Here
are some new images from John Lee Hancock’s story about Walt Disney’s (Tom
Hanks) pursuit for the rights of Mary Poppins written by author P.L. Travers
(Emma Thompson). Co-starring is Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Rachel Griffiths,
Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwarztman and Paul Giamatti.
Saving
Mr. Banks is schedule to open on December 20th.
Saving
Mr. Banks Official Synopsis:
When
Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Disney’s
desire to bring her beloved character 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 childhood in 1906 Australia, a trying time for her family
which not only molded her aspirations to write, but one that also inspired the
characters in her 1934 book.
None
more so than the one person whom she loved and admired more than any other—her
caring father, Travers Goff, a tormented banker who, before his untimely death
that same year, instills the youngster with both affection and enlightenment
(and would be the muse for the story’s patriarch, Mr. Banks, the sole character
that the famous nanny comes to aide).
While reluctant to grant Disney the film rights, Travers comes to
realize that the acclaimed Hollywood storyteller has his own motives for
wanting to make the film—which, like the author, hints at the relationship he
shared with his own father in the early 20th Century Midwest.
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