“Saving Mr. Banks” First Look and Movie Trailer

By Ruth on July 11, 2013 in Disney, movie
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 saving Mr. BanksSAVING MR. BANKS

 

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 Genre: Drama

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: December 13, 2013, limited; December 20, 2013, wide

Running Time: TBD

Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Annie Rose Buckley, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths, Kathy Baker

Director: John Lee Hancock

Producers: Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer

Executive Producers: Paul Trijbits, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum, Christine Langan

Written by: Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith

I know I don’t often post Disney movie information here, but this one truly captured my attention.  I have read at least one biography of Walt Disney, and I know there was a lot of drama surrounding the making of the film Mary Poppins.  I know the author was unhappy with the film, and as many people know, it is assumed that Julie Andrews received the Oscar for Best Actress because she was passed over for the role of Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady, a part she created in England and on Broadway.  I hope this film lives up to the hype!

 

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.

 

Inspired by true events, “Saving Mr. Banks” is the extraordinary, untold story of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen—and the testy relationship that the legendary Walt Disney had with author P.L. Travers that almost derailed it.

Notes:

 

· “Saving Mr. Banks” is the first film to depict the iconic entrepreneur Walt Disney.

 

· Richard and Robert Sherman’s original score and song (“Chim Chim-Cher-ee”) would go on to win Oscars® at the 1965 ceremonies.

 

· “Mary Poppins” won five awards of its 13 Academy Award® nominations: Best Actress (Julie Andrews), Best Effects, Best Film Editing, Original Score and Original Song. Among the nominations were Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

 

· Disney began his quest to get the rights to “Mary Poppins” in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters.

 

· P.L. Travers’ father was a banker and is the basis for the “Mary Poppins” story’s patriarch, Mr. Banks—the character in the book whom the famous fictional nanny comes to aid.

View the link to the trailer here.

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“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” — Franz Kafka Ruth is an inspirational entertainment journalist who instinctively sees the best in all and seeks to share universal beauty, love and positivity. She is an artist who leads with her heart and gives readers a glimpse of the best of this world through the masterful use of the written word. Ruth was born in Tacoma, Washington but now calls Yelm, Washington her home. She lives on five acres with her parents, a dog, two miniature goats, cats and a teenage daughter who is a dynamic visual artist herself. Ruth interviews fellow artists both inside and outside of the film/television industry. At the core of all she does is the strength of her faith.

3 Comments

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  2. Mirko July 15, 2013 Reply

    Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks new Oscar.

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      Ruth July 15, 2013 Reply

      You just might be right!

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