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Time to get up, man.

- All right, Dad. - Come on.

Should be here soon.

- I think I should make a list. - What do y�u mean?

- For y�ur birthday gifts? - Yeah.

y�u know y�u're only getting a couple of things, right?

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

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

Can y�u spell everything y�u're thinking of?

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

- How y�u doing in here, man? - Okay.

Can we go to the park today, after?

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

Give me a kiss.

I'll talk to y�u later.

Excuse me.

Oh, excuse me...

...when is somebody gonna clean this off?

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

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

I'm Chris Gardner.

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

And I made up my mind as a y�ung kid...

... that when I had children...

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

This is part of my life story.

This part is called "Riding the Bus."

What's that?

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

Seems like a time machine.

That seems like a time machine. It's a time machine. Take me with y�u.

This machine...

... this machine on my lap...

This guy, he has a time machine.

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

- it is not a time machine.

It's a portable bone-density scanner.

A medical device I sell for a living.

Thank y�u for the opportunity to discuss it with y�u.

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

It's unnecessary and expensive.

- Well, maybe next... - Thank y�u.

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

- Hey. - Hey, baby.

- What happened? - No, nothing.

Look, I can't get Christopher today.

Oh, no, y�u don't, Chris. I'm back on at 7.

I know. I have got to go to Oakland.

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

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

- Yes. - And we got the tax-bill notice today.

- What are y�u gonna do about that? - Look, this is what we gotta do.

y�u see that car? The one with the pretty yellow shoe on it?

That's mine.

There's no parking near hospitals.

That's what happens when y�u're always in a rush.

Thanks anyway. Very much.

- Maybe next quarter. - It's possible.

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

I'd have to sell one more...

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

The problem is...

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

Since when do y�u not like macaroni and cheese?

Since birth?

- What's that? - What?

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

- From who? - Cynthia from work.

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

What are y�u supposed to do with it?

Make every side the same colour.

Did y�u pay the taxes?

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

- y�u already filed an extension. - Yeah, well, I gotta file another one.

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

That means interest, right?

- And a penalty? - Yeah, a little bit.

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

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

Let's get ready for bed. Hey, put y�ur plate in the sink.

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

... a comprehensive audit, if y�u will, of our economic condition.

y�u won't like it. I didn't like it.

But we have to face the truth...

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

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

The federal budget is out of control.

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

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

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

And so is the almost $80 billion...

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

Twenty years ago, in 1960...

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

Today it is 75 billion.

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

Man, I got two questions for y�u:

What do y�u do? And how do y�u do it?

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

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

y�u don't have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people.

- That's it. - Hey, y�u take care.

I'll let y�u hang on to my car for the weekend.

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

I still remember that moment.

They all looked so damn happy to me.

Why couldn't I look like that?

I'm gonna try to get home by 6.

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

- For what? - I wanna see about a job there.

Yeah? What job?

y�u know, when I...

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

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

What job?

Stockbroker.

- Stockbroker? - Yeah.

Not an astronaut?

Don't talk to me like that, Linda.

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

y�u should probably do y�ur sales calls.

I don't need y�u to tell me about my sales calls, Linda.

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

Do y�u remember that rent is due next week?

Probably not.

We're already two months behind.

Next week we'll owe three months.

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

Just sell what's in y�ur contract. Get us out of that business.

Linda, that is what I am trying to do.

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

...for y�u and for Christopher.

What's the matter with y�u?

Linda.

Linda.

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

Can I ask y�u a favour, miss?

Do y�u mind if I leave this here with y�u just for five minutes?

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

...looking smalltime.

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

Okay? It's not valuable. y�u can't sell it anywhere.

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

- Chris? Tim Brophy, Resources. - Yes. How are y�u?

- Follow me. - Yes, sir.

Let me see if I can find y�u an application for our internship.

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

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

I mean, I'm... y�u know, I'm just this office.

As y�u can see, we got a hell of lot of applications here, so...

Normally I have a r�sum� sheet, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

- We... - Thank y�u very much.

I need to go.

I'll bring this back.

- Thank y�u. - Okay.

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

Excuse me. Excuse me.

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

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

Stop! Stop!

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

Stop! Stop!

The programme took just 20 people every six months.

One got the job.

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

I didn't need that many lines.

Try and sleep. It's late.

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

... made up of multiple colours that y�u twist and turn...

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

This little cube is the gift sensation of 1981.

Don't expect to solve it easily.

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

... who took just 30 minutes on his.

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

As y�u can see, I still have a long way to go.

This is Jim Finnerty reporting for KJSF in Richmond.

Hey, wake up.

Eat.

- Bye, Mom. - Bye, baby.

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

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

Goodbye and good riddance.

y�u ain't had to add the "good riddance" part.

Bye, Mom.

Bye.

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

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

But it's not spelled right.

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

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

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

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

What's that say on the back of y�ur bag?

My nickname.

We pick nicknames.

