One thing I never have understood about Hollywood is the need to embellish people's lives in order to make a supposedly more cinematic story. So often, the actual story is amazing and inspiring....and I wish filmmakers would trust the actual story instead of playing fast and loose with the facts. This is definitely the case with "Door to Door"...a nice story about an inspiring man that simply would have made a great movie by sticking with the facts. Sadly, however, William Macy's and Steven Schacther's script (Macy also starred in the film) tends to stick close to the facts some times and others, well, they made things up.
The story is about Bill Porter, a man with cerebral palsy who was quite proud and didn't want to go on relief. Instead, he was able to secure a job as a door-to-door salesman and over time he became incredibly successful at his job and was apparently adored by his clients. Macy did a great job playing a person with CP (though having an actual person with the condition might have been really nice). The makeup also was great, as Macy looked almost exactly like the real life man he was portraying. Overall, a most engaging and inspirational film....even if it did at times make things up!
The story is about Bill Porter, a man with cerebral palsy who was quite proud and didn't want to go on relief. Instead, he was able to secure a job as a door-to-door salesman and over time he became incredibly successful at his job and was apparently adored by his clients. Macy did a great job playing a person with CP (though having an actual person with the condition might have been really nice). The makeup also was great, as Macy looked almost exactly like the real life man he was portraying. Overall, a most engaging and inspirational film....even if it did at times make things up!