have a car.

Yeah, put that... Then you go like that.

Yeah, what'd you put on there? A basketball or an ant farm.

Yeah, you were gonna give me a call? I never actually got your number.

Yeah. All right.

Yeah. All right. Because I'm happy.

Yeah. Like that?

Yeah. Possibly.

Yes, I can. No, you can't.

Yes, she does. And you guys are both...

Yes, sir. You have a great day. You too.

Yes. And we got the tax bill notice today.

You all right? Oh, yeah. Goodness. I'm fine.

You almost had that one. I'm gonna get it.

You already filed an extension. Yeah, well, I gotta file another one.

You are so weak. No. I am not happy anymore.

You don't have a shoe. Yeah, I know.

You don't understand what? Are we going to the game?

You got hit by a car? Yep.

You got it. Thank you very much.

You got the bill of sale here. Yes.

You gotta trust me, all right? I trust you.

You hear me? Leave me alone!

You knocked off my shoe! I don't know where your shoe is.

You know what "possibly" means? Like probably.

You know what Saturday is, right? Yeah.

You like that one? How much? Twenty five cents.

You ready? Yep.

You stood here... Listen, there's no salary.

You wanna go play some basketball? Okay.

You wanna leave? Yes, I want to leave!

You wanna sit in the box? No.

You watch Bonanza at daycare? Yeah.

You? Yeah.

You'll drink with it. It was simple.

You're not allergic or anything? No, no, no.

Your name? Yeah, my name is Chris Gardner.

... a comprehensive audit, if you will, of our economic condition.

... after two months, I still didn't have time to work my way up a sheet.

... and a constant disappointment in my ten gallon head...

... and I'd get an A on a history test or whatever...

... and in myself.

... and take your money.

... and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

... and then go to work to turn things around.

... and try to get to a solid colour on each side.

... because I was the only one selling them in the Bay Area.

... but he was sort of... He was an artist.

... for this budget year that ends September 30th.

... I gained another eight minutes a day.

... I haven't sold any for a while.

... I wasn't hanging up the phone in between calls.

... I'd get this good feeling about all the things that I could be.

... in the Declaration of Independence.

... is called "Happiness."

... is it's got to climb mountains.

... it's called "Running."

... made up of multiple colours that you twist and turn...

... my children were gonna know who their father was.

... no matter what.

... our federal government payroll was less than $13 billion.

... so I didn't waste any time in the bathroom.

... that day...

... that letter brought me back to earth.

... that when I had children...

... the Declaration of Independence...

... the government could stick their hands into your bank account...

... there was only 21 dollars and 33 cents left in my bank account.

... thinking about the disturbers of mine.

... this little part...

... this machine on my lap...

... to another brokerage.

... to pay off all of those tickets under my windshield wiper.

... we just went to the beach.

... we pass houses with lights and people.

... we will pay in interest this year on the national debt.

... which was millions.

... who took just 30 minutes on his.

... would be my six scanners, which I could still try to sell.

... would consider them unnecessary luxuries.

... you couldn't even apply the six months' training...

...7, 8, 9, 10.

...and a parking ticket.

...and bring him back, all right?

...and I got it.

...and I hired him? What would you say?

...and I need to be certain that I'll be... All right. Okay.

...and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for your time.

...and I would actually perform medical procedures...

...and I would just love to sit with you briefly...

...and it was still a pain in the ass. Funny what you remember.

...and it's cold out here, okay?

...and then not so much the next.

...and we're gonna leave now.

...but we don't take men here. It's only women and children.

...but you pulled it off. Thank you, Mr. Twistle.

...even baby sit for them, do whatever it takes to familiarize them...

...fastest animal in the world? Jackrabbit.

...for missing our appointment. You didn't need to come up.

...for you and for Christopher.

...for your support at last month's seminar.

...from every Fortune 500 company in the financial district.

...get him in bed, and be back here by 7?

...I really... You'll excel at a lot of things, just not this.

...I was arrested for failure to pay parking tickets.

...I would love to have the opportunity to discuss some of our products.

...I'm gonna tell you that I don't know.

...if you ask me a question, and I don't know the answer...

...if you'd like to work here as a broker.

...in the Navy, and that was a class of 20.

...looking smalltime.

...looking to retire at the same time?

...opened a restaurant, and they may have a job for me there.

...paying some bills...

...planets are there?

...qualified persons are interested in investing and have money to invest.

...somewhere around there, you know, so...

...that I'm sure you all admire here, like earnestness or diligence.

...that would explain my being here dressed like this.

...they wanna tell you you can't do it.

...to anything you got going over at Morgan Stanley.

...to discuss the asset management capabilities of Dean Witter...

...to one of our many financial plans. In essence, you reel them in...

...trying to come up with a story...

...watching TV all day, we're taking him out of here.

...we'll cook the fish.

...wear one tomorrow though, okay?

...what may seem like weaknesses on my application.

...when he'd leave me in the office.

...when is somebody gonna clean this off?

...which we believe to be far superior...

...who can turn this into this.

...who loved to play golf, hours every day...

...with our packages. We need you to match their needs and goals...

...with some 40 pound gizmo for over a month.

...with the phone numbers of employees...

...without a shirt on...

...without paying a lot of taxes.

...you can't do something.

...you gotta protect it.

...you've done a fantastic job, Chris.

"Possibly" means we might, we might not.

"You'll let me know, Jay"? What do you mean?