TY - ADVS AU - Hancock, John Lee AU - Owen,Alison AU - Thompson,Emma AU - Hanks,Tom AU - Giamatti,Paul TI - Saving Mr. Banks U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2013/// CY - United States PB - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures KW - Travers, P. L. KW - Disney, Walt, KW - Mary Poppins (Motion picture) KW - Drama KW - Motion picture industry N1 - Aspect ratio is 2.35:1; Not viewed; Sources used: Internet movie database, October 10, 2018; Variety, October 20, 2013; Copyright catalog online; Executive producers, Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum ; camera, John Schwartzman ; editor, Mark Livolsi ; music, Thomas Newman ; music consultant, Richard M. Sherman ; choreographer, Mary Ann Kellogg ; production designer, Michael Corenblith ; art director, Lauren Polizzi ; costume designer, Daniel Orlandi ; sound, John Pritchett; Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Annie Rose Buckley, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths, Kathy Baker, Melanie Paxson; MPAA rating: PG-13 N2 - "The story of how Walt Disney courted P.L. Travers into letting him option the rights to Mary Poppins is brought to the screen in this non-fiction drama starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, and Colin Farrell. A doting father, Walt Disney (Hanks) promises his adoring daughters that he will bring their favorite fictional nanny Mary Poppins to the big screen. Little does Walt realize that surly author P.L. Travers has no intention of seeing her most famous creation bastardized on the big screen, a fact that makes keeping his promise a difficult endeavor. Years later, however, when Travers' book sales begin to slow, dwindling finances drive her to schedule a meeting with Disney to discuss the film rights to the beloved story. For two weeks in 1961, a determined Disney does his absolute best to convince Travers that the film version of Mary Poppins will be a wondrous and respectful adaptation, meanwhile the author only grows more convinced that she has made the right move in preventing the proposed film adaptation. Later, just when it begins to appear that the rights to Mary Poppins have slipped through his fingers, the ingenious Disney reflects back on his childhood, and realizes that a sensitive chapter from Travers' youth could be the key to clinching the deal. Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatti, and Jason Schwartzman co-star"--Allmovie.com, viewed October 10, 2018 ER -