An account of Walt Disney's twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to P.L. Travers' popular novel, Mary Poppins, and the testy partnership the upbeat filmmaker develops with the uptight author during the project's pre-production in 1961.
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Release Date:
Friday, December 20, 2013 (Nationwide)
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: N/A
Plot: What's the story about?
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.
official plot version from disney.com
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Cast: Who stars in it?
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Tom Hanks
... Walt Disney -
Emma Thompson
... P.L. Travers -
Colin Farrell
... Goff
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Annie Buckley
... Young P.L. Travers - Bradley Whitford
... Don DaGradi -
Jason Schwartzman
... Richard Sherman - B.J. Novak
... B.J. Sherman -
Paul Giamatti
... Ralph
Crew: Who's making Saving Mr. Banks
A look at the Saving Mr. Banks behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director John Lee Hancock last directed The Highwaymen and The Founder. The film's writer Kelly Marcel last wrote Fifty Shades of Grey and The Little Mermaid (Live-Action).
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Production: What we know about Saving Mr. Banks
Key Facts
- The script made the 2011 Black List. This marks the first time Walt Disney (the person) has ever been depicted in a dramatic film.
Filming Timeline
On or about April 11, 2013, the film was in Completed status.
MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.
On or about September 19, 2012, the film was in Production status.
Now shooting; shooting entirely in the Los Angeles area, with key locations to include Disneyland in Anaheim and the Disney Studios in Burbank. Filming will conclude around Thanksgiving, 2012.
On or about June 15, 2012, the film was in Pre-Production status.
Disney is eyeing a fall shoot in Los Angeles.
On or about February 8, 2012, the film was in Development status.
Saving Mr. Banks Release Date: When was it released?
Saving Mr. Banks was released in 2013 on Friday, December 20, 2013 (Nationwide release). There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Walking with Dinosaurs, The Past and The Selfish Giant.
When will the movie be on Blu-ray & DVD?
Tuesday, March 18, 2014Released; Now Available Buy | Rent Now
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