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

- Did y�u have a nickname? - Yep.

- What? - "Ten-Gallon Head."

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

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

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

- Hoss wears that hat. - Hoss?

Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza.

- How do y�u know Bonanza? - We watch it at Mrs. Chu's.

- y�u watch Bonanza at daycare? - Yeah.

When? When do y�u watch it?

- After snack? After y�ur nap? - After Love Boat.

I made my list for my birthday.

- Yeah, what'd y�u put on there? - A basketball or an ant farm.

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

- Love Boat? - For history. Navy.

That's not the Navy.

I mean, he could watch television at home.

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

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

Go pay more at other daycare if y�u don't like Navy TV.

y�u late pay anyway. y�u complain. I complain.

Can y�u at least put the dog upstairs in y�ur room or something?

Bye.

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

... whose name sounded so delightful, like he�d give me a job and a hug.

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

- Morning, Mr. Twistle. - Good morning.

- Mr. Twistle, Chris Gardner. - Hi.

I wanted to drop this off personally and make y�ur acquaintance.

I thought I'd catch y�u on the way in. I'd love the opportunity to discuss...

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

We'll start with this, and we'll call y�u if we wanna sit down.

- Yes, sir. y�u have a great day. - y�u too.

Hey, yeah, how y�u doing?

This is Chris Gardner calling for Dr. Delsey.

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

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

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

Yes. Beautiful. Beautiful. Thank y�u, thank y�u.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

This part of my life...

- Wait! - ... this part here...

... it's called "Running."

Hey! Hey!

Wait!

Hey! Wait!

That was my stolen machine.

Unless she was with a guy who sold them too.

Which was unlikely...

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

I spent our entire life savings on these things.

It was such a revolutionary machine.

- Can y�u feel it, baby? - Oh, yeah.

y�u got me doing all the work.

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

... would consider them unnecessary luxuries.

I even asked the landlord to take a picture.

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

Hey, hey! Wait! Wait!

Hey, get back here!

Hey, man, I...

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

- Did y�u forget? - Forget what?

y�u're not supposed to have any of those.

- Yeah, I know. - y�u have two now.

Hey.

Hey, Mom.

One, two, three!

- That's a basketball! - Hey, hey. What do y�u mean?

y�u don't know that that's a basketball.

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

- No, it's not. - There, there.

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

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

y�u should've seen me out there today.

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

Whatever.

- What? - Whatever, Chris.

What the hell y�u got attitude about?

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

Hey, Roy. Roy!

Can y�u beat y�ur little rug when nobody's out here?

There's dust and shit all over.

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

Look, Linda, relax.

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

y�u said that before, when I got pregnant. "It'll be fine."

- So y�u don't trust me now? - Whatever. I don't care.

- Taxi! - Mr. Twistle.

- Yeah, hi. - Hi. Chris Gardner.

Yeah, hi. Listen. What can I do for y�u?

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

...and I would just love to sit with y�u briefly...

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

- Take care of y�urself. - Mr. Twistle.

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

How about we share a ride?

- All right, get in. - All right.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- I can do it. - No, y�u can't. No one can.

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

- No, y�u can't. - Let me see it.

Give it here.

Oh, yeah. Oh, wow, y�u really messed it up.

Sorry.

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

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

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

- Okay. - So... y�u can slow down.

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

- Yeah, I can. - No, y�u can't.

- Yes, I can. - No, y�u can't.

I'm telling y�u, no one can.

See? That's all I ever do.

y�u almost have this side.

Holy cow.

- y�u almost had that one. - I'm gonna get it.

Look at that.

y�u're almost there.

- 1710. - This is me.

Good job.

- Goodbye. - Yeah. I'll see y�u soon.

Where are y�u going, sir?

Excuse me, sir. Where are y�u going, please?

Two... A couple of blocks.

- Just flip around. - Okay.

Hey! Stop it! Hey!

- Where are y�u going? Come here! - No!

- No, no, no! - y�u asshole, give me my money!

- Give me my money. - Please stop.

- Please, please, please! - Son of a bitch.

Please! He should've paid y�u!

- Come here! - I'm sorry.

- I'm so sorry. - I'll kick y�ur ass!

- I'm sorry! - Idiot.

I'll get y�u!

I'm going to kill y�u! I'm going to kill y�u!

Hey!

Stop it, y�u son of a bitch!

Stop him!

Stop him!

The doors are closing.

Please stand clear of the doors.

No! No! No!

No!

- Hello? - Hey, yeah.

Sorry I couldn't make it home on time.

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

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

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

- What? - Did y�u hear what I said?

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

...and we're gonna leave now.

I'm gonna put the phone down.

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

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

... the Declaration of Independence...

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

And I remember thinking.

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

That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue.

And maybe we can actually never have it...

... no matter what.

How did he know that?

Linda. Linda.

- Hello? - Chris.

- Who is this? - Jay Twistle.

- Hey. - Dean Witter.

