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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.
Original Release
06/08/2018
US Release
06/08/2018
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Rogers | Self / Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
Margaret Whitmer | Self - Producer, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood / Self - TV Producer |
Tom Junod | Self - Journalist / Friend / Self - Journalist and Fred's Friend |
Joanne Rogers | Self - Fred's Wife |
Josie Carey | Self / Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
Jim Rogers | Self - Fred's Son |
Max King | Self - Biographer / Self - Fred's Biographer |
Hedda Sharapan | Self - Child Development Advisor |
Betty Seamans | Self - 'Mrs. McFeely' / Self - Actress / Mrs. McFeely |
Junlei Li | Self - Co-Director, Fred Rogers Center / Self - Fred Rogers Center Co-director |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Rogers | Self / Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
Margaret Whitmer | Self - Producer, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood / Self - TV Producer |
Tom Junod | Self - Journalist / Friend / Self - Journalist and Fred's Friend |
Joanne Rogers | Self - Fred's Wife |
Josie Carey | Self / Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
Jim Rogers | Self - Fred's Son |
Max King | Self - Biographer / Self - Fred's Biographer |
Hedda Sharapan | Self - Child Development Advisor |
Betty Seamans | Self - 'Mrs. McFeely' / Self - Actress / Mrs. McFeely |
Junlei Li | Self - Co-Director, Fred Rogers Center / Self - Fred Rogers Center Co-director |
Joe Negri | Self - 'Handyman Negri' / Self - Actor / Handyman Negri |
David Newell | Self - 'Mr. McFeely' / Self - Actor / Mr. McFeely |
Bill Isler | Self - Colleague / Friend / Self - Fred's Colleague and Friend |
John Rogers | Self - Fred's Son |
Elaine Crozier | Self - Fred's Sister |
George Wirth | Self - Pastor / Friend / Self - Pastor and Fred's Friend |
Ralph Ellison | Self - Author / Member of The Carnegie Commission / Self - Writer (archive footage) |
David Bianculli | Self - Television Critic |
John O. Pastore | Self - Senator / Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Yo-Yo Ma | Self - Friend / Self - Musician and Fred's Friend |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leslie Berriman | Executive Producer |
John Boccardo | Executive Producer |
David Boies | Executive Producer |
Dan Cogan | Executive Producer |
David J. Cornfield | Executive Producer |
Linda A. Cornfield | Executive Producer |
Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
Derek Esplin | Executive Producer |
Nion McEvoy | Executive Producer |
Jenny Raskin | Executive Producer |
Rick Rosenthal | Executive Producer |
Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
Nancy Stephens | Executive Producer |
David Stone | Executive Producer |
Andrea van Beuren | Executive Producer |
Jenifer Westphal | Executive Producer |
David Boies III | Executive Producer |
Morgan Neville | Producer |
Emma Baiada | Producer |
Caryn Capotosto | Producer |
Samantha Casey | Producer |
Nicholas Ma | Producer |
Susan Ricketts | Producer |