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DVD, 2014
Current format, DVD, 2014, Widescreen ed, Available .
DVD, 2014
Current format, DVD, 2014, Widescreen ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
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. "Saving Mr. Banks" wraps a seduction inside a seduction with enjoyable results. It's a Disney film in every sense of the term."--Wall Street Journal "Thanks to Thompson and Hanks, this movie about the making of a movie hits the sweet spot. There's magic in it."--Rolling Stone "Somewhere, Uncle Walt is smiling."--Variety "...Disney's backstage drama about how its whimsical 1964 kids' classic Mary Poppins came to be is a delight."--Entertainment Weekly
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