Scene from Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
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Actresses in this Scene
Birth Name: Barbara Lynn Herzstein
Birth Date: 1948-02-05
Birth Place: Hollywood, Jackson County, United States
Details
Alternate Names: 바바라 허쉬, Barbara Lynn Herzstein, باربارا هرشی
Physical Characteristics: N/A
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Full Biography
Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein; February 5, 1948) is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".
Hershey won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Film for her role in A Killing in a Small Town (1990). She received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and for her role in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Shy People (1987) and A World Apart (1988). She was featured in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), for which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama Beaches (1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (2010).
Barbara Hershey
About the Movie: Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
Release Year: 1971
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: The Pursuit of Happiness, O Caminho da Felicidade, Retfærdighedens skygge, Buscant la felicitat, En busca de la felicidad, Hyvästi, USA, Oi dyo erastai, Em Busca da Felicidade, Jakten på lyckan, Mutluluk pesinde, Fünf Finger geben eine Faust
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writer: George L. Sherman, George Sherman, Jon Boothe, Thomas Rogers
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: David Susskind
Co_Producer: Alan Shayne
Companies: Columbia Pictures, Norton Simon Inc., Talent Associates
Genre: Drama, Film Based On Literature, Prison Film
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: car accident, college, escape, fugitive, girlfriend, manslaughter
Story
William Popper, a disillusioned college student who believes 'the system' has failed him, accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian with his car. Despite knowing it was an accident, he accepts a manslaughter sentence due to his resentment towards society. While in prison, William seizes the opportunity to escape when a chance presents itself. He flees with his girlfriend, but as fugitives on the run, they must navigate the challenges of their new reality.
Summary
Pursuit of Happiness (1971), directed by Robert Mulligan, is a dramatic prison film based on the novel 'The Pursuit of Happyness' by Charles Jackson. The story revolves around William Popper, a disaffected college student who serves time for manslaughter after causing a fatal car accident he believes was not his fault. After escaping from prison with his girlfriend, William's journey explores themes of societal disillusionment, the consequences of one's actions, and the struggle for happiness in unforgiving circumstances.