flash70 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Im looking forward to the upcoming movie, "Saving Mr. Banks"-which tells how Walt Disney came to make "Mary Poppins". Im a sucker for hollywood history and im fairly certain this movie should get a wider release then "Hitchcock" did. Is anyone else looking forward to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Tom Hanks is playing Disney so I'm sure it will be a major studio release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Thanks for the heads up, flash! I had not seen this movie advertised yet. I like those Hollywood histriy type movies too: HITCHCOCK, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, THE AVIATOR, even the old TV movie (I think it was on TV anyway) THE SCARLETT O'HARA WAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Tracey, I never saw The Scarlett O'Hara War. When did that air and who starred in it? I also love Hollywood history. And this movie sounds very interesting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover2 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Here's the official preview. Coming out Scheduled 12/20/2013 http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2341120281?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1 Looks very good, of course, judging by the preview... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 > {quote:title=bagladymimi wrote:}{quote}Tracey, I never saw The Scarlett O'Hara War. When did that air and who starred in it? I also love Hollywood history. And this movie sounds very interesting to me. It was a TV movie from back in the 70's or 80's. It's based on part of the book Moviola by Garson Kanin. If you can get a hold of a copy of the book, it's worth a look. It's the story of Holywood told from the perspective of a fictional elderly studio head, someone like Adolph Zukor, who was in at the beginning and was still around past the end of the studio era. I know I watched the movie not too long ago (within the past year) but cannot remember where. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081458/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 > {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}Here's the official preview. Coming out Scheduled 12/20/2013 > > http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2341120281?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1 > > Looks very good, of course, judging by the preview... > That. Looks. Awesome. Wow. I love it already! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I remembered where I saw The Scarlett OHara War re ently-it was in the GWTW 70th Anniversary box set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaW. Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I'm torn on this one. The trailer almost had me with the clip of the Sherman brothers and I'm an unashamed fan of the original movie, on down to Dick VanDyck's ricidulous accent. But I've always had a hard time with the story of P. L. Travers throwing a hissy fit over the mistreatment of a fictional character when she insisted on separating infant twins in real life because she only wanted to adopt one of them (chosen on the advice of her astrologer.) So it's really hard to sympathize with her here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 That is an interesting story and I certainly cannot sympathize with Ms.Travers, but I would still like to see the story. The cast looks outstanding and I will be interested in the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks for the info Tracey. I just ordered a used paperback of "Moviola" from Amazon for $.01 + shipping and handling. I really like the way Garson Kanin writes and am sure I will enjoy all of the stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Have to say selim, as far as I can tell from that trailer, I don't think the premise IS to "sympathize" with Travers, who it appears Emma Thompson is portraying as the rigid, standoffish and closed-minded ultimate Anglophile in this thing. Nope, I'm getting the idea from that trailer that this film's main theme might possibly be to explore the differences or the "culture clash" between the stereotypical American commercial "crassness" of a "Disney-fied" world, and that of a more "orderly" world of old "English values". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 It is not coming out until December the 20th - that is 5 months away. What are they waiting for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 > {quote:title=bagladymimi wrote:}{quote}Thanks for the info Tracey. I just ordered a used paperback of "Moviola" from Amazon for $.01 + shipping and handling. I really like the way Garson Kanin writes and am sure I will enjoy all of the stories. It starts off oddly, but stick with it. It's worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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