LOS ANGELES--7 Dec--PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest WHAT: In Columbia Pictures' The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. WHO: FROM THE FILM -- Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton, Kurt Fuller, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen, Gabriele Muccino (director) INVITED GUESTS -- Terry Crews, Lou Gosset Jr., Terrence Howard, Virginia Madsen, Camryn Manheim, Michael Mann, Sinbad, Tyler James Williams B-ROLL: Includes cast and celebrity soundbites, b-roll of the premiere & the film's trailer. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS opens in U.S. on December 15, 2006 SATELLITE INFORMATION EUROPE Feed 1 December 8th, 2006 6:30AM-6:45AM London Local (06:30-06:45 GMT) Feed 2 December 8th, 2006 10:30AM-10:45AM London Local (10:30-10:45 GMT) Feed 3 December 8th, 2006 1:30PM-1:45PM London Local (13:30-13:45 GMT) Satellite: Eutelsat W2 Transponder B6 at 16 degrees east Downlink Frequency: 11144.83 Vertical FEC: 3/4 Symbol: 5.632 Color: PAL Uplink: Arqiva Winchester - UKI-WIN3 +44 (0) 1962 823000 Also available at BT Tower from Pacific Television Center's ABQH3 ASIA/PACIFIC Feed 1 December 8th, 2006 3:30PM-3:45PM Tokyo Local (06:30-06:45 GMT) Feed 2 December 8th, 2006 6:30PM-6:45PM Tokyo Local (09:30-09:45 GMT) Satellite: PAS-2/08C MCPC CH.2 (169' E) Downlink: 3901.000 MHz Horizontal FEC: 3/4,Symbol Rate (Ms/s): 30.80000 Virtual Channel: 2, Network ID: 1 Color: NTSC Uplink: PAS NAPA +707.253.9466 Feed 3 December 9th, 2006 6:30AM-6:45AM Tokyo Local (21:30-21:45 GMT on 12/8/06) Satellite: PAS-2/08C MCPC CH.4 (169' E) Downlink: 3901.000 MHz Horizontal FEC: 3/4, Symbol Rate (Ms/s): 30.80000 Virtual Channel: 4, Network ID: 1 Color: NTSC Uplink: PAS NAPA +707.253.9466 LATIN AMERICA Feed 1 December 8th, 2006 3:30AM-3:45AM Buenos Aires Local (06:30-06:45 GMT) Feed 2 December 8th, 2006 6:30AM-6:45AM Buenos Aires Local (09:30-09:45 GMT) Feed 3 December 8th, 2006 10:30AM-10:45AM Buenos Aires Local (13:30-13:45 GMT) Satellite: PAS-9/10C MCPC CH.7 (58' W) Downlink: 3880.000 MHz Horizontal FEC: 7/8, Symbol Rate (Ms/s): 27.69000 Virtual Channel: 7, Network ID: 5002 Color: NTSC Uplink: PAS NAPA +707.253.9466 Playout: Pacific Television Center: 310.287.3800 SOURCE Columbia Pictures CONTACT: Black Diamond Media, Inc., +1-310-451-5500, [email protected] , for Columbia Pictures --Distributed by AsiaNet ( www.asianetnews.net )--