Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
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Emma Thompson
P.L. Travers
Tom Hanks
Walt Disney
Colin Farrell
Travers Robert Goff
Paul Giamatti
Ralph
Ruth Wilson
Margaret Goff
Jason Schwartzman
Richard Sherman
Bradley Whitford
Don DaGradi
Annie Rose Buckley
Ginty
B.J. Novak
Robert Sherman
Kathy Baker
Tommie
Director
John Lee Hancock
Tagline
"Where her book ended, their story began."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$35,000,000
Revenue
$112,544,580
Production
Hopscotch Features, Walt Disney Pictures, Ruby Films, Essential Media and Entertainment, BBC Film
Andres Gomez
October 14, 2015
Nicely done movie with great performances from Thompson and Hanks. Also Farrell, which a role made perfectly for him. The story is well threaded, letting us walk through Travers childhood and the birth of the main characters in Mary Poppins' books.
r96sk
November 13, 2020
Utterly brilliant! I haven't watched <em>'Mary Poppins'</em> itself in many, many years but still have memories of it as a kid. That meant I had the desired knowledge of the key parts about that film, which I'd say is probably wise to watch before this - though not a requirement, at least in my opinion. Ironically, Travers' complaints about the animation segments to the 1964 film are justifi...
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