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Saving Mr. Banks

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Mary Poppins

Original title

Saving Mr. Banks

Year

2013

Running time

125 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Lee Hancock

Screenwriter

Sue Smith, Kelly Marcel. Biopic about: P.L. Travers, Walt Disney

Cast

Music

Thomas Newman

Cinematography

John Schwartzman

Producer

Walt Disney Pictures, Ruby Films, Essential Media & Entertainment

Genre

Drama | Film In Film. Literature. Based on a true story. 1960s. Childhood

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Mary Poppins

Synopsis

A behind-the-scenes look at how the popular Disney film "Mary Poppins" came to be. When Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) buys the rights to her novel, "Mary Poppins," to make into a movie, author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) travels from London to Hollywood.

Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen. When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.

Awards: 2013: Academy Awards: Nominated Best Score

2013: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actress (Thompson)

2013: BAFTA Awards: 4 nominations, including Best British Film

2013: Critics Choice: 4 nominations, including Best Film

2013: National Board of Review (NBR): Top 10 Films & Best Actress (Thompson)

2013: American Film Institute: Top 10 - Movies of the Year

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