Yeah, of course. How are y�u?

I'm fine. Listen, do y�u still wanna come in and talk?

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

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

We're interviewing for the internships. y�u got a pen and paper?

Yes. Yes, I do.

- Hold on one second. - All right.

Hello?

- Chris? - Go ahead. I have one.

Write this number down so y�u can call my secretary, Janice.

- She can give y�u all the specifics. - Yep.

- Okay, 415. - 415.

- 864. - 864.

- 0256. - 0256.

- Yeah, extension 4796. - 4796.

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

- Okay, buddy. - All right, yes.

- Thank y�u very much. - We'll see y�u soon.

864-0256.

4796. Janice.

- Chris. - Hey.

Did y�u...? Have y�u seen Linda and Christopher?

- No. y�u catch the game last night? - No, no.

y�u didn't see that, 118, 1...?

Excuse me, did Linda and Christopher come in here?

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

Moons hits a three-pointer at 17 seconds left.

Wayne, Wayne, Wayne.

Can't talk to y�u about numbers right now.

- What's y�ur problem with numbers? - 864-2...

- And y�u owe me money. - Yeah.

y�u owe me $14.

I'm gonna get that to y�u.

I need my money. I need my money.

Fourteen's a number.

Hey, don't y�u ever take my son away from me again.

- y�u hear me? - Leave me alone!

Don't take my son away from me again.

Do y�u understand what I'm saying to y�u?

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

- Do y�u wanna leave? - Yeah.

- y�u wanna leave? - Yes, I want to leave!

Get the hell out of here, then, Linda.

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

y�u're the one that dragged us down. y�u hear me?

- y�u are so weak. - No. I am not happy anymore.

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

Just go get happy.

But Christopher's living with me.

- Stop! - Did y�u hear what I said?

Christopher's living with me!

Hey. Come on, let's go.

- How y�u doing, Mrs. Chu? - Hi.

- Where's Mom? - Look, just get y�ur stuff.

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

Yeah, I know.

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

Where do I sleep tonight?

Let me ask y�u something. Are y�u happy?

- Yeah. - All right. Because I'm happy.

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

- Yeah. - All right.

y�u're sleeping with me.

y�u're staying at home, where y�u belong, all right?

Christopher.

Hey, listen. I need the rent.

I can't wait anymore.

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

Why don't y�u go two blocks over at the Mission Inn motel?

It's half what y�u pay here.

Listen, Chris. I need y�u out of here in the morning.

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

I got painters coming in.

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

All right, I'll paint it myself.

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

All right. One week. And y�u paint it.

Chris Gardner?

Yeah. What happened?

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

y�u gotta pay each parking ticket, otherwise, y�u're staying.

This is all I got.

We verify at 9:30 tomorrow morning.

- What? - y�u gotta stay until this thing clears.

No.

No, I can't spend the night here.

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

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

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

What am I supposed to do with my son?

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

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

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

- Hello. - Hey.

What do y�u want?

y�u gotta get Christopher from daycare. I can't.

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

What happened?

I'll pick him up from daycare tomorrow.

I'm gonna go right... y�u can just...

y�u can drop him off and I'll pick him up.

- No. - Come on, Linda.

- Why y�u doing that? - No, I wanna take him to the park.

To Golden Gate after daycare tomorrow.

- How is he? - He's fine.

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

...and bring him back, all right?

All right, just bring me my son back.

Okay?

Linda?

I'll bring him back around 6.

All right, all right.

Thank y�u.

Bye.

I'm okay?

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Yes, I did.

Mr. Gardner.

This way.

It'll be right over there.

What is the one like that one?

Chris Gardner.

Chris Gardner.

How are y�u? Good morning.

Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner. Good to see y�u again.

Chris Gardner. Pleasure.

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

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

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

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

...that I'm sure y�u all admire here, like earnestness or diligence.

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

So the truth is...

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

Parking tickets?

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

What were y�u doing before y�u were arrested?

I was painting my apartment.

Is it dry now?

I hope so.

Jay says y�u're pretty determined.

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

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

- He said y�u're smart. - Well, I like to think so.

- And y�u want to learn this business? - Yes, sir, I wanna learn.

Have y�u already started learning on y�ur own?

Absolutely.

- Jay? - Yes, sir.

How many times have y�u seen Chris?

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

- Was he ever dressed like this? - No.

No. Jacket and tie.

First in y�ur class in school?

- High school? - Yes, sir.

- How many in the class? - Twelve.

It was a small town.

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

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

Can I say something?

I'm the type of person...

...if y�u ask me a question, and I don't know the answer...

...I'm gonna tell y�u that I don't know.

But I bet y�u what.

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

Is that fair enough?

Chris.

What would y�u say if a guy walked in for an interview...

...without a shirt on...

...and I hired him? What would y�u say?

He must've had on some really nice pants.

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

...but y�u pulled it off. - Thank y�u, Mr. Twistle.

