The Pursuit of Happiness

1971 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 465 VOTES · DIR. Robert Mulligan

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Overview

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

Drama1970s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,400 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 (LET ME GO PLAYING)
00:04:24 Where?
00:08:19 And destroyed me all in one beautiful move.
00:11:14 How do you do?
00:16:36 No, sir. I grew up there.
00:19:40 But that isn't likely. I mean, it won't go that far, do you think?
00:22:42 No, really. I didn't think so either at first, but he is.
00:27:59 Go on, get out. You understand?
00:30:15 Yes.
00:33:18 If you don't know what goes into your kitchen
00:36:09 Well, if you could see it coming, Grandmother, why...
00:40:13 why judgment should not now be pronounced upon you?
00:45:49 Cost me five packs of cigarettes.
00:49:11 Sit a spell. Rest your bones.
00:52:04 After all, it's a prison.
00:55:09 William, the warden tells me there must have been at least a dozen
00:58:04 Yes.
01:01:50 I don't know.
01:05:44 Holmes, Josephine. Call the police! The dogs are barking.
01:08:51 Will you help me? That's all. Yes or no?
01:14:09 Look, Dad, I came here to say goodbye to you.
01:18:29 Yes, I know. I'm sorry.
01:24:26 (SIGHS)
92:00:00 That's the tires.

Cast & Characters

Michael Sarrazin William Popper Barbara Hershey Jane Kauffman Arthur Hill John Popper Ruth White Mrs. Popper E.G. Marshall Daniel Lawrence Robert Klein Melvin Lasher Sada Thompson Ruth Lawrence David Doyle James Moran Barnard Hughes Judge Vogel Peter White Terence Lawrence

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,400
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line92:00:00

Production Record

DirectorRobert Mulligan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes465