Trivia for the movie – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Memorable Movie Quotes
Fred Rogers: Anything mentionable is manageable.
Fred Rogers: I hope you know that you made today a very special day by just your being you. There’s no one in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.
Fred Rogers: I don’t think anybody can grow unless he really is accepted exactly as he is.
Fred Rogers: Depression is rage turned inward. Forgive is to release the anger for someone or something.
Trivia
Fred Rogers was known to be extremely difficult to interview because he cared more about the person interviewing him than he did about being interviewed and would often use the time to befriend the person interviewing him.
Fred Rogers’ widow, Joanne Rogers, has stated that Tom Hanks is the perfect actor to play her late husband.
Days before the film premiered, Ancestry confirmed Tom Hanks and Fred Rogers are actually sixth-cousins.
The puppets used in the film are not the originals but instead are meticulous recreations by the puppet makers for Sesame Street (1969). The director confirmed this during the 2019 London Film Festival.
Lloyd’s brother-in-law asking Mr. Rogers about what rifle he used was based on an internet urban legend that Rogers fought in the Vietnam war.
The minute of silence in the restaurant scene featured all the people who had worked with Fred Rogers on his show and was done in memory of him.
Goofs
When Mr. Rogers and Lloyd are riding the New York City subway, the doors have “DO NOT LEAN ON DOOR” signs below the window which were not moved from the top until early 2000’s. Before then, there was no signage underneath the windows of the doors.
At the end of the movie, as Mr. Rogers is filming the outro of the episode, he takes off his shoes, puts on his sport jacket, and buttons the top button of his sport coat as he approaches the door. Immediately afterward, the director yells cut, and Mr. Rogers walks behind the camera to watch the filmed scene on a TV screen. In the playback of the scene he just filmed, he doesn’t even touch the button on his sport coat as he walks toward the door.
In the Credits
When the credits roll, behind the scenes footage of the models during the transitions. This culminates with footage of the real Fred Rogers singing “You’ve Got to Do It”.
Box Office Info In USA
Budget $25,000,000
Gross: $61,704,055