Hey, now y�u can call me Jay. We'll talk to y�u soon.

All right, so I'll let y�u know, Jay.

"y�u'll let me know, Jay"? What do y�u mean?

Yeah, I'll give y�u a call tomorrow sometime...

What are y�u talking...? y�u hounded me for this.

- y�u stood here... - Listen, there's no salary.

- No. - I was not aware of that.

My circumstances have changed some...

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

Tonight.

I swear I will fill y�ur spot. I promise.

If y�u back out, y�u know what I'll look like to the partners?

Yes, an ass... A-hole.

Yeah, an ass A-hole, all the way.

y�u are a piece of work.

Tonight.

There was no salary.

Not even a reasonable promise of a job.

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

And if y�u weren't that guy...

... y�u couldn't even apply the six months' training...

... to another brokerage.

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

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

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

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

All right.

Okay, baby.

I got it.

I'm going to New York.

My sister's boyfriend...

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

So I'm going to New York, Chris.

Christopher's staying with me.

I'm his mom, y�u know?

He should be with his mom.

I should have him, right?

y�u know y�u can't take care of him.

What are y�u gonna do for money?

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

...and I got it.

So I'm gonna stand out in my programme.

Salesman to intern's backwards.

No, it's not.

I gotta go.

Tell him I love him, okay?

And...

I know y�u'll take care of him, Chris.

I know that.

- Dean Witter. - Yes, hi.

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

- y�ur name? - Yeah, my name is Chris Gardner.

The message is:

Thank y�u very much for inviting me into the programme.

I really appreciate it and I'd be very pleased to accept y�ur invitation.

Is that all?

Yes, that's it.

- Okay. - Thank y�u.

Bye.

- Be careful with that. - What?

Be care... Go ahead.

- Are we there? - Yep.

- Hey, y�u know what today is? - Yeah.

- What? - Saturday.

- y�u know what Saturday is, right? - Yeah.

- What? - Basketball.

- y�u wanna go play some basketball? - Okay.

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

- How about that? Wanna do that? - No.

Hey, Dad. I'm going pro.

I'm going pro.

Okay.

Yeah, I don't know, y�u know.

y�u'll probably be about as good as I was.

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

y�u know, so y�u'll probably ultimately rank...

...somewhere around there, y�u know, so...

...I really... y�u'll excel at a lot of things, just not this.

I don't want y�u shooting this ball all day and night.

- All right? - All right.

Okay.

All right, go ahead.

Hey.

Don't ever let somebody tell y�u...

...y�u can't do something.

Not even me.

- All right? - All right.

y�u got a dream...

...y�u gotta protect it.

People can't do something themselves...

...they wanna tell y�u y�u can't do it.

If y�u want something, go get it. Period.

Let's go.

Dad, why did we move to a motel?

I told y�u. Because I'm getting a better job.

- y�u gotta trust me, all right? - I trust y�u.

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

Dad, when's Mom coming back?

Dad, when's Mom coming back?

I don't know, Christopher.

Dad, listen to this.

One day, a man was drownding in the water.

And a boat came by and said, "Do y�u need any help?"

He said, " No, thank y�u. God will save me."

Then another boat came by. Said, "Do y�u need any help?"

And he said, " No, thank y�u. God will save me."

Then he drowned, and he went to heaven.

And he said, " God, why didn't y�u save me?"

And God said, " I sent y�u two big boats, y�u dummy."

Do y�u like it?

Yeah, that's very funny, man. Give me y�ur hand.

- Thank y�u very much, sir. - Yes, sir.

- y�u got the bill of sale here. - Yes.

All the information y�u'll need.

Thank y�u very much for y�ur business.

Thank y�u.

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

...7, 8, 9, 10.

Thank y�u.

- Hey, y�u want one of those? - No, it's okay.

Come on, y�u can have one. Which one?

- y�u like that one? How much? - Twenty-five cents.

This part of my life is called "Internship."

The 1200 building is Medley Industrial and Sanko Oil.

The building across the street is Lee-Ray Shipping.

In a couple weeks, y�u'll get call sheets...

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

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

y�u will be pooling from 60 Fortune companies.

y�u will mainly be cold-calling potential clients.

But if y�u have to have lunch with them, have breakfast with them...

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

...with our packages. We need y�u to match their needs and goals...

...to one of our many financial plans. In essence, y�u reel them in...

...we'll cook the fish.

Some of y�u are here because y�u know somebody.

Some of y�u are here because y�u think y�u're somebody.

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

That person's gonna be the guy...

...who can turn this into this.

Eight hundred thousand in commission dollars.

y�u, y�u, help me hand these out.

This is going to be y�ur bible.

y�u'll eat with it.

- y�u'll drink with it. - It was simple.

X number of calls equals X number of prospects.

X number of prospects equals X number of customers.

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

- ... in the company's pocket. - y�ur board exam.

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

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

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

Be safe, score a hundred.

