Will Smith previews new movie at Detroit theater

Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith hosted a sneak preview local premiere of his new movie The Pursuit of Happyness at the Phoenix Theater on Eight Mile Road.

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So why was Smith in Detroit?

"I connected to Chris [Gardner’s] story as being in the spirit of the very design of America," he said before his scheduled walk down the red carpet at the Phoenix Theater on 8 Mile in Detroit, where he was to be welcomed by the city’s first lady Carlita Kilpatrick.

"Detroit represents that to me, a city that’s taken hard knocks and setbacks, and yet just won’t give up."

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