Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Saving Mr. Banks: Directed by John Lee Hancock. With Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell. Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

“If anyone wants to know the TRUE story of P.L. Traversu0026#39; and Walt Disneyu0026#39;s negotiations regarding MARY POPPINS, read Caitlin Flanaganu0026#39;s article u0026quot;Becoming Mary Poppinsu0026quot; published in The New Yorker in 2005. Walt Disney was an S.O.B., and treated Travers abominably. Obviously the company is trying to soften his image with this insipid film. Iu0026#39;ve lost all respect for anyone involved with the project.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis paragraph from Flanaganu0026#39;s piece says it all: u0026quot;The première was the first Travers had seen of the movie—-she did not initially receive an invitation, but had embarrassed a Disney executive into extending one—-and it was a shock. Afterward, as Richard Sherman recalled, she tracked down Disney at the after-party, which was held in a giant white tent in the parking lot adjoining the Chinese Theatre. u0026quot;Well,u0026quot; she said loudly. u0026quot;The first thing that has to go is the animation sequence.u0026quot; Disney looked at her coolly. u0026quot;Pamela,u0026quot; he replied, u0026quot;the ship has sailed.u0026quot; And then he strode past her, toward a throng of well-wishers, and left her alone, an aging woman in a satin gown and evening gloves, who had travelled more than five thousand miles to attend a party where she was not wanted.u0026quot;”