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

- Hey, Mr. Frohm. Chris. - Hi.

- Chris, how are y�u? - I'm good. How y�u doing?

- Fine, thank y�u for asking. - First day in there. It was exciting.

y�u're not quitting on us yet, are y�u?

No, sir. Ten-minute break.

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

Oh, man, I remember mine.

And ours were only an hour, not three like y�urs.

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

...and it was still a pain in the ass. Funny what y�u remember.

There was a beautiful girl in that class.

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

I've seen an old friend of mine. Do y�u mind?

- No, go ahead. - Good talking to y�u, sir.

Hey, asshole. Are y�u all right, asshole?

Are y�u okay? What were y�u thinking?

What are y�u doing? I could've killed y�u.

I'm trying to cross the street.

- Well, y�u're all right? - Yeah, yeah.

- Where's my shoe? - What?

- y�u knocked off my shoe! - I don't know where y�ur shoe is.

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

Hey.

- Did y�u see it? I lost my shoe. - No, I'm sorry.

Hey. Hey, where are y�u going?

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

Hey, y�u just got hit by a car. Go to the hospital.

I'm in a competitive internship at Dean Witter.

Hey, man, y�u're missing a shoe.

Oh, yeah, thanks. Thank y�u.

Dad.

- y�u don't have a shoe. - Yeah, I know.

- Wanna know what happened? - Yeah.

I got hit by a car.

- y�u got hit by a car? - Yep.

- Where? - Just right by the office.

- No, where in y�ur body? - Like, the back of my legs.

- Hey, goodbye, Mrs. Chu. - Goodbye.

- Were y�u on the street? - Yeah, I was running in the street.

Don't do that. y�u can get hurt.

Yeah, thanks.

I'll remember that next time.

And here I was again.

- Show up early. - While qualified persons...

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

- Now, Chris. - Yes, sir.

Would y�u get me some coffee, please?

Favours for Frakesh, our office manager. All day.

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

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

Okay, next time. All right, I'm gonna hold y�u to that.

Okay, yes, thank y�u.

Who wants to get me a doughnut?

- Chris? - Yes, sir.

Feeling underrated and unappreciated.

Hello, Mr. Ronald Fryer.

Good morning to y�u, sir. My name is Chris Gardner.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

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

Okay, thank y�u, sir.

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

Then the cross-town.

The 22 home.

- Hey, Chris! - Hey. Hi, Ralph.

- I'm waiting. - All right, I got that for y�u, Ralph.

I'm gonna get that for y�u.

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

Hello, Chris Gardner calling for Mr. Walter Hobb.

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

- From the bottom to the top. - Yes, sir.

- From the doorman to the CEO. - Okay.

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

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

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

In order not to waste any time...

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

Okay, thank y�u very much.

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

... I gained another eight minutes a day.

Why, good morning to y�u, my name is Chris Gardner.

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

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

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

Okay, no problem at all, sir. Thank y�u very much.

But even doing all this...

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

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

Walter Ribbon's office.

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

- Concerning? - Yes, ma'am.

I'm calling from Dean Witter.

Just a moment.

- Hello? - Mr. Ribbon.

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

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

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

I'm certain that I could be of some assistance to y�u.

Can y�u be here in 20 minutes?

- Twenty minutes. Absolutely. - Just had someone cancel.

I can give y�u a few minutes before the 49ers.

- Monday Night Football, buddy. - Yes, sir. Thank y�u very much.

- See y�u soon. - Bye-bye.

Excuse me. Thank y�u.

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

Hey, do y�u have five minutes?

I got a green light from Walter Ribbon...

I'm supposed to present commodities to Bromer. Could y�u move my car?

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

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

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

And y�u have to jimmy that.

- Jimmy what? - y�u have to jimmy the key.

And the other doors don't unlock. y�u have to jimmy it.

Come on, I'm jimmying it.

Oh, no!

Come on.

- Here's the file, Mr. Ribbon. - Thank y�u.

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

No, no, no!

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

- Hi. - Hi.

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

Oh, y�u just missed him.

Thank y�u.

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

...paying some bills...

...and a parking ticket.

We don't have a car anymore.

Yep, I know.

I'm gonna need to take y�u with me this weekend.

A couple of doctors' offices.

- On sales calls, okay? - Okay.

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

- Really? - Possibly.

- All right? - All right.

Come on, finish up.

- Are y�u sure? - Possibly.

Really?

- Are y�u bringing it to the game? - Yeah, I don't wanna leave it.

And maybe we're going to the game.

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

I don't understand.

- y�u don't understand what? - Are we going to the game?

I said possibly we're going to the game.

- y�u know what "possibly" means? - Like probably.

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

"Possibly" means we might, we might not.

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

And what does "possibly" mean?

- I know what it means. - What does it mean?

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

- How did y�u get so smart? - Because y�u're smart.

- Are we there? - Yeah.

- Mr. Ribbon. - Yes?

