The Pursuit of Happyness Page #6

to Bromer. Could you 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 you have to jimmy that.

Uh, uh... Jimmy what?!

You have to jimmy the key.

And the other doors

don't unlock.

You have to jimmy it.

Come on. I'm jimmying it.

Oh, no!

Come on, come on.

Here's the file,

Mr. Ribbon.

Thank you.

Okay, thanks a lot.

Oh, yeah, thanks.

Great idea.

No. No, 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, you just missed him.

Ah, thank you.

What's that?

Just filling out a check.

Paying some bills and a...

parking ticket.

We don't have a car anymore.

Yep. I know.

Oh, um...

I'm gonna need to take you

with me this weekend.

A couple doctors' offices.

Well...

On sales calls, okay?

Okay.

Then, possibly...

we'll go to the football game.

Really?

Uh, possibly.

All right?

All right.

Mm-hm.

Come on, finish up.

Are you sure?

I was...

Possibly.

Really?

Are you bringing it

to the game?

Yeah. I don't...

I don't wanna leave it.

And maybe we're

going to the game.

All right.

Where are we going now?

Uh, to see someone

about my job.

I don't understand.

You don't understand what?

Are we going to the game?

I said possibly

we're going to the game.

You 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 you get so smart?

Cause you're smart.

Are we there?

Yeah.

Mr. Ribbon.

Yes?

How are you, sir? Chris Gardner.

Dean Witter.

Oh, hi. Hi.

This is my son, Christopher.

Hi.

Hey, Christopher.

W-w-what are you

doing up here?

Uh, I came to apologize

for missing our appointment

the other day.

Oh, you didn't need to come up.

Oh, no. Actually,

we were in the neighborhood

visiting a very close friend

of ours, and I-I just wanted

to take this opportunity

to say thank you for your time.

I know you probably

waited for me.

Little bit.

I-I want you to know

that I do not

take that for granted.

Oh, come on. W-what, uh...

What's that?

Oh, this... Uh, an Osteo

National bone-density scanner.

Oh.

A company I bought into prior to

going to work at Witter.

I have a meeting

after the game.

You guys are going to the game?

Oh, yeah.

Possibly.

Possibly.

We're... We're going too.

I'm taking my son, Tim.

My 12-year-old.

We were just leaving. Tim!

Listen, we'll... We'll

get out of your way.

Um, again, thank you very much,

and I'm sorry

about the other day.

And I hope that we can

reschedule for later this week.

You got it.

Thank you very much, sir.

All right.

You take care. Here, come on.

Um. Say bye-bye, Chris.

Bye.

Bye, Christopher.

Hey, you guys

wanna come with us?

What, uh...?

To Candlestick?

We're going now.

Come with us.

Where are your seats?

Oh, we've...

We're... upper deck.

We got a box.

Come on.

You wanna sit in a box?

No.

Well...

It's not actually a box.

It's... It's, um...

a private section.

It's more comfortable.

You wanna go?

Okay.

Okay. Kids in the back.

Hey, why don't you just

put that in your car?

Um...

Yeah, okay...

Uh, sure. Sure.

We don't have a car.

Ah!

Oh, my G...

What happened?

I think I got stung by a bee.

You all right?

Oh. Yeah.

Goodness. I'm fine.

You're not allergic or anything?

No, no, no. Aah.

Where'd he get you?

Just, like, right at the, uh,

back of my head. Aah.

Are you okay?

Uh, yeah, I'm fine, Christopher.

Does it hurt?

Uh, 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, aah...

This is the way to watch

a football game here.

Thank you very much

for this, really.

Hey, that's my pleasure, Chris.

And, uh, Mr. Ribbon,

I also wanna thank you

for giving me the opportunity

to discuss the asset management

capabilities of Dean Witter,

which we believe

to be far superior

to anything you got going

over at Morgan Stanley.

And, uh, really, I think

you're gonna be blown away.

Point blank, Dean Witter

needs to be managing

your retirement portfolio.

You know, I didn't

have any notion

that you were new over there.

I mean, I like you, but...

there's not a chance

I'm gonna let you

direct our fund.

That's just not gonna happen

anytime soon, buddy.

So... you know,

come on, relax.

Let's play the game.

Go, go, go!

Yeah!

Yes! Yes! Yeah!

Whoo!

Here you go.

All right.

I've had a few ideas

already. Absolutely.

Chris. I'll talk to you later.

Thanks you very much.

I'm gonna give you a call.

Nice to meet you, Chris.

Give me a call.

Yes. Absolutely. Thank you.

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.

Seemed we were...

doing good.

Till one day...

that day...

that letter brought me

back to earth.

This part of my life

is called "Paying Taxes."

If you didn't pay 'em,

the government could

stick their hands

into your bank account

and take your money.

Dad.

No warning. Nothing.

It can't be too late.

That... Th... That's my money.

How is somebody just gonna...

Just take my money?

I w... I was...

Listen... I...

That's all the money

that I have.

You 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.

You dressed yet?

No.

Chris! Chris!

Don't jerk me around,

okay, Chris?

I'm not jerking you around,

Ralph, all right?

I g... I'm gonna

get it.

I need that money now.

Not later!

When I get it,

you get it, Ralph.

Now!

Hey. What's

happening, man?

Wayne, uh... I need to...

To get that $14 from you.

I... I thought I didn't

owe you that now.

What? Why?

Why what?

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