Ben Thomas makes a 911 call to report a suicide - his own. Who is he and why does he do this? Find out only on HBO, when Academy Award® nominee Will Smith reunites with the directors and producers of "The Pursuit of Happyness" for the emotional drama SEVEN POUNDS as the HBO Block Buster of the Month.
Thomas has a secret and it haunts him. He seeks redemption by changing the lives of seven people he doesn’t know. Who are these people? Why has he chosen to help them? He knows that once his plan is set, nothing will stop him. But for once, Ben is wrong. He never thought he could fall in love again. He had never anticipated he could feel for someone like this – again. In the end, does he change other’s lives or is his life changed forever?
Follow him on his mission to seek out seven strangers in desperate need of help. Director Gabriele Muccino weaves together glimpses of present day and the dark past to create a tragic modern day Shakespearian love story. It took God seven days to create the world, and it took just seven seconds for Thomas’ life to change forever. And so he decides he has to pay seven pounds of his flesh – seven gifts to seven individuals, if he wants to redeem himself.
A touching and heartwarming story, one you will not be able to forget easily. Catch this emotional drama on HBO on 26th March at 9:00pm.
STARRING: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Barry Pepper
GENRE: Drama
Character descriptions:
* Will Smith plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent. He plays a man consumed by remorse and the anguish of having lost a loved one, who finds himself face-to-face with the one thing he expected the least, the opportunity to start again, to live a new life.
* Rosario Dawson plays Emily Posa- Ben’s love interest. She is a self-employed greeting card printer who has a heart condition and a rare blood type.
* Woody Harrelson plays Ezra Turner, a meat salesman. He played another meat salesman, Mickey Knox, in Natural Born Killers (1994).
* Barry Pepper plays Dan- Ben’s friend who acts as executor to ensure that his organs are donated to Emily and Ezra.
Some interesting facts about the movie:
* This marks the reunion between director Gabriele Muccino and star/producer Will Smith, two years after 'The Pursuit if Happyness' (2006)
* The film enabled Will Smith to tackle a subject, which has always fascinated him, from a different perspective – how do men overcome their traumas? How do they continue to live when everything is going wrong?
* Will Smith and Rosario Dawson have previously co-starred in ‘Men in Black II’ (2002) six years before, where they also played each other’s love-interest.
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