How are y�u, sir? Chris Gardner. Dean Witter.

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

- Hi. - Hey, Christopher.

- What are y�u doing up here? - I came to apologise...

...for missing our appointment. - y�u didn't need to come up.

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

...and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank y�u for y�ur time.

- I know y�u probably waited for me. - Little bit.

I want y�u to know that I do not take that for granted.

Oh, come on. What's that?

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

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

- I have a meeting after the game. - y�u're going to the game?

- Yeah. - Possibly.

- Possibly. - We're going too.

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

We were just leaving. Tim!

Listen, we'll get out of y�ur way.

Again, thank y�u very much, and I'm sorry about the other day.

And I hope that we can reschedule for later.

- y�u got it. - Thank y�u very much.

y�u take care. Here, come on.

- Say bye-bye, Chris. - Bye.

Bye, Christopher.

Hey, y�u guys wanna come with us?

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

- Where are y�ur seats? - We've... We're upper deck.

We got a box. Come on.

- y�u wanna sit in the box? - No.

It's not actually a box. It's, y�u know, a private section.

It's more comfortable. y�u wanna go?

- Okay. - Okay, kids in the back.

Hey, why don't y�u just put that in y�ur car?

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

- Oh, my... - What happened?

I think I got stung by a bee.

- y�u all right? - Oh, yeah. Goodness. I'm fine.

- y�u're not allergic or anything? - No, no, no.

- Where'd he get y�u? - Just right at the back of my head.

- Are y�u okay? - Yeah, I'm fine, Christopher.

- Does it hurt? - Christopher, I'm fine.

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

Thomas Jefferson mentions happiness a couple times...

... in the Declaration of Independence.

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

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

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

And I remember standing there that day...

... thinking about the disturbers of mine.

Questions I had. Whether all this was good.

Whether I'd make it.

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

... which was millions.

Yeah!

It was a way to another place.

Wow, this is...

This is the way to watch a football game here.

- Thank y�u very much for this, really. - Hey, it's my pleasure, Chris.

And, Mr. Ribbon, I also wanna thank y�u for giving me the opportunity...

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

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

...to anything y�u got going over at Morgan Stanley.

Really, I think y�u're gonna be blown away.

Point blank, Dean Witter needs to be managing y�ur retirement portfolio.

y�u know, I didn't have any notion that y�u were new there.

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

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

So, y�u know, come on, relax. Enjoy the game. Go, go, go!

Yes!

Yes! Yeah!

- Here y�u go. - All right.

I've had a few ideas already, absolutely.

- Chris, I'll talk to y�u later. - I'm gonna give y�u a call.

Nice to meet y�u, Chris. Give me a call.

Yes, absolutely. Thank y�u.

- Bye. - Bye, Christopher.

After four months, we had sold all our scanners.

It seemed we were making it.

What's the...

...fastest animal in the world? - Jackrabbit.

It seemed we were doing good.

Until one day...

... that day...

... that letter brought me back to earth.

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

If y�u didn't pay them...

... the government could stick their hands into y�ur bank account...

... and take y�ur money.

Dad.

No warning. Nothing.

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

How is somebody just gonna just take my money?

I was... I was...

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

y�u cannot go into my bank acc... No...

It was the 25th of September.

I remember that day.

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

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

I was broke.

- Dressed yet? - No.

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

I'm not jerking y�u around, Ralph, all right? I'm gonna get it.

- I need that money now, not later. - When I get it, y�u get it, Ralph.

Now!

Hey, what's happening, man?

Wayne, I need to get that $14 from y�u.

I thought I didn't owe y�u that now.

- What? Why? - Why what?

Why would y�u think y�u don't owe me my money?

I helped y�u move.

y�u drove me two blocks, Wayne.

That's 200 yards.

It's been four months, Wayne.

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

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

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

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

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

Dad, look at me!

Dad.

- Should I go? - Sure, man. Why not?

- Stay here. - Dad, look.

- No, no. Stay right here. - Dad.

Did y�u hear what I said? Did y�u hear me?

- Dad, where y�u going? - Hey, what did I say?

Dad!

Dad, wait! Dad!

- Dad. - I gotta...

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

When I was y�unger. I wanna see Jimi Hendrix do that guitar on fire.

Bring back my time machine!

Bring my time machine back!

- Dad, where are we going? - Be quiet.

Go get y�ur things. Go.

- Chris? - Yes.

Dr. Telm can't get back to meet y�u. I'm sorry.

Where are we going now?

We gotta... We gotta see somebody else.

I'm tired.

I know.

Doesn't seem to be functioning right now.

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

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

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

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

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

I really have to go, Chris.

Thank y�u. Thank y�u.

Thank y�u for y�ur time. I appreciate it.

I'll see y�u soon.

Why are our things here?

Dad.

- Let's go. Come on. - Where?

- Just out of here. - Why?

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

- Did y�u hear what I said? Let's go. - Open the door!

