The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

Action / Crime / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 30%
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 506 506

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Plot summary

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

Director

Robert Mulligan Photo
Robert Mulligan

Top cast

Barbara Hershey Photo
Barbara Hershey as Jane Kauffman
William Devane Photo
William Devane as Pilot
Sada Thompson Photo
Sada Thompson as Ruth Lawrence
Ruth White Photo
Ruth White as Mrs. Popper
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854.4 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 2 / 10

Watching drama movies are not my things plus

Watching drama movies are not my things plus this one is black and white, I prefer collar the 2006 one is better
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Es excelente, la experiencia vivida por Chris te

Es excelente, la experiencia vivida por Chris te pone la piel de gallina. La actuación de Will y su hijo es descomunal, metiéndose a fondo en sus personajes y traspasando la pantalla. Película de Óscar.
Reviewed by vandino1

Not bad for its time

Usually these Young-People-against-The-System films from the late 60's-early 70's are populated with groovy-talking stoners, angry radicals, and even angrier authority figures (cops, parents, etc.) But this one dispenses with those cartoons. Sarrazin and Hershey play idealistic college students, but Sarrazin is realistic enough to understand he needs help from his family connections when he gets into trouble, and Hershey doesn't have a beat-the-system attitude when Sarrazin escapes from custody; in fact, she can't fathom why he was so stupid.It all revolves around an accident involving Sarrazin hitting a pedestrian with his car. It has nothing to do with campus politics and no attitudes are posed. The filmmakers don't try and truckle to the youth crowd by having the establishment types be played over-the-top. When Sarrazin mildly mocks the justice system, his lawyer played by E.G. Marshall shuts him up fast with a well-written lecture that reasonably explains Marshalls' viewpoint. And, noticeably, it is Marshall's law assistant, of the same age as Sarrazin, who is played as far more hard-core establishmentary than Marshall, or Sarrazin's father, played by Arthur Hill. The film also features a young Robert Klein, who is quite good as Sarrazin's buddy. It also features a small but striking performance from William Devane as an airplane pilot hired to help Sarrazin. Devane is on screen no more than thirty seconds before he becomes more interesting than anyone else in the film (although Sarrazin's grandma is quite a kick, even though one note). And yes, Hershey does show off her very nice young figure in a couple of scenes. Unfortunately, the film also features Randy Newman drone-singing one of his boring songs at the opening and closing.
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