From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Seven Pounds
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Produced by Todd Black
Jason Blumenthal
James Lassiter
Will Smith
Steve Tisch
Written by Grant Nieporte
Starring Will Smith
Rosario Dawson
Woody Harrelson
Michael Ealy
Barry Pepper
Music by Angelo Milli
Cinematography Philippe Le Sourd
Editing by Hughes Winborne
Studio Relativity Media
Overbrook Entertainment
Escape Artists
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) United States:
December 19, 2008
United Kingdom:
January 16, 2009
Running time 123 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $55,000,000
Gross revenue $168,167,691
Seven Pounds is a 2008 film, directed by Gabriele Muccino. Will Smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Barry Pepper also star. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 19, 2008, by Columbia Pictures.Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Production
3 Cast
4 Meaning of title
5 Release
6 Home media release
7 Critical reception
8 References
9 External links
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Plot
Two years prior, Tim Thomas (Will Smith), sending a text message while driving, causes a car crash in which seven people died: six strangers and his fiancée, Sarah Jenson (Robinne Lee).
In a bid for redemption, Tim sets out to save the lives of seven good people. A year after the crash, having quit his job as an aeronautical engineer, Tim donates a lung lobe to his brother, Ben (Michael Ealy), an IRS employee. Six months later he donates part of his liver to a child services worker named Holly (Judyann Elder). After that, he begins searching for more candidates to receive donations. He finds George (Bill Smitrovich), a junior hockey coach, and donates a kidney to him, and donates bone marrow to a young boy named Nicholas (Quintin Kelley).
Two weeks before he dies, he contacts Holly and asks if she