Saving Mr. Banks

2013
PG-13
2h 5m

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7.5/10

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Docudrama Period Drama Showbiz Drama Biography Comedy Drama

P. L. Travers, a London author who is financially broke, visits Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney, who is keen to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the cinema. However, his methods do not meet ... Read allP. L. Travers, a London author who is financially broke, visits Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney, who is keen to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the cinema. However, his methods do not meet her approval.P. L. Travers, a London author who is financially broke, visits Los Angeles to meet Walt Disney, who is keen to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the cinema. However, his methods do not meet her approval.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

172K

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POPULARITY

3,784

132

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 13 wins & 74 nominations total

Trivia
P.L. Travers never did warm up to the song "Let's Go Fly a Kite" as depicted in this movie. According to Richard M. Sherman, it was "Feed the Birds" that won her over.

Goofs
The other drivers at the airport hold signs bearing logos of Warner Brothers and MGM adopted sometime after 1961.

Quotes
Walt Disney: George Banks and all he stands for will be saved. Maybe not in life, but in imagination. Because that's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.

Crazy credits
The credits also have an actual audio recording of P.L. Travers conversing with the filmmakers like the ones depicted in the film.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Emma Thompson/Robbie Williams/Jimmy Carr/Matt Smith/David Tennant/Olly Murs (2013)

Soundtracks
Chim, Chim, Cher-ee
Written by Richard M. Sherman (as Richard Sherman) and Robert B. Sherman (as Robert Sherman)
Performed by Randy Kerber

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Featured review

9/10

Saving Mr. Banks is a terrific, adult movie that will change the way you view Mary Poppins forever.

This movie is much more than and definitely deeper than one would suspect from the 'syrupy' trailers most people have seen. The understory, gradually revealing the early life of P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins, and depicting how the people in her dysfunctional family led her to write Mary Poppins, is the true core of this movie. I will never see Mary Poppins in quite the same way. All of the acting is superior, and the score is excellent. This is not the shallow, childlike movie that many will expect. I would not recommend it for children 11 and under, depending on the child. Otherwise, I highly recommend this movie, even if you are not a big fan of the original Mary Poppins film.