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Genre | Drama |
Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Dubbed, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby, NTSC, Digital_copy See more |
Contributor | Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, B.J. Novak, Kathy Baker, Emma Thompson, Annie Rose Buckley, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Screenplay by Kelly Marcel, John Lee Hancock, Tom Hanks, Story By Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel, Jason Schwartzman See more |
Language | English, French, Spanish |
Runtime | 2 hours and 5 minutes |
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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film that reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins.
Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P. L. Travers’ (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won’t budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set “Mary Poppins” free.
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Saving Mr. Banks is a fascinating look at the circuitous "collaborative" process Walt Disney, his creative team, and author P.L. Travers engaged in in bringing the character Mary Poppins to life on the big screen in the early 1960s. This touching, funny film is really two stories nicely tied up in one appealing package. The first story is of P.L. Travers's childhood in Australia in the early 1900s. This story starts out idyllically enough, emphasizing her father's immense love for his children and his uncanny ability to make everything fun and exciting, but it's one that has a darker side that ends up shaping the adult that Travers eventually becomes. The other story is of the adult P.L. Travers. A proper Englishwoman completely set in her ways, she grudgingly embarks on a trip from England to Los Angeles to discuss the possibility of turning her highly successful book Mary Poppins into a Disney motion picture. Walt Disney has a vested personal interest in the project, but Travers and the Disney team clash on virtually every level and their interactions run the gamut from perplexing to infuriating and downright funny. The juxtaposition of the two stories is quite masterful, with the stories continually intertwining and each shedding light on the other to create a cohesive film that is highly engaging and emotionally poignant. The casting of Tom Hanks as Disney and Emma Thompson as Travers is inspired: they are absolutely perfect in their roles. Perhaps the most intriguing thing about this film is that Saving Mr. Banks creates a whole new perspective from which to view the beloved original Mary Poppins. (Ages 10 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Item model number : 28936992
- Director : John Lee Hancock
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Dubbed, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby, NTSC, Digital_copy
- Run time : 2 hours and 5 minutes
- Release date : March 18, 2014
- Actors : Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : French, English, Spanish
- Language : English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00HT944D4
- Writers : Story By Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel, Screenplay by Kelly Marcel
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #16,083 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,622 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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Part of its skill was leaving me, a non-American - a Brit - with the unsteady feeling of having been conned; an echo of how Mrs Travers herself may well have felt as, in the end, the mighty dollar won. Again and again we see Travers making a stand for her precious Mary Poppins - no music, no animation, no mother as a silly suffragette, no Mary Poppins cavorting. Whilst we, the viewers, are painfully aware that ALL of the things that were important to Travers were to be mown down by Disney's sanitization and homogenization "machine". We are witness to the fact that the substance and powerful core of Travers' first Mary Poppins book were chewed thoroughly and broken down into pap. Artificial colour and flavour were then added - all of the soul-nourishment gone.
Travers needed the money, and Disney knew that.
Because of that one fact, the Mary Poppins film was made, and it was an absolute travesty. Even as a child watching that film was unnerving, as I had grown up with the books. Julie Andrews was an excellent choice to play Mary Poppins, but her character was warped and twisted and without substance as saccharin barley-sugar. The Mary Poppins film's excellence ended with the casting of Ms Andrews, unfortunately.
This film is skewed to a very American narrative. Neatly demonstrated by the arrogant assumption that Travers could not actually be weeping because her beloved book was being cheapened and destroyed for the sake of hollow entertainment. It hurt MY heart to watch the Mary Poppins film, I cannot imagine the deep pain and devastation it must have caused Travers to watch the Mary Poppins film's premiere showing. Instead, this film implies, Travers must've been weeping because it brought her back to memories of her father . How clever of Walt to know and to "fix" that in the Mary Poppins film, and reassure her of that fix as they are watching the premiere together. My guess is that Mr Disney was far too astute to believe Travers would be weeping for any other reason than his betrayal of her precious creation (no amount of payment legitimises or exonerates that).
That moment in this film is truly squirm-worthy.
Other than this one oddly bum note, the interactions on all levels between Disney and Travers are wonderfully authentic, and eminently believable, and place this film into the "excellent" category. All of the interactions across the board, and many of the insights, are beautifully crafted. Both Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks are at their best. They create a beautiful juxtaposition between Disney's charming, warm exterior and clear, cold, business-like interior, his use of authentic personal narrative for manipulation towards his agenda, and Travers' spiky, critical coldness and her deeply feeling sensitive interior never to be brooked or used in any way dishonourably. It is a pertinent reflection of the pros and cons of the American and British characters respectively, their strengths and immaturities - even in the fact of the deep vulnerability of both characters, managed outwardly in very different ways.
