A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2020 English-language Biography Drama motion picture written by Noah Harpster and directed by Marielle Heller and produced by Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Youree Henley and Leah Holzer under the banner of TriStar Pictures in collaboration with Tencent Pictures, Big Beach and Mr. Youree Productions. A beautiful day in the neighborhood stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Christine Lahti, Wendy Makkena and Jennifer Auberjonois. The screenplay is written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster which is inspired from Can You Say .. Hero? by Tom Junod. The music was composed by Nate Heller. Cinematography was done by Jody Lee Lipes and editing by Anne McCabe. The motion picture has a running time of 109 minutes. It was released on 22nd November 2019 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was made on a budget of $25 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $67 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Sony Pictures Releasing. Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America's most beloved neighbor.