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Saving Mr Banks

Synopsis

Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her eponymous novel.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
125 mins
Format
HD
Director
John Lee Hancock
Producer
Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer
Executive Producer
Christine Langan, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Paul Trijbits
Editor
Mark Livolsi
Screenwriter
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
Director of Photography
John Schwartzman
Production Designer
Michael Corenblith
Composer
Thomas Newman
Principal cast
Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford

Genre

Drama Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Walt Disney Pictures

500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
USA
Tel: +1 818 560 1000

Ruby Films

26 Lloyd Baker Street
London WC1X 9AW
Tel: +44 (0)20 7833 9990
Fax: +44 (0)20 7837 5862
Email: info@rubyfilms.co.uk

Essential Media & Entertainment

Sydney, Australia

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