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| Saving Mr Banks trailer hits web – with Tom Hanks starring as Walt Disney | Saving Mr Banks trailer hits web – with Tom Hanks starring as Walt Disney |
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| The first trailer for the forthcoming Saving Mr Banks has umbrella-parachuted to our doorsteps. The film sees Disney following the current trend for films-about-film-making, by telling the story of the big-screen adaption of Mary Poppins. Emma Thompson plays Poppins author PL Travers, and the film will see her looking back at her childhood during the filming of the 1964 classic. It is also the first time Walt Disney himself, played by Tom Hanks, has been depicted as a character in a film. | The first trailer for the forthcoming Saving Mr Banks has umbrella-parachuted to our doorsteps. The film sees Disney following the current trend for films-about-film-making, by telling the story of the big-screen adaption of Mary Poppins. Emma Thompson plays Poppins author PL Travers, and the film will see her looking back at her childhood during the filming of the 1964 classic. It is also the first time Walt Disney himself, played by Tom Hanks, has been depicted as a character in a film. |
| The trailer suggests antagonism between Travers and Disney over the adaptation will play an important part, although there are hints of a warming, if awkward, friendship between the two; it looks a little like Bill Clinton trying to flirt with Mary Whitehouse. Travers was notoriously unhappy with many aspects of the Robert Stevenson-directed film, with her precise ideas about the characters in her book making life difficult for the adapters. As she died in 1996, we can only speculate as to what she would think of the Disney version of her life. | The trailer suggests antagonism between Travers and Disney over the adaptation will play an important part, although there are hints of a warming, if awkward, friendship between the two; it looks a little like Bill Clinton trying to flirt with Mary Whitehouse. Travers was notoriously unhappy with many aspects of the Robert Stevenson-directed film, with her precise ideas about the characters in her book making life difficult for the adapters. As she died in 1996, we can only speculate as to what she would think of the Disney version of her life. |
| Mr Banks, the father in Mary Poppins, was said to be inspired by Travers's own father, in part explaining why she was so protective of her work. The trailer suggests Mr Banks, perhaps the least memorable character in the Mary Poppins film, will be the focus of this story, also giving it its title. Travers's relationship with her real-life father, played by Colin Farrell, is likely to play a major part too. | Mr Banks, the father in Mary Poppins, was said to be inspired by Travers's own father, in part explaining why she was so protective of her work. The trailer suggests Mr Banks, perhaps the least memorable character in the Mary Poppins film, will be the focus of this story, also giving it its title. Travers's relationship with her real-life father, played by Colin Farrell, is likely to play a major part too. |
| Being made by Disney gives the film access to the company's studios and, crucially, Disneyland, for filming – but also gives it the potential for an excessively rose-tinted view of the studio and its founder. Filming was completed in November 2012 and the film is scheduled for release on 13 December in the US, 26 December in Australia, and 17 January 2014 in the UK. | Being made by Disney gives the film access to the company's studios and, crucially, Disneyland, for filming – but also gives it the potential for an excessively rose-tinted view of the studio and its founder. Filming was completed in November 2012 and the film is scheduled for release on 13 December in the US, 26 December in Australia, and 17 January 2014 in the UK. |
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