Saving Mr. Banks

Year:

2013

Duration:

125 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | History | Music

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

John Lee Hancock

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 68 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-12-20

Filming Locations: Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort - 1600 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $9,344,381 (USA) (27 February 2014)

Gross: $83,299,761 (USA) (13 April 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ronan Vibert

Saving Mr. Banks

Emma Thompson

P.L. Travers

Tom Hanks

Walt Disney

Annie Rose Buckley

Ginty

Colin Farrell

Travers 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

Jerry Hauck

Premier Emcee

Laura Waddell

Woman with Infant

Fuschia Sumner

Flight Attendant (as Fuschia Kate Sumner)

David Ross Paterson

Doctor

Michelle Arthur

Polly

Michael Charles Swinehart

Porter (as Michael Swinehart)

Bob Rusch

Doorman

Paul Tassone

Refreshment Tent Man

Luke Baines

Waiter

Demetrius Grosse

Bartender

Steven Cabral

Bank Clerk

Kimberly D'Armond

Katie Nanna

Mia Serafino

Young Woman

Claire Bocking

Nanny Claire

Dendrie Taylor

Lillian Disney

Marc Abbink

Airplane Passenger at Airport (uncredited)

Christine Ames

Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Ashlee-Rose Barnett

Disneyland Guest (uncredited)

Jaeden Bettencourt

Young Child - 1906 (uncredited)

Melissa Bickerton

Mrs. Corry (uncredited)

Vincent M. Biscione

Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Andrew Blood

Photographer (uncredited)

Eric Corbin

Movie Premier Guest (uncredited)

Mary Czerwinski

Disneyland Mother (uncredited)

Lynne Alana Delaney

Stylish Bar Patron (uncredited)

Cheryl Dent

Flight Attendant (uncredited)

Seth Di Marco

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Hal Dion

Banker #2 (uncredited)

Alan Ehrlich

Applauding Australian Townsfolk (uncredited)

Lynly Ehrlich

Mrs. DaGradi (uncredited)

Patricia Garcia

Disneyland Attendee (uncredited)

Emilie Germain

Woman in Castle (uncredited)

Stephen Goodman

Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Alan Gray

Banker (uncredited)

Richard Halverson

Academy Awards Attendee

Daniel D. Harris

Man in Carnival Scene (uncredited)

Kevin Hawley

Allura Business Man (uncredited)

Tomas Johansson

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Faye Kelly

Guest at Disneyland (uncredited)

Amanda Kluge

LAX Passenger (uncredited)

Michael Kunselman

Movie Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Kristopher Kyer

Dick Van Dyke

John Luder

Neighbor (uncredited)

Sean McCracken

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Brett R. Miller

Audio Recorder at Premier (uncredited)

Alan Mueting

Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Maria Olsen

Fairground Woman - 1906 (uncredited)

Ginger Pauley

Joyce Sherman (uncredited)

Josh Pierce

Disneyland Attendant (uncredited)

Donald Prince

Mustache Man (uncredited)

Leslie Ranne

Eastern Airlines Counter Girl (uncredited)

Cal Rein

Premiere Valet #1 (uncredited)

Anna Rekota

Townsperson (uncredited)

Anna Roberts

Premiere Girl (uncredited)

Elizabeth Russo

Woman with Dog (uncredited)

Frank Scozzari

Man in Drinking Tent (uncredited)

Kristy Staky

Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Robert Stilwell

Burbank Pedestrian (uncredited)

Victoria Summer

Julie Andrews

Alexandra Surer

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

John H. Tobin

Tent Reveler (uncredited)

P.L. Travers

Herself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Dwight Turner

Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Tom R. Waters

Andrew Dutton (uncredited)

January Welsh

Gibson Girl (uncredited)

Michelle Winters

Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Walt Disney often claimed that had Babes in Toyland (1961) not been made, Mary Poppins (1964) would have never been made. When P.L. Travers in the movie first arrives at the Walt Disney Studios, her car stops in front of a sound stage. There is a poster on the sound stage door for "Babes in Toyland", indicating that was the movie being "shot" in the sound stage.

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Robert M. Sherman's limp was indeed due to getting shot in the leg. It was a war injury to his knee that took place during his service in Europe during World War II, after his unit helped to liberate the Nazis' infamous Dachau concentration camp.

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The first film directed by John Lee Hancock not to have music by composer Carter Burwell. Thomas Newman was engaged to score the film instead.

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Goofs

Several changes had been made to real-life Disneyland to make it look like how it was during Walt Disney's lifetime (i.e., the area in front of the train station is lined with posters advertising the park's attractions). However, Fantasyland remains unchanged despite going through a complete overhaul in 1983, some twenty years after the release of Mary Poppins.

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The blue Australian National Flag (Blue Ensign) is shown at the Allora fair in 1906. The mainly white Australian Federation Flag was, alongside the Union Flag, the most popular flag at public events from 1901 until the 1920s. In 1906 the Blue Ensign could only be flown from military buildings, and on other government buildings if no other flag was available. From the 1920s to 1950s, the most popular Australian flag was the Red Ensign. The Blue Ensign was not formally adopted as the Australian National Flag until 1954.

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In 1961 the overhead shelves of prop and first generation jet airliners were for pillows, blankets, and coats only. Any carry-on luggage had to fit under the seat.

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Quotes

P.L. Travers: [In the plane, about to go to Los AngeIes] I hope we crash.

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Walt Disney: Please sit down.

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P.L. Travers: You are the only American I have ever liked.

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Faq

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

Is this the first time that Walt Disney has been portrayed by an actor in a feature film?

A

Yes, as a feature length motion picture. Walt Disney has been portrayed twice before in Television Films - by actor Len Cariou in the TV Film A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) and by actor Roger Allam in RKO 281 (1999). Walt also appears in a cameo at the end of the Pinky and the Brain short, 'Cinebrainia' (1997).

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Is it necessary to watch Mary Poppins (1964) before watching Saving Mr. Banks (2013)?

A

Although Saving Mr. Banks is a distinct film and could be well understood without watching Mary Poppins (1964), this film is basically about the making of Mary Poppins. To grab all the tastes of this movie, one may watch it before watching Saving Mr. Banks, and it will make it more enjoyable.

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