Here is a trailer of the 2006 biographical film directed by Gabriele Muccino. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a salesman for a dying medical product that he invested his life in. The unfortunate events that follow are of his son and his life down a path that is quite devastating. Eventually homeless, Gardner must strive to become a different man in the busy and sometimes unforgiving country that we live. His son is who inspires him to become this man and initiates his strive for a better and more successful life.
This film adaptation of true events is key in discussing my thesis topic of the American Dream in the modern country. Here is a story, that takes place in the 80s, of a man who endured both the worst and the best consequences of American life. He witnesses the effects of a failing business in a capitalist, free-market society, eventually releases the ingredients for success in a particular area of interest, works hard, and moves up to a ranking occupation that improves his family’s quality of life. This whole idea will be a great base for providing information on this topic.
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