The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 13, 1999

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

The Pursuit of Happiness

Production Companies

Showtime Networks, Touchstone Television

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Description

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of their choosing. In the fourth of the six films, "The Pursuit of Happiness," filmmaker Robert Zemeckis delves into the history of America's relationship with mind-altering substances over the past 100 years, presenting interviews with historians and professionals in the drug treatment field, interspersed with a treasure trove of film and television clips depicting the highs and lows of smoking, drinking and drugging in the 20th century