Mr Banks
28 december 2013 by gailalong 1 see all my reviews this movie is much more than and definitely deeper than one would suspect from the syrupy trailers most people have seen.
Mr banks. Banks is a 2013 period drama film directed by john lee hancock from a screenplay written by kelly marcel and sue smith. Travers own father himself a strict no nonsense banker and was inspired by elias disney walt s father as well. As a youth he spent a short spell in the guards. Banks is a terrific adult movie that will change the way you view mary poppins forever.
David tomlinson is best known for his role as george banks in walt disney s mary poppins 1964. Centered on the development of the 1964 film mary poppins the film stars emma thompson as author p. He joined the raf in ww2 where he survived the trauma of a plane crash on his first solo flight due to engine failure then becoming a flying instructor for the remainder of the war. George banks more commonly known as mr.
Travers and tom hanks as film producer walt disney with supporting performances by paul giamatti jason schwartzman bradley whitford and colin farrell. Banks to watch the trailer read the synopsis browse photos and watch video clips from the movie. He is similar in character to george darling from peter pan and was inspired by p l.