So yes, this is a film about the triumph of the mighty dollar. A movie about how Walt Disney got his way and ruined yet another precious children's story. However, that doesn't take away from the fascinating, informative interactions between Travers and Disney, and the other characters, or the excellent film-making. It is interesting to note that the only person without an agenda in regards to Mrs Travers is her driver - and, in true Hollywood style, he is one of the fictional characters in this film.
It is most definitely worth watching.
Essentially, the lady that wrote Mary Poppins, didn't have a very nice childhood and it soured her. She made her story, her substitute family. That substitute family were the only people she let in her life so she wouldn't get hurt. So when Disney, hounded and hounded her to get her to let them make a movie out of the book; only dire need for money made her consider it.
When you are trying to make a move for American families, as Disney did it; you want fun, music, characters, fantasy, animation... But this threatened the original story and was resisted by the author, so much so that tension in the viewers of "Saving Mr. Banks" becomes uncomfortable. We get flashbacks to the childhood that caused the problems in the life of the author of Mary Poppins: alcoholic father ...to the point he drinks himself dead, mother falling apart, and a no-nonsense aunt to the rescue of the family.
Mr. Banks, the father in Mary Poppins is a banker, like the author's father was. Even in Mary Poppins he was not very likable...though the author idealized her own father who celebrated who she was in her childhood...even though he was an alcoholic; and discounted her own helpless mother. The trauma to the author came, because of the horrible situation and disgrace in which her father left the family. She loved him...but how could she love him? That is where the title, and the main story line of this film lies, in saving Mr. Banks, the father, in her memory...and in her story.
If you remember, at the end of Mary Poppins, Mr. Banks realizes that his family is the most important part of his life and he stops being such a prick. As the author, with the help of Disney, the writers, the environment changes the story so that Mr. Banks becomes worthy of love again, she works through her own issues to become whole again. And by doing this in "Saving Mr. Banks" we are all made a little more whole, a little more happy, a little more at peace with the bad things that have happened in our own lives.
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About blu ray, its really fantastic. It has master audio DTS 5.1 channel sound and astounding crystal clear picture which just enhance our viewing experience. Disc has also amazing special features like Director John Lee Hancock takes us tour of emotional journey in creating ''Mary Poppins'' and Deleted Scenes.
Overall, it is must have blu ray movie those who love drama with emotion and sentiment.
Das ist erstmal für eingefleischte Disney Fans ( und damit meine ich nicht Kinder welche Mickey Mouse Hefte lesen, sonder Erwachsene, welche die Magie sehen der hinter diesem Konzern steckt.) ein blanker Schlag ins Gesicht.
Fairerweise muß man aber doch zugeben das ein Film über die Entstehung des Kinderfilms Mary Poppins hier zulande wohl weniger Interesse weckt als der neueste Film von Kerem Bursin.
Also sehnsüchtig auf den DVD Start gewartet.
Leider kommt die Aufmachung der DVD recht schlicht daher.
Keine Extras oder sonstiges außer der Film selbst sind auf der Scheibe zu finden.
Das einzig was das Liebhaberherz höher schlagen läßt sind die Original Tonaufzeichnungen von P.A. Travers welche im Auswahlmenü im Hintergrund abgespielt werden.
Um es nun doch kurz zu machen:
Der Film ist das beste was ich in den letzten Jahren gesehen habe.
Das aber auch nur, wenn man sich sehr sehr gut mit dem Disney Konzern auskennt.
Der Film strotzt vor Anspielungen, welche aber leider nur der "eingeweihte" erkennen kann.
Sogar an den ständigen Raucherhusten von Walt Disney wurde gedacht, welcher es ihm in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens unmöglich machte, unbemerkt sein Büro zu betreten.
Diese "eingeweihten" habe aber dann auch ein einmaliges Werk in der Hand in welchen der Disney Konzern sich einmal so richtig selbst feiert, ein Fenster in eine andere Zeit öffnet und den Firmengründer glorifiziert.
Aber wir richtigen Fans wollen ja gerade das sehen. ( Nicht umsonst geben wir unsummen in den Disneyparks aus, Jahr für Jahr ;-) )
Für den nicht eingeweihten läßt sich der Sinn dieses Film nur schlecht nachvollziehen und er verliert sich damit in der belanglosigkeit.
Deshalb sollte man sich vor dem Kauf sehr wohl überlegen auf welcher "Seite" man steht.
