Movie Class – 8 The Pursuit of Happyness (01:02:18 – 01:12:10) ______Main Characters: 1. Chris Gardner: the main character in the movie, played by Will Smith 2. Christopher: Chris’s son, played by Jaden Smith 3. Linda: Chris’s wife, played by Thandie Newton 4. Jay Twistle: the man who offers Chris a job, played by Brian Howe 5. Martin Frohm: the boss of the company that hires Chris, played by James Karen ______Scene 1: At The Office 1. qualified persons are interested in investing and have money to invest: the manager is describing the kind of potential customers the interns should focus on calling; the right customers are rich and want to invest their money 2. I’m gonna hold you to that: the person on the phone probably isn’t interested this time but promised they would say yes next time; Chris tells them he expects him to keep his promise and meet with him to talk about his products next time 3. feeling underrated and underappreciated: feeling like you or your work is not being respected or valued highly enough 4. I have some very valuable information on what’s called a tax: Chris is using typical cold-calling phrases that make him sound like he is just trying to help the customer or give them advice rather than selling a product; the goal is to create rapport—a sense of connection—between the caller and customer

Scene 2: Daily Life 5. the cross-town: the subway train that runs from one end of the city to the other 6. I’m waiting // all right, I got that for you: the hotel manager wants Chris to pay his rent, which he is probably late to pay; Chris says that he has the money and will pay soon

Scene 3: Back At The Office 7. whoever brought in the most money after 6 months was usually hired: the intern who can get customers to invest pay the company the highest commission—a fee on the money invested—within 6 months usually gets the job 8. we were working our way up call sheets to sign clients. From the bottom to the top. From the doorman to the CEO: Chris’s call sheet is ordered by position, with the managers at the top, and the lowest employees at the bottom 9. but even after doing all this, after two months, I still didn’t have time to work my way up a sheet: the interns can’t call the top managers or the CEO until they finish calling

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every other employee on the list, which takes a very long time; Chris has been calling employees for 2 months, but he has not been able to reach the top of a list yet 10. I can give you a few minutes before the 49ers. Monday night football, buddy: Mr. Ribbon is going to be watching a football game and only has limited time before that; the 49ers are a professional football team from the San Francisco Bay Area

Scene 4: The Appointment 11. do you have five minutes? // Actually, I just got a green light from Walter Ribbon… // because I have no minutes: Chris is saying that the CEO of a company just agreed to meet with him—he is in a hurry; “I have no minutes” is grammatically incorrect; the manager is saying that he is also in a hurry and that his time is more important 12. I’m supposed to present commodities to Bromer: I am almost late for a meeting to give a presentation to someone important; commodities here means goods and services 13. they’re street sweeping: in San Francisco, special vehicles called sweepers clean the streets weekly; residents have to move their cars on days when a street is going to be cleaned or they get a parking ticket 14. hang on to these. I have backups in my desk: you can keep my car keys, because I have another set of them in my desk just to be safe 15. you have to jimmy the key and the other doors don’t unlock: the car door has to be forced open—the key has to be moved and jiggled around a bit; the other doors can’t be unlocked using the key

Scene 5: At Mr. Ribbon’s House 16. I know you probably waited for me // little bit // I want you to know that I do not take that for granted: I know that I made you wait and wanted to tell you that I appreciated it; I value your time 17. an Osteo National bone density scanner. A company I bought into prior to going to work at Witter: it’s an improved X-ray machine from a famous hospital specializing in bones; it was made by a company that I invested in before I started working at Witter 18. What? To Candlestick?: Candlestick Park was a stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area, famous for being the home field of the 49ers until 2013 19. Where are your seats? // We’re upper deck // we got a box. Come on. Want to sit in the box? // No. // It’s not actually a box. It’s a private section. You wanna go? // Okay: Chris says he has cheap seats and Mr. Ribbon has VIP seats; a “box” is a private room that overlooks the field to watch a game in the best conditions; Christopher first says no because he thinks that they are talking about sitting in a real box

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