Attitude Reflects Leadership, and Despondent Father (Remember the Titans / The Pursuit of Happyness) #14
Gerry and Julias build a bromance in Remember the Titans.
Will Smith and son Jayden in a pitiful plight in The Pursuit of Happyness.
Remember the Titans
Watch on Disney Plus
(29:11 - 30:50; 34:15 - 35:46)
Also on: YouTube
- 2000 film commonly referred to as the best football movie ever made
- Based very loosely on the 1971 TC Williams High school football team (school was recently renamed to Alexandria City Public School)
- David incorrectly cited this based on the 1961 high school football team (when it was actually loosely based on the 1971 football team)
- Denzel Washington plays Herman Boone, who led the program to an undefeated 13-0 season in his first year as head coach
- Same scenes on YouTube:
- Attitude Reflects Leadership: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guA_4AzXqh0
- Strong Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWtpFqKD-o
The Pursuit of Happyness
Watch on Netflix (1:21:07 - 1:28:30)
- 2006
- the subway station scene
- Will Smith, playing Chris Gardner
- based on a true story
- Will’s actual son, Jaden Smith plays the son of the main character
- Jaden was 8 years old at time of filming
- Real life Chris Gardner published an autobiography
- and was an associate producer for the film