Talk:The Pursuit of Happyness

message: The first paragraph misuses the word "eponymous". Chris Gardner's name does not appear in the title of either the film or the book.  The sentence should read, ". . . is based on the best-selling memoir of the same title written by Gardner . . .".
The second paragraph is largely a discussion of the coincidental misspelling "happyness" in an 18th c. document.  Unless this fact is relevant to Chris Gardner's thought process in titling his memoir - or relevant to the thinking of the graffiti artist whose work is displayed in the film - it is absolutely irrelevant to discussion of the film and should be removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.139.204.201 (talk) 15:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Errors in Opening Paragraphs

message: The Plot section is a total mess.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.93.65.136 (talk) 21:29, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot

message: Did anyone notice the excessive Taiwanese flags in the movie (in the rooftop basketball scene)? 
As far as I knew, the Taiwanese flags shouldn't be publically flown in US...
:And why not? 89.242.0.24 19:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Taiwan has "cultural centers" in the US and in many western countries. These centers compensate for the lack of embassies, although the operate in a more informal way and lack diplomatic protection. I'd say that the taiwanese flags we see in the movie (which we see floating behind a small basketball field) most probably represent Mr Smith's real-life political opinion on the matter. 207.134.187.165 21:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The film was partially set in San Fransisco's Chinatown in the early 1980s, when there were fewer people from mainland China than Taiwan, so it is reasonable that some people choose to fly the ROC flag.  Maybe the Taiwanese flags will stop the film being pirated in China!  Kransky 07:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Taiwanese Flag

message: Does anyone know what the real name is for those bone scanners? is there an article on them JohnGaltJr 03:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Scanner

message: Um, no, you are incorrect 68.36.197.244 01:24, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Rubiks

message: Shouldn't this article be called 'THE Pursuit of Happyness?' Gunslinger 21:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct, per IMDB and movie poster, and fixed in the article and with a page move. --MCB 02:57, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

text: it's meant to be spelled Happyness.  seen the movie? LonelyPker 22:33, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: can you elaborate? 15.219.233.70 04:53, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I've just bumbled over to this page after seeing a trailer for the movie on TV, and was wondering... why is the title spelled wrong? Don't care about spoilers, if they're necessary to explain it... - Chris McFeely 00:09, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would have thought it quite necessary, in an encyclopedic sense, to explain why the incorrect spelling in the title is intentional! 124.180.9.77 10:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The incorrect spelling is part of the story, Will Smith's character talks about it several times in the film and mentions every time it should be written with an 'i'. 81.246.93.2 03:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Oh be quiet, you moron. 86.151.54.171 22:46, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

text: It says it in the second paragraph. It should not be "THE Pursuit of Happyness" per WP:MOS, or any other title besides "The Pursuit of Happyness". moocows rule 06:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: The book differs form the film in quite a few ways, shouldn't there be a seperate article for each. -kres
:There are 9 differences listed here, you mean you want to make 9 different articles for each one? What's the point? And how would you write an entire article about the film's character spending one night in jail and the real Gardner spending 10 days? 81.246.93.2 03:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book vs. Film 

message: The line "The church choir and band, The Glide Ensemble and the John Turk Change Band, may also be in the film."  seems out of place, considering that the movie is in theaters now.  Does anyone know whether or not they actually are in the movie?Ricree101 03:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear Statments 

message: As of now, it stands in the article that "The film garnered mixed reviews from critics." It currently has a 68% fresh rating on rottenmatoes, and a 7.3 on the IMDB. Is is neccessary to say that the reviews leaned towards the positive? TheKillerAngel 18:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical Reception 

message: One of the differences notes that Chris was actually from Wisconsin, not Louisiana.  But according to this site, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/10/10/DDGVLF4AI81.DTL, he was born in Louisiana and moved to Wisconsin at an early age.  Based upon that, I'm removing that difference. 66.75.8.138 23:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed this section in its entirety because none of it was substantiated by verifiable references. If an editor is able to provide one for each or all of the differences noted, feel free to revert them with the proper citations. Thank you. MovieMadness (talk) 18:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Differences between the film and actual events 

message: How much money did the film make? Why do some films have the amount of money made shown whilst others aren't? Tourskin 20:59, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: According to boxofficemojo.com 163 million on a budget of 55 million. Smith was a producer and so it's reasonable to assume that he pockets the lions share of the net income. It's likely his fortune dwarfs that of Gardner so this piece of work is certainly consistent from a class consciousness perspective.  Lycurgus 08:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Money made? 

message: I've just watched the DVD, and noticed Will Smith said "T-Rex" (on about 1.26:40 on the timer, may vary with your observation). I was a bit befuddled, since the phrase "T-Rex" hadn't been popular in the US by the '80s (I think the phrase itself became widely popular as the movie Jurassic Park gained its popularity in 1993). On a side note, however, there was an 1960s English band with the same name.
I was going to add that, but thought it's better to discuss the whole thing first. 125.163.84.202 18:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Provide a citation from a reliable source indicating that "the phrase "T-Rex" hadn't been popular in the US by the 80's" and then we'll talk. Otherwise, please keep your original research out of the encyclopedia. Thanks. --ZimZalaBim talk 14:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  No you are apparently too young to know the facts. I remember the term T-Rex from childhood in the 60s. However you might have inferred that the shortened form would crop up early as 1) the species has been popularly known for most of the 20th century having appeared in silent films, 2) 'Tyrannosaurus' is a mouthful that calls for abbreviation,  3) pop groups such as T-Rex don't take the names of things until they are well established in the general culture.  and finally 4) the form T.Rex is consistent and conventional in the Linnean system and so would have been present from the first identification of the species. Lycurgus 09:46, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  You need to get out more Lycurgus. 86.151.54.171 22:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes out of this primitive form. Lycurgus 01:44, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Possible Trivia Entry 

message: The note in the anachronism section about Will Smith passing "a billboard for Zack Snyder's 300...released in 2007" is impossible!
The film was shot in San Francisco in late 2005, long before the movie posters for 300 had yet begun to be posted around the city. If there indeed was a poster for 300, it could only have been placed there intentionally by the filmmakers. Otherwise, this note is just plain wrong. Could someone back it up and clarify it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.128.109.242 (talk) 19:53, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This anachronism couldn't have happened... 

message: This article really needs a summary, not comparisons between real life and the movie.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.12.173 (talk) 20:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary 

message: The plot summary is partially plagiarized from IMDb.145.116.9.201 (talk) 02:45, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Summary Plagiarization 

message: This paragraph was removed from the article until someone comes up with a source showing the connection between the film and the essay by Lemuel Haynes:
Haynes is not mentioned in the movie. In fact, his essay containing the phrase "the pursuit of Happyness" was unknown at the time the events in the movie take place, since the manuscript was not discovered and published until 1983. Without a source linking the film and the essay, any mention of it in the article would  be orignial research. —Kevin Myers 02:54, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Or perhaps original.  Jabberwockgee (talk) 04:40, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lemuel Haynes essay 

message: As the misspelling of happiness in the title of the film is a point I think there 
should be an explanation in the article. 
What do you think?
--Mortense (talk) 21:58, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is explained: "The unusual spelling of the film's title comes from a sign Gardner saw when he was homeless. In the film, "happiness" is misspelled as "happyness" outside the daycare facility Gardner's son attends."--Askalan (talk) 09:29, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The point of the misspelling 

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