Zu den Schauspielern kann ich sagen das mir am meisten die Nebendarsteller gefallen haben.
Tom Hanks als Walt Disney ist nicht so recht glaubwürdig und das imitieren von Disneys Gesichtszügen läß Hern Hanks so manches mal entstellt aussehen....
Allerdings könnte ich aber auch nicht auf Anhieb sagen wer ihn hätte sonst verkörpern können.
Allenfals viellleicht der großartige David Tomlinson, welcher aber leider schon lange verstoben ist. ( Er spielte den Vater im Film Mary Poppins und sieht dem Walt Disney dieser Zeit unheimlich ähnlich.)
Also Disney Fans : Kaufen kaufen kaufen!!! und Tränen der Freude und rührung werden fließen...
If you are a down and out Disney fan you have presumably been aware of the hassle that preceeded bringing Mary Poppins to the screen, but unless you studied the material you are unlikely to know Disney tried to obtain the film rights of P. L. Travers's books for twenty years, how she travelled to Hollywood (here the films begins), sat in during sessions, being a pain to poor Don DaGradi (screenwriter) and the Sherman Bros (composers). The deadlock between Disney and Travers is captivating and funny. Moreover, it gives Saving Mr. Banks its subject: Her being in desperate need of the money and him, overzealous, having green-lighted the film already before she had sold the screen rights.
Curiously enough, despite Travers (played by Emma Thompson) being overly fussy and a downright nuisance most of the time, you sympathise with her cause. Perhaps surprisingly so did her mighty 'opponent' Walt Disney (Tom Hanks), as he imparts to an employee: `I fought this battle from her side too' - referring to attempts to buy Mickey Mouse from him. Disney, of course aware of Travers's near destitution, is gentlemanly enough to not really stress it.
Obvious is that the end result of Mary Poppins as film ended up being everything but `empty pap,' as Travers feared. Yes, there are songs, yes there are pinguins - but without the ongoing efforts of her creator Mary Poppins could have ended up superficial - or so at least this film has it. However judge for yourself: In the multiple Oscar-winner Mary Poppins's magic remains wonderfully restraint, happens around her rather than served up happily, which might have occured had Travers not challenged and forced DaGradi to draw from the corners of his creativity.
In Saving Mr. Banks we are treated to flashbacks of Travers's preteen years in Australia's outback: A mother she never warmed to, and a father (Colin Farrell), for whom she felt quite the opposite. Gradually she becomes aware of the darker side of her beloved Travers Goff, an alcoholic, who in his dying days doesn't shrink from using the girl to get the booze. Aunt Ellie arrives to set things right - and somewhere along the transition from Helen Goff to P. L. Travers we are made to understand that the earlier rejected stern aunt ("You promised you'd make everything right") becomes sublimated in Mary Poppins, although that happens off screen. The role of father Mr. Banks/Travers Goff then turns out to be pivotal - with such a title we could wait for it. His overlong, dramatic nightly walk to the bank in the Mary Poppins film is now explained.
The pleasant amount of dialogue between Disney and Travers accommodates Hanks and Thompson's acting - which is brilliant. Nevertheless, Hanks's portrayal leaves that of Thompson behind. Much of his `lines' are conveyed through his facial expressions, which in itself are those of a boss used to not giving away anything by them - and Hanks is a master at getting them right. His initial approach to procure the rights, `having made a promise to his children he simply has to keep,' ricochets off Travers's armour. This is something Disney, aside from being used to get what he wants doesn't comprehend, presuming using a promise to a child to be a trump card (the reason why Travers is immune is for this motivation becomes clear, but a comment addressing it ended up in the deleted scenes). After this, the stage is set. The supporting cast is strongest where there are no flashbacks concerned: Paul Giamatti as chauffeur Ralph should be mentioned first, but then Whitley Bradford, B. J. Novak and Jason Schwartzman as the hapless trio of DaGradi and the Sherman Bros all deserve applause, as does Melanie Paxson as Dolly. Sound and picture quality of the Blu-ray are very good, and the extras include some deleted scenes and a small making-of, involving the one surviving Sherman Brother Richard. For the sentimentalists among us (that's me as well) `Let's Go Fly a Kite' is included with said Sherman taking place behind the piano in the exact spot the song was composed 50 years ago. The whole cast and crew are present, as opposed to a single dry eye. Praiseworthy. Saving Mr. Banks's finale is devoted to its 1964 premiere, concluding the story of a story - how the film about the flying nanny was made. I couldn't help but thinking of what poor Mrs Travers would have thought of the musical, happily many years away from the film.