Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 American-British-Australian
biographical comedy-drama film directed by John Lee Hancock from a screenplay
written by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith. Centered on the production of the 1964
Walt Disney Studios film, Mary Poppins, the film stars Emma Thompson and Tom
Hanks with supporting roles from Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley
Whitford, and Colin Farrell.
Taking its title from the patriarchal character of the same
name, the film depicts author P. L. Travers (Thompson) and her two-week
briefing in Los Angeles as she is persuaded by filmmaker Walt Disney (Hanks),
in his attempts to obtain the screen rights to her novel.
Produced by Alison Owen for Walt Disney Pictures, in
association with BBC Films and Essential Media,[4] Saving Mr. Banks will be
released theatrically in the United States on December 13, 2013 in limited
release and in wide release on December 20.
