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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock directs this acclaimed film that reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P. L. Travers’ (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won’t budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set “Mary Poppins” free!

2013 · 2h 5m

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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock directs this acclaimed film that reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P. L. Travers’ (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won’t budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set “Mary Poppins” free!

COMMON SENSE

Sweet peek behind Poppins story, with very dark moments.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7
Reviews 262
Fresh 207
Rotten 55

Information

Studio
Disney
Released
2013
Run Time
2 hr 5 min
Rated
PG-13
Regions of Origin
United States, Australia, United Kingdom
© 2013 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (Canada) , French (France) , Greek , Hebrew , Indonesian , Korean , Malay (Malaysia) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.