Happiness Is (film)
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Director Andrew Shapter Genre Documentary Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Writer Andrew Shapter Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 30 July 2009 (2009-07-30) Cast The Dalai Lama (Himself), Matthew Dowd (Himself), Daniel Gilbert (Himself), Alan Graham (Himself), Elaine Irwin (Herself (as Elaine Irwin Mellencamp)), Darrin McMahon (Himself)Similar movies The Mask You Live In (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Happiness is the movie
Happiness Is is a 2009 documentary film that the examines the different interpretations of the "pursuit of happiness" in America. The film features interviews with notable personalities such as His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp as well as happiness authors Daniel Gilbert, Gretchen Rubin and Darrin McMahon. It's the second film from director and writer Andrew Shapter.
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Plot
Happiness Is is a road trip documentary that explores American's “pursuit of happiness”. It is the second film from Andrew Shapter, director of the popular music documentary, Before the Music Dies and his first with producer, Tracy Marino, who is also a producer on his next film, The Teller and The Truth. Happiness Is examines America's constant struggle to find more happiness as it breaks down the many interpretations of what Thomas Jefferson really meant when he wrote the words "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness".
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