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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. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp.
It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.
Original Release
11/29/2013
US Release
12/13/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Emma Thompson | P.L. Travers |
Tom Hanks | Walt Disney |
Annie Rose Buckley | Ginty |
Colin Farrell | Travers Goff / Travers Robert Goff |
Ruth Wilson | Margaret Goff |
Paul Giamatti | Ralph |
Bradley Whitford | Don DaGradi |
B.J. Novak | Robert Sherman |
Jason Schwartzman | Richard Sherman |
Lily Bigham | Biddy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Emma Thompson | P.L. Travers |
Tom Hanks | Walt Disney |
Annie Rose Buckley | Ginty |
Colin Farrell | Travers Goff / Travers Robert Goff |
Ruth Wilson | Margaret Goff |
Paul Giamatti | Ralph |
Bradley Whitford | Don DaGradi |
B.J. Novak | Robert Sherman |
Jason Schwartzman | Richard Sherman |
Lily Bigham | Biddy |
Kathy Baker | Tommie |
Melanie Paxson | Dolly |
Andy McPhee | Mr. Belhatchett |
Rachel Griffiths | Aunt Ellie |
Ronan Vibert | Diarmuid Russell |
Jerry Hauck | Premier Emcee / Premiere Emcee |
Laura Waddell | Woman with Infant |
Fuschia Sumner | Flight Attendant |
David Ross Paterson | Doctor |
Michelle Arthur | Polly |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Christine Langan | Executive Producer |
Troy Lum | Executive Producer |
Andrew Mason | Executive Producer |
Paul Trijbits | Executive Producer |
Ian Collie | Producer |
Mark Cooper | Producer |
K.C. Hodenfield | Producer |
Alison Owen | Producer |
Philip Steuer | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Clips
Behind the Scenes
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2014 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
2014 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score | Nominated |