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Summary: When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins (1964), 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. - Written by Walt Disney Pictures
Interesting Facts: In the movie Tom Hanks is playing Walt Disney who is his distant cousin.
-Tom Hanks was 55 when filming began, making him only 5 years younger than when Walt Disney began work on Mary Poppins (1964).
-The audiotapes of the working sessions between Travers and the Disney creative team amounted to 39 hours, all of which screenwriter Kelly Marcel and later Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson had access to
-Second movie Tom Hanks has done with the word 'Saving' in the title, after Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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My Review: I went to see this film with my family. I really can relate to this film because of my family. My family went through tough times but we still are family no matter what. I really liked Travers' backstory of her past. it was interesting and sad at the same time. The script, cinematography, cast, and the screenplay was well done. I LOVE the cast for this film. The thing that got my attention from the trailer is one of the actors in the film was B.J Novak. B.J was from the office and haven't see him on screen for a long time. My sister and I were like "okay we must see this!". The film has a few of hidden messages that I noticed. One of them was Travers complained and stating that the film (Mary Poppins) must have NO RED......she was wearing red clothing and red lipstick. I was taken back and inside laughing. Another thing I like is the film included Walt's smoking cough right before he comes into a room. It shows one of his traits from the past that not a lot people knew.