Door to Door (2002) on Netflix
Bill Porter lives with cerebral palsy and hears the same answer wherever he applies for work: unemployable. He asks Watkins for a door-to-door route in Portland, Oregon, selling household goods.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb7.7/104,977 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes60%
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Plot summary
Bill Porter was born with cerebral palsy, and as an adult he seeks work only to be turned away again and again. His mother Irene urges him to keep hoping, and he applies at Watkins for a door-to-door route selling household goods and baking products. The company brushes him off at first, until Bill offers to take the least profitable territory and to be paid on commissions alone. His first days bring slammed doors and customers who are uneasy around him. Irene writes patience and persistence in ketchup on either side of a sandwich, and Bill sets about sharpening his sales pitch. A lonely widow named Gladys becomes his first sale.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Door to Door (2002)
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- Door to Door was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards and won six, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for William H. Macy. It also won a Peabody Award.
- The real Bill Porter had been told for years that he was not employable, but he worked as a salesman for Watkins and, despite the awkwardness and pain of his condition, walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers. He kept at it until he was 69.
- Door to Door was the first film made under the J&J Spotlight series banner, a partnership between TNT and Johnson & Johnson, and its star William H. Macy co-wrote the script.
- Door to Door is also the name of a 2009 Japanese TV movie by TBS, set in Japan and loosely based on the Bill Porter story, for which star Kazunari Ninomiya won the Individual Award at the 46th Galaxy Award.
