Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

Where her book ended, their story began.

2013126 min7.3 / 10

A warmly crafted biographical drama about creative control and emotional healing, tracing how a guarded author's childhood wounds shaped her art and her reluctant collaboration with Disney.

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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