PURSUIT OF HAPINESS
(Independent) 2001
STARRING
FRANK WHALEY, ANNABETH GISH, AMY JO JOHNSON and ADAM BALDWIN
WRITTEN BY
DIRECTED BY JOHN PUTCH
CHARACTER:
CHAD HARMON
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THE FILM:
AD EXECUTIVE ALAN OLIVER, A MAN FED UP WITH HIS JOB AND SERIES OF EMPTY, FAILED RELATIONSHIPS FINALLY REALIZES THAT ROMANTIC FULFILLMENT IS RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE IN THE PERSON OF MARISSA KILEY, HIS BEST FRIEND FROM KINDERGARTEN.
THIS EDGY ROMANTIC COMEDY FOLLOWS ALAN AND MARISSA AS THEY TRY TO COPE WITH FRUSTRATING ROMANTIC UPS AND DOWNS IN THEIR LIVES. ALAN'S FANCIFUL CHASE AFTER THE MERCURIAL TRACY JENNINGS IS COUNTERED BY MARISSA'S RELATIONSHIP OF HER UNHAPPY MARRIAGE TO PAUL, A COWORKER OR ALAN'S. FROM THESE JOURNEYS, ALAN AND MARISSA LEARN TO TRUST THE INHERENT POWER OF FRIENDSHIP.
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PLAYED AT THE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ON 17TH JANUARY 2001.
ONE OF THREE TIMES ADAM BALDWIN HAS WORKED WITH ANNABETH GISH, THE OTHER TWO BEING WYATT EARP AND THE X-FILES.
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