Intro
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Some would say that in the world of huge corporations, the American dream of becoming wealthy through pure hard work is dead. But the fact is, anyone clever and charismatic, no matter how poor they are now, can become rich with enough effort. It takes patience and energy, but even someone didn’t go to college or didn’t finish high school can learn a profession and become successful at it.
Dialog
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Kevin: So I just rented that film The Pursuit of Happiness with Will Smith and his kid. What did you think?
Amanda: What a tear jerker.
Kevin: It’s good.
Amanda: So good. Single dad, working his ass off to become a stock broker even though he has no formal education. Raise his child. The coolest part about it, which not a lot of people know, is Will Smith’s son played his son.
Kevin: That’s true and I thought he did a really good job. He’s young. He’s cute.
Amanda: Yeah, I think it’s nice because if you have a child after, you don’t really have that natural chemistry of father and son. You try and portray it, but they didn’t even have to. That was a non-factor. They didn’t have to worry about that.
Kevin: Absolutely. And I loved the whole rags to riches story, and pulling himself up by his bootstraps. I thought it was really well done.
Amanda: And the fact that he did study that particular person, spent time with him and made a movie about his life. And, actually, that guy just sold his company and is doing well still to this day.
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As it turns out, the actors who play the father and son are father and son in real life. Amanda thinks this helped make the movie good because the actors didn’t merely have to pretend to love each other. Another thing she says helped make it a good movie was that Will Smith, the actor who played the father, spent a lot of time with the man story is based on.
Do you know any examples of real life rags to riches stories?
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My good friend adviced to see this movie.I had seen it a few years ago.I liked it very much.It is really tear jerker!And I`m surprised Will Smith`s son played son of a main hero!Unfornaturely I dont know rags to riches stories.This film is not just a good movie for me.It always reminds me about my friend,who adviced me to see The Pursuit of Happiness |
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i really didn't know that Will Smith’s son played his son.amazing .i love this movie. this is the best movie that i ever seen .how he struggle in his life and how he make it to the final just awesome.well when i first watch this movie my tears are falling apart from my eyes . |
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