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Saving Mr. Banks.

When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her difficult childhood in 1906 Australia.

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Title Saving Mr. Banks.
Published South Yarra, Victoria : Distributed by Walt Disney Company, ©2014.
Physical description 1 DVD-video (120 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Series Disney DVD
General note Catalogued from container.
Walt Disney: E21180.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Credits note Written by Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith; directed by John Lee Hancock; produced by Ian Collie, Alison Owen and Philip Steuer.
Performer note Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, B.J. Novak, Ruth Wilson, Kathy Baker, Rachel Griffiths, Ronan Vibert.
Summary When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her difficult childhood in 1906 Australia.
Subject Travers, P. L.(Pamela Lyndon),1899-1996 -- Film adaptations
Travers, P. L.(Pamela Lyndon),1899-1996 -- Drama
Disney, Walt, -- 1901-1966 -- Drama
Mary Poppins (Motion picture) -- Drama
Motion picture industry -- Drama
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Drama
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Biographical films
Feature films
Fiction films
Additional author Hancock, John Lee film director.
Marcel, Kelly, 1974- screenwriter.
Smith, Sue, 1959- screenwriter.
Owen, Alison, 1961- film producer.
Collie, Ian film producer.
Steuer, Philip. film producer.
Newman, Thomas, 1955- composer (expression)
Livolsi, Mark film editor.
Schwartzman, John, 1960- director of photography.
Thompson, Emma actor.
Hanks, Tom actor.
Giamatti, Paul actor.
Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- actor.
Whitford, Bradley actor.
Farrell, Colin, 1976- actor.
Novak, B. J., 1979- actor.
Travers, P. L. 1899-1996, (Pamela Lyndon)
Walt Disney Pictures presenter production company.
Ruby Films (Firm) production company.
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