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.