The Pursuit of happiness | Tim Mummery | 1996 | ACMI collection

Young sales hopefuls Tony and Mary introduce us to self-proclaimed success story Danny, the manager of a door-to-door distribution company. His business philosophy inspires a cult like zeal in his sales team, who battle the hurdles of the working day. Danny is a model and mentor, but is his belief in greed enough? The Pursuit of happiness offers great comic relief in its view of a world where the only measure of success is winning the daily dash for cash.

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director

Tim Mummery

creator

Tim Mummery

producer

VCA

Production dates

1996

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003574

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

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