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    On Friday, December 8, Glide Memorial Church held a special benefit for its Mo's Kitchen and some 86 programs of The Glide Foundation.  As part of Glide's Holiday Festival, Columbia Pictures' "The Pursuit Of Happyness" had a special San Francisco premiere.  All of the big names were in attendance including the film's star Will Smith, Chris Gardner, the real-life man Smith portrays and "Pursuit" director Gabriele Muccino. 

"The Pursuit Of Happyness" opens everywhere on Friday, December 15.

(All photos by: Omar P.L. Moore)
 

     
Glide's Architects, Husband and Wife: CEO and Glide Founder Rev.Cecil Williams and Executive Director of Glide, San Francisco Poet Laureate Janice Mirikitani
 

                                                 
                                 
Will Smith and Chris Gardner.  Smith plays Gardner in Gabriele Muccino's film "The Pursuit Of Happyness".  The Sony/Columbia Pictures film opens on Dec. 15.
Gardner's book, whose title the film borrows, is a must-read of a roller-coaster life.
 

                                               
                                                                                                            Jada Pinkett Smith

 

                                        
                                                     Janice Mirikitani, Will Smith, Rev. Cecil Williams, Chris Gardner, Jada Pinkett Smith



                                                  

                                               Chris Gardner, CEO and Founder of Gardner Rich & Company, with "Pursuit" film producer Todd Black

 

             
            Mark Clayman, executive producer of "The Pursuit Of Happyness"                     Gabriele Muccino, director of "The Pursuit Of Happyness"

 

                                      
                                                                                   George Lucas, Rev. Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani

 

       
 (Left photo): Off and running: Local KISS-FM radio personality and San Francisco Giants public address announcer Renel, with her husband
 (Right photo): Peter Coyote and wife Stefanie Pleet
 

                                           
                                                                                       Actor, producer and humanitarian Jennifer Siebel



                                             
                       Rev. Cecil Williams, Janice Mirikitani, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Chris Gardner, and the mayor's girlfriend Jennifer Siebel

 

                                                                                                                                                                   Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and companion


  
 
      Smiles and Laughs: The Smiths with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel; Gabriele Muccino, Rev. Cecil Williams and Chris Gardner  



          
                                        Jada Pinkett Smith                                                                                                       Chris Gardner                            
 

           
                       Glide Pastor Donald Guest and Mrs. Guest                                                                                  Jennifer Siebel

 

                                             
                                                        The Williams Clan, with Reverend Cecil at far right of the photo, with Janice Mirikitani

 

                                                                    
                                                                                  "The Pursuit Of Happyness" opens on Friday.

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Originally published on December 9, 2006

 


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