Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film)
2018 documentary film directed by Morgan Neville / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? is a 2018 American documentary film about the life and guiding philosophy of Fred Rogers, the host and creator of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, directed by Morgan Neville. The trailer for the film debuted on what would have been Rogers' 90th birthday, March 20, 2018.[2][3]
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Directed by | Morgan Neville |
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Cinematography | Graham Willoughby |
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Music by | Jonathan Kirkscey |
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Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million |
Box office | $22.8 million[1] |
The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on June 8, 2018. It received acclaim from critics and audiences and grossed over $22 million, becoming the top-grossing biographical documentary ever produced and the 12th largest-grossing documentary ever produced.[4][5]
It was nominated for numerous awards, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was chosen by Time magazine as one of its top ten films of 2018.[6]