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Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

PG-1311/29/2013Comedy, Drama, History2h 6m

Where her book ended, their story began.

Overview

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

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    Emma Thompson

    P.L. Travers

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    Tom Hanks

    Walt Disney

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    Colin Farrell

    Travers Robert Goff

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    Paul Giamatti

    Ralph

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    Ruth Wilson

    Margaret Goff

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    Jason Schwartzman

    Richard Sherman

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    Bradley Whitford

    Don DaGradi

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    Annie Rose Buckley

    Ginty

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    B. J. Novak

    Robert Sherman

Utterly brilliant! I haven't watched <em>'Mary Poppins'</em> itself in many, many years but still have memories of it as a kid. That meant I had the desired knowledge of the key parts about that film, which I'd say is probably wise to watch before this - though not a requirement, at least in my opinion. Ironically, Travers' complaints about the animation segments to the 1964 film are justified on my end - I've been on a Disney marathon since May, but to "shorten" the watch load I decided to only watch the studio's productions that are straight up animation or straight up live-action, so ...