Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 period drama film directed by John Lee Hancock from a screenplay written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Centered on the development of the 1964 film Mary Poppins, the film stars Emma Thompson as author P. L. Travers and Tom Hanks as film producer Walt Disney, with supporting performances by Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, and Colin Farrell.
Deriving its title from the father in Travers’ story, Saving Mr. Banks depicts the author’s two weeks of meetings during 1961 in Los Angeles, during which Disney attempts to obtain the screen rights to her novels.
- Starring : Emma Thompson / Tom Hanks
- Genre : Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music
- Country : United States / United Kingdom / Australia
- Language : English
- Director : John Lee Hancock
- Production : Walt Disney Pictures / Ruby Films / Easy Tiger Productions / Essential Media & Entertainment / BBC Films / Hopscotch Features
- Distributor : B&H Film Distribution / Feelgood Entertainment / Forum Hungary / Walt Disney Studios Japan / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR) / BBC Two / Film1 / Rai 1 / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment / Zon Audiovisuais
Saving Mr. Banks movie
Saving Mr. Banks release date
- October 20, 2013 : UK (London Film Festival)
- November 7, 2013 : USA (AFI Fest)
- November 14, 2013 : USA (Napa Valley Film Festival)
- November 17, 2013 : Ireland (Cork International Film Festival)
- November 29, 2013 : UK
- November 29, 2013 : Ireland
- December 13, 2013 : Canada (Toronto)
- December 13, 2013 : USA (limited)
- December 20, 2013 : Canada
- December 20, 2013 : USA
- January 2, 2014 : Israel
- January 9, 2014 : Australia
- January 26, 2014 : Sweden (Göteborg International Film Festival)
- January 31, 2014 : Spain
- February 7, 2014 : India
- February 26, 2014 : Philippines
- February 27, 2014 : Singapore
- March 5, 2014 : France
- March 6, 2014 : Germany
- March 14, 2014 : Sweden
- March 21, 2014 : Japan
Saving Mr. Banks cast
- Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers
- Tom Hanks as Walt Disney
- Annie Rose Buckley as Ginty
- Colin Farrell as Travers Goff
- Ruth Wilson as Margaret Goff
- Paul Giamatti as Ralph
- Bradley Whitford as Don DaGradi
- B.J. Novak as Robert Sherman
- Jason Schwartzman as Richard Sherman
- Lily Bigham as Biddy
- Kathy Baker as Tommie
- Melanie Paxson as Dolly
- Andy McPhee as Mr. Belhatchett
- Rachel Griffiths as Aunt Ellie
- Ronan Vibert as Diarmuid Russell
Essential Media Entertainment and BBC Films initially developed Saving Mr. Banks as an independent production until 2011, when producer Alison Owen approached Walt Disney Pictures for permission to use copyrighted elements. The film’s subject matter piqued Disney’s interest, leading the studio to acquire the screenplay and produce the film. Principal photography commenced the following year in September before wrapping in November 2012; the film was shot almost entirely in the Southern California area, primarily at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, where a majority of the film’s narrative takes place.
Saving Mr. Banks premiered at the London Film Festival on October 20, 2013, and was released theatrically that same year in the United Kingdom on November 29 and in the United States on December 13. It received positive reviews, with praise for the acting, screenplay, and musical score. Thompson’s performance garnered a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critic’s Choice Award nominations for Best Actress, while composer Thomas Newman earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. The film was named one of the top ten best films of 2013 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and was also commercially successful, grossing $118 million at the worldwide box office.
The film, set in 1961, begins in London. Agent Diarmund Russell urges financially strapped author Pamela “P. L.” Travers to travel to Los Angeles and meet with Walt Disney. Disney has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for twenty years, having promised his daughters to produce a film based on the books. Travers has steadfastly resisted Disney’s efforts, fearing what he will do to her character. Having written nothing new and her book royalties dried up, she risks losing her house. Russell reminds her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations (no animation and unprecedented script approval) before she finally agrees to go.
Flashbacks depict Travers’ difficult childhood in Allora, Queensland, Australia, which became the inspiration for much of Mary Poppins. Travers idolized her loving, imaginative father, Travers Robert Goff, but his chronic alcoholism resulted in his repeated dismissals, strained her parents’ marriage, and caused her distressed mother’s attempted suicide. Goff died from tuberculosis when Travers was seven years old. Prior to his death, her mother’s stern, practical sister came to live with the family and later served as Travers’s main inspiration for the Mary Poppins character.
In Los Angeles, Travers is annoyed by what she perceives as the city’s unreality and the overly-familiar inhabitants, personified by her friendly limousine driver, Ralph. At the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Travers meets the creative team that are developing Mary Poppins for the screen: screenwriter Don DaGradi, and music composers Richard and Robert Sherman. She finds their presumptions and casual manners highly improper, a view that she also holds of the jocular Disney.
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