
The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.


Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

Tom Hardy
Stuart Shorter

Benedict Cumberbatch
Alexander Masters

Nicola Duffett
Judith

Claire-Louise Cordwell
Karen

Edna Doré
Stuart's Gran

Frank Mills
Stuart's Granddad

Candis Nergaard
Sophie

Felicity Dean
Dido

Timothy Carlton
Judge Howarth
Steve King
James Gibbons
Stuart: A Life Backwards is a drama, tv movie film released in 2007 exploring themes of homeless person, based on novel or book, biography, alcoholism, cambridge, institution. Directed by David Attwood, it stars Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicola Duffett. Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
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