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For the first time ever we see Walt Disney Depicted on the big screen by Oscar Winner Tom Hanks in the film Saving Mr. Banks. It looks like such a sweet movie.
Two-time Academy AwardĀ®āwinner Emma Thompson and fellow double OscarĀ®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disneyās āSaving Mr. Banks,ā inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disneyās classic āMary Poppinsā made it to the screen.
When Walt Disneyās daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Traversā āMary Poppins,ā he made them a promiseāone that he didnāt 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 Disneyās 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 doesnāt budge.Ā 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, āSaving Mr. Banksā is the extraordinary, untold story of how Disneyās classic āMary Poppinsā made it to the screenāand the testy relationship that the legendary Walt Disney had with author P.L. Travers that almost derailed it.
Some fun facts about the film include:
- āSaving Mr. Banksā is the first film to depict the iconic entrepreneur Walt Disney.
- Richard and Robert Shermanās original score and song (āChim Chim-Cher-eeā) would go on to win OscarsĀ® at the 1965 ceremonies.
- āMary Poppinsā won five awards of its 13 Academy AwardĀ® 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 āMary Poppinsā in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters.
- P.L. Traversā father was a banker and is the basis for the āMary Poppinsā storyās patriarch, Mr. Banksāthe character in the book whom the famous fictional nanny comes to aid.
Check out the amazing first trailer below.
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SAVING MR. BANKS opens in theaters every where on December 20, 2013!
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The clip for this has me even more excited for this movie!
That trailer looks SO good!!