Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 12/24/2002
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 91 min
Flags: Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Door to Door is the inspirational true story of a man who refused to let severe physical debilitation get in the way of his life's goal.
William H. Macy (who also co-wrote the script) stars as
Bill Porter, a Portland, OR, native born with cerebral palsy. Despite his spastic walk and oddly shaped countenance,
Bill intends to succeed in life on ability rather than the pity of the unafflicted. Thus, in 1955, he manages to land a job as a door-to-door salesman for the Watkins Company. At first,
Bill meets with nothing but slammed doors, hostile dogs, and unashamed hostility from "normal" people; but after making his first sale to a reclusive alcoholic named
Gladys (
Kathy Baker), there is literally no stopping him. For next 40 years,
Bill walks some eight to ten miles per day plying his trade, winning one "salesman of the year" award after another. Also in the cast is
Helen Mirren as
Bill's supportive but aphasic mother, and
Kyra Sedgwick as
Bill's young assistant,
Shelley, whose Herculean efforts to get the hero to "modernize" his tried-and-true methods invariably come a cropper.
Door to Door debuted July 14, 2002, over the
TNT cable network.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
