Door to Door
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steven Schachter
William H. Macy
Helen Mirren
Joel Brooks
Woody Jeffreys
Nancy Lenehan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Television movie based on a 1997 ABC News "20/20" profile about Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy. Bill Porter was born with cerebral palsy that slurs his speech and makes walking difficult, but that didn't stop him from applying to the Fuller Brush Company in 1955 for a position as a door-to-door salesman. When he was rejected, he interviewed at the Watkins Company. Again, he was turned down. Determined to follow in his father's footsteps as a salesman and with the support of his mother, Bill convinced Watkins to give him what company executives considered their worst route.
Director
Steven Schachter
Cast
William H. Macy
Helen Mirren
Joel Brooks
Woody Jeffreys
Nancy Lenehan
Eric Keenleyside
Romy Rosemont
Kyra Sedgwick
Kathy Baker
Daryl Shuttleworth
Crew
Dan Angel
Jeff Beal
Juel Bestrop
Billy Brown
Warren Carr
Warren Carr
Bette Chadwick
Jayne Dancose
Paul Dixon
Candice Elzinga
Jan Kiesser
Robert King
Steve Koonin
William H. Macy
Betty Pecha Madden
Jeanne Mccarthy
Julie Mchaffie
Matthew W. Mungle
Charles Porlier
David Rosemont
Steven Schachter
Brent Thomas
Julie Weitz
Forest Whitaker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2003 Eddie Award for Best Edited Motion Picture for Commercial Television by the American Cinema Editors (ACE).
Nominated for the 2003 Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Writing (Original Long Form) by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Winner of five 2003 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (William H. Macy), Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Steven Schachter), Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (William H. Macy and Steven Schachter), and Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic) (Matthew W Mungle, Charles Porlier, and Jayne Dancose), from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Also nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Kathy Baker and Helen Mirren), Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Jan Kiesser), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Paul Dixon), and Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Juel Bestrop, Jeanne McCarthy, Candice Elzinga, and Bette Chadwick).
Winner of the 2002 Peabody Award from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
Aired in United States July 14, 2002
Previously in development at HBO.
This is the first installment in TNT's "Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation" series, 4/22/02