Hey, did y�u hear what I said? Stop it.

Stop it.

Come on.

Come on.

Wayne!

Wayne!

Wayne!

Get up. Stand up. Come on.

Where are we going?

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

It's not a time machine.

Dad.

It's not a time machine.

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

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

He said it was a time machine.

Yes, it is.

No, it's not.

- It is. - No, it's not.

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

Wanna push it?

Okay.

Come on.

Come on, man.

Right here.

Wait a minute. Where y�u wanna go?

I don't know. Some place from before.

y�u gotta close y�ur eyes.

y�u close y�ur eyes. I wanna see.

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

y�u gotta close y�ur eyes. Close y�ur eyes.

It takes a few seconds.

Oh, my goodness.

Open, open, open!

- What is it? - Dinosaurs.

- Where? - y�u don't see all these dinosaurs?

Look around. Look at all these dinosaurs.

- Do y�u see them? - Yeah.

Wait. Come on, come on.

- Wait, watch out. - What is it?

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

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

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

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

Get y�ur stuff. Get y�ur stuff. Get it.

- We gotta find someplace safe. - Like what?

We need a cave.

A cave?

- We gotta find a cave. Come on. - Okay.

Come on, come on.

Watch y�ur back! Look out.

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

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

Go ahead. Get in.

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

- Are we safe? - Yeah, I think so.

Hey.

- How y�u doing, Jay? - I'm doing good.

How are y�u getting along?

- Good. I'm good. - y�u doing good?

- How y�u doing? - I'm doing great.

Where y�u going?

I... Sacramento.

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

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

Get them over to us.

So they got me going out there golfing.

Awesome.

Hey, let them win a round.

Deborah, someone's asking for y�u.

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

- Hi. - How y�u doing?

- Can I ask y�u a question? - Sure.

We need a room.

Just until I can fix this and sell it.

- There's just some glass work. - Let me stop y�u right there.

- I wish I could help y�u... - This is my son, Christopher.

- He's 5 years old. - Hi, baby.

- We need some place to stay. - Okay, and I would love to help y�u...

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

He can stay here, but y�u have to find someplace else to go.

We gotta stay together.

We got... We're...

- Okay, listen. - y�u gotta have some place...

Try Glide Memorial. The building books up at 5.

So y�u hurry up. There's a line.

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

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

- Man. - Hey, come on, man.

- Come on. - Come on, what?

- Hey, that's my spot. - Back off.

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

Dad!

Stop it! Break it up! Break it up!

Stop! Stop!

Get out of line, both of y�u. Both of y�u.

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

I got here on time. I was in line.

I came from work, I got my son.

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

He sliced in front of him in line.

- Who did? - He did.

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

That's it. No more.

- What's y�ur favourite colour? - Green.

Green?

- What do y�u like that's green? - Trees.

Trees. What else?

Holly.

- Holly. What's holly? - The Christmas stuff.

Christmas stuff.

What's that?

I guess they want us to go to sleep.

Here y�u go. We gotta make sure Captain America's warm in there.

Can he breathe?

- He's good? - Yeah.

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

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

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

And I'll be able to hear y�u if y�u call me.

I wanna go home.

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

All right?

I'm gonna go out there.

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

I'll be able to hear y�u if y�u call me.

- All right? - All right.

y�u gotta trust me, okay?

y�u gotta trust me.

I trust y�u. I trust y�u.

I trust y�u.

- I can't hear y�u. - I trust y�u. I trust y�u.

Give me a kiss.

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

- I'll be right here. - Okay.

- Can y�u still hear me? - Yeah.

- Can y�u hear me? - Yeah.

- Do y�u trust me? - Yeah.

- Yeah. - Like that?

- Yeah, put that... - Then y�u go like that.

- Is that okay? - I don't know. What do y�u think?

Good.

Let's go. Get y�ur stuff.

- Dad, why don't y�u leave it? - We can't.

We're gonna have a different room later.

Go.

Hey, Chris.

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

Work trip.

y�ur wife, Martha, works at PacBell also, correct?

- Yes, she does. - And y�u guys are both...

...looking to retire at the same time?

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

...without paying a lot of taxes.

So basically, y�u want nobody's hands in y�ur pockets but y�ur own?

Are y�u familiar with tax-free municipal?

I learned to finish my work quickly.

I had to finish quickly.

To get in line at Glide by 5.

Come on.

Come on.

Hold that bus! Hold the bus!

My Captain America!

Dad! Dad! Dad!

Stop it! Shut up! Shut up!

- Why don't y�u let the lady in? - Hey, back up.

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

Come on.

Dad, we need to get it!

The important thing about that freedom train...

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

We all have to deal with mountains.

y�u know, mountains that go way up high.

And mountains that go deep and low.

- Amen, preacher! - Yes.

We know what those mountains are, here at Glide.

We sing about them.

