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Saving Mr. Banks [videorecording] / Disney presents ; director, John Lee Hancock ; story by Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel ; screenplay by Kelly Marcel.

Saving Mister Banks (other title)
Hancock, John Lee, (film director.). Smith, Sue (Children's story writer) (Added Author). Marcel, Kelly, (author,, screenwriter.). Thompson, Emma, (actor.). Hanks, Tom, (actor.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.). Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2014

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Bonus features: Deleted scenes; "Nanny song".
Participant or Performer Note:
Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: PG-13; for thematic elements including some unsettling images.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:
English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing ; DVS 2.0 audio description.
Subject: Travers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996 > Drama.
Disney, Walt, 1901-1966.
Mary Poppins (Motion picture) > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Biographical films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Available copies

  • 61 of 64 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System.

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