
Saving Mr. Banks
PG-13, 2013, Walt Disney Pictures
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Starring:
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Colin Farrell, Jason Schwartzman
Plot:
Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins.
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Woman doesn't want reality sugar-coated for kids
Themes: Children, Protection, Raising Children, Reality, Truth
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Guilty father realizes daughter saw his sin
Themes: Father-Daughter, Fatherhood, Parenting, Role Models
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Girl watches father struggle with alcoholism
Themes: Addiction, Alcoholism, Father-Daughter, Parenting, Role Models
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Man wants to be free from burden of painful past
Themes: Forgetting the Past, Memories, Scars