Showing 23rd March 2015
Saving Mr Banks
RPG13, 2 hr.
Drama, Comedy
Directed By: John Lee Hancock
Written By: Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Starring: Emma Thomson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley
Two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar winner Tom Hanks topline Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks," inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney's classic "Mary Poppins" made it to the screen. When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise-one that he didn't 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 Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops.
Audience Reaction
LFS Rating out of 10 8.0
Excellent 24, Very Good 23, Good 8, Fair 2, Poor 0