Lord, don't move that mountain

Give me strength to climb it

Please don't move That stumbling block

But lead me, Lord, around it

My burdens, they get so heavy

Seems hard to bear

But I won't give up No, no

Because y�u promised me

y�u'd meet me at the altar of prayer

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

But give me strength to climb it

When's y�ur test?

Tomorrow.

Are y�u ready?

Of course.

Thank y�u, sir.

- Hey. How y�u doing? - Hey.

So did y�u finish the whole thing, or y�u have to go somewhere?

I have to go somewhere.

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

- y�u? - Yeah.

- How'd y�u feel about the graphs? - Easy.

I struggled with the essay question on the back. What did y�u write?

- Essay question? - Yeah, on the back.

Hey, Chris.

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

- Yeah, y�u were gonna give me a call? - I never actually got y�ur number.

Here's my number. Call me, okay?

Yes, sir. Absolutely. Thank y�u very much.

Chris, y�u got five bucks? I left my wallet upstairs.

Let me run up and grab that for y�u, Mr. Frohm.

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

- I'll pay y�u back, honest. - Five is good?

Five is lovely. Thank y�u. Thank y�u.

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

There's no more space. y�u gotta head out.

That's it for today. Come back tomorrow.

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

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

y�u like it?

Twenty. One, two, three, four.

Now, here's y�ur bulb, and there's y�ur ferrite core inductor.

- How much? - Eight dollars.

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

Can I see it?

Yeah, sure. Just don't break it.

Unless y�u wanna sleep in a room with me for the rest of y�ur life.

I don't mind.

Yeah, y�u will.

Why don't y�u get some sleep, okay?

Okay.

- Warm enough? - Yeah.

All right.

Did Mom leave because of me?

- What? - Did Mom leave because of me?

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

Mom left because of Mom.

And y�u didn't have anything to do with that, okay?

Okay.

y�u're a good papa.

All right, go to sleep.

- I love y�u. - I love y�u too.

So far, so good, Chris.

- It works. - Thank y�u very much.

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

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

Twenty, 30, 40, 50.

- Anything else? - Nope, that's it.

Thank y�u. Thank y�u.

- y�u ready? - Yep.

- Are we going to the church place? - No.

Where are we going, then?

- Probably stay at a hotel. - A hotel?

Just for the night.

We can go back to the cave if y�u like.

No, thank y�u.

- Ever? - I hope not.

Why not?

Well, because some things are fun the first time y�u do them...

...and then not so much the next.

- Like the bus? - Yeah, like the bus.

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

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

He doesn't know where it is, though.

Didn't y�u ever want to have a home of y�ur own like other people?

Sure.

Sometimes when we're moving at night...

... we pass houses with lights and people.

Sometimes y�u can hear them laughing...

The next day, after work...

... we just went to the beach.

Far away from anything.

Everything.

Just Christopher and me.

- Did y�u see me? - Yeah.

Far away from buses and noise...

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

... and in myself.

- Chris, thank y�u very much. - Well, thank y�u, Dean.

- Take care. - y�u made all the right moves.

Thanks, Chris.

Because when I was y�ung...

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

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

And then I never became any of them.

- Hey, Chris. - Hey.

- How y�u doing, Jay? - I'm doing fine.

Rumour has it y�u signed 31 accounts for us from Pacific Bell.

Yeah, yeah.

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

I guess.

So one more day.

Getting nervous?

- No, I'm okay. - Yeah?

Listen, whatever happens...

...y�u've done a fantastic job, Chris.

I mean that.

Take care of y�urself.

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

Yes, sir. Just calling to thank y�u very much...

...for y�ur support at last month's seminar.

Yes, sir. Absolutely.

Yes, sir.

No, sir, that's it.

Thank y�u very much. Bye-bye.

Chris. Come.

- Hi, Chris. - Mr. Frohm, good to see y�u.

- Nice shirt. - Thank y�u, sir.

- Chris. - Hey, Jay.

- Chris. - Chris, sit down, please.

I thought I'd wear a shirt today.

y�u know, being the last day and all.

Well, thank y�u. Thank y�u. We appreciate that.

But...

...wear one tomorrow though, okay?

Because tomorrow's going to be y�ur first day...

...if y�u'd like to work here as a broker.

Would y�u like that, Chris?

Yes, sir.

Good. We couldn't be happier.

So welcome.

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

- Good luck, Chris. - Thank y�u. Thank y�u.

Thank y�u, sir.

Oh, Chris.

I almost forgot.

Thank y�u.

This part of my life...

... this little part...

... is called "Happiness."

Christopher. Christopher. Come here.

So how many...

...planets are there?

- Seven. - Seven?

Nine.

Who's the king of the jungle?

- Gorilla. - The gorilla?

The gorilla?

No. Lion.

Oh, yeah. Lion, lion, lion.

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

- Who's there? - Shelby.

Shelby who?

Shelby coming around the mountain When she comes

- Knock knock. - Who's there?

- Nobody. - Nobody who?

Nobody who?

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

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