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TIFF Premiere ''A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood'' Starring 'Tom Hanks' 'Susan Kelechi Watson' 'Chris Cooper' 'Director  Marielle Heller' Sat, Sep 07, Roy Thomson Hall, 6:30 pm!

Sat, Sep 07 

Roy Thomson Hall 

Premium 

6:30 pm

A jaded journalist (Matthew Rhys) reluctantly accepts an Esquire assignment to profile the children’s television host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks) and encounters a profoundly empathetic world view that changes his life forever. 

What is it about Tom Hanks? He's acclaimed for his stunning character transformations, from Big to Cast Away to Saving Private Ryan and beyond. But he's beloved because something about him always stays the same. Hanks' screen persona is an unerring force for good, which prompted a universal sigh of relief at his casting as America's treasured children's TV host, Mr. Rogers. But A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is no simple paean to childhood comforts. Following up on last year's sharp comic drama, Can You Ever Forgive Me? director Marielle Heller sets Fred Rogers' irresistible charm against the immovable cynicism of a New York magazine writer. 

Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) is assigned to write a profile of Rogers, whom he long ago dismissed as a sappy irrelevance. From their first encounter, he's forced to look closer. He's surprised to see Mr. Rogers on the set of his show, gently showing his young viewers how to deal with real-life challenges, conflict, and pain. "There's no normal life that is free from pain," Rogers says simply. And as Rogers observes Lloyd, he sees the pain inside this hardened, grown man who has shut himself off from a lifetime of unresolved conflicts with his father (Chris Cooper) and wife (Susan Kelechi Watson). As Lloyd shadows, Rogers, the shallow profile he was planning turns out to be a momentous and meaningful encounter for both men. 

Drawing on Tom Junod's Esquire article about his experience with Rogers, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood offers both real catharsis and the pleasure of a signature Tom Hanks performance. Technically perfect and imbued with the almost spiritual good that marks all his work, his Fred Rogers finds adult truths in the deep wisdom of childhood.

Director 
Marielle Heller 

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Cast 
Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper

Executive Producers 
Bergen Swanson, Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Edward Cheng, Howard Chen 

Producers 
Youree Henley, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Leah Holzer

 

09/06/2019

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