In 1981, Chris Gardner was a struggling salesman in little needed medical bone density scanners while his wife toiled in double
shifts to support the family including their young son, Christopher. In the face of this difficult life, Chris has the desperate
inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career. Even when
his wife leaves him because of this choice, Chris clings to this dream with his son even when the odds become more daunting
by the day. Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair
in a quest that would make Gardner a respected millionaire.
