Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View-1383.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Lotion: Disneyland Rolls Back the Clock for Saving Mr. Banks</b></a> Doug Marsh covers the filming of Saving Mr. Banks at Disneyland this week including the redressing of the park, cast members and guests to fit the 60s time period and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA EXCELLENT photo essay of the shoot, Dug. Thanks so much. It's actually much more extensive than I imagined. And I give a 'tip o' the hat' to the filmmakers for adding in all the details that they did. Of course the paving stones on the ground are not circa 1961 -- back in the day, it was just slur-coat, but man, balloons, and signs and peanut cards -- nicely done.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, great shots, and I also think they did just about all they could to make it "period accurate." And who knows - maybe they'll even add in some good old CGI slur-coat.
Originally Posted By ralphjr I know that they probably had to put a lot of time and effort into the period details, and it might not be something that could be done on a larger scale, but imagine if they did a hard ticket after hours event in which the park was transformed (somewhat and within reason) to Vintage Disneyland? They're always trying to come up with ways to get more money out of the hard core fans through merchandise events and hard ticket parties, if they put some effort into replicating something like this as an event, I could see it being quite popular. At the very least, they could consider this type of overlay for the 60th Anniversary in 2015 if they want to go the nostalgia route again but want to differentiate from what they did for the 50th.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 At the very least, they could consider this type of overlay for the 60th Anniversary in 2015 if they want to go the nostalgia route again but want to differentiate from what they did for the 50th.<< I usually stay away from special ticketed events, but I would probably save money to go if they announced this...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Boy, that would be hard to do with much of the park. Depending on the year they chose... they couldn't really just pretend that Big Thunder wasn't actually there, and the House of the Future was. Maybe, if they chose 1969, they could hold it on Main Street, AL (blocking off Indy), NOS and the River area of FrL. Obviously, even there, there would be differences, but if they kept it there and had cm's in period garb (and encouraged guests to do so too), actually sold popcorn for 50 cents or whatever it was then (for what they charged for the hard ticket they could make up for the reduced food/drink prices) - maybe even give you a replica ticket book. It wouldn't be easy to pull off, and obviously wouldn't be exactly the same, but it could be fun.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Glad everyone enjoyed this. You are seeing a concentrated version of what was a lot of waiting around while the film crews set things up.Which is an awful lot of what an actual film shoot is like!
Originally Posted By patrickegan The whole pictorial brought back memories of a simpler less corporate (fleecing) time. The magic was in the details… DL was always expensive, but you got a first world experience with better theming and the subtle nuances that made it special. Long gone since the implementation of the Walmart business plan. ☹
Originally Posted By Bellella I'd love to see it done up vintage-style. At least they could keep those posters out front.
Originally Posted By macnak81 Management, Creative, Marketing, ? Are you listening? It doesn't sound very expensive ,yet would create a great demand to return for such a special occasion. Living on the easy coast I never had the chance to visit until 1974 ! But I grew up with those visions from the TV coverage , viewmaster slides and postcards ! I would make a special trip to experience ant attempt to visit 1960's Disneyland.
Originally Posted By macnak81 PS Thanks Doug for all the pictures. On page 18 there are child extras wearing red cowboy hats. They seem to be more of an exact replica of Jessie's hat in Toy Story than something from the 60's. True of false?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The red cowboy hats were very much a part of early Frontierland at Disneyland. That, and the one that was sort of a felt "Peter Pan' style hat with giant plume-feather, and the Donald Duck hat with the squeaky bill.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Yes. Bear in mind that Jessie is a vintage doll-- so she is wearing a hat that would have been popular in the 50s and 60s.
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin I loved looking at these photos. It looks so cool. My brother had one of those Peter Pan hats.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Hmm. "An early version of Snow White, among the crowd of extras (Photo by Eddie Agin.)" (page 4) Looks to me like at most, only a few of the people are actually extras: too much of the clothing (not to mention the purple backpack!) would be anachronistic in the 1960s. The carousel pix on page 6 seems to have a higher percentage of actual extras (but definitely NOT the woman in white, with the shoulder bag!)
