Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10051960.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: 'Saving Mr. Banks' Begins Production in Los Angeles</b></a> <p>Disney began production today on “Saving Mr. Banks,” the account of Walt Disney’s twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to P.L. Travers’ popular novel, Mary Poppins, and the testy partnership the upbeat filmmaker develops with the uptight author during the project’s pre-production in 1961.</p>
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I saw a pic of Mr. Hanks in his makeup. Ugh. It looks like someone punched him in the side of his face.
Originally Posted By DBitz2 They will be doing some filming in Pasadena, too. It will be interesting to see how they make Disneyland look like the early 1960's, if they even try.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I saw a pic of Mr. Hanks in his makeup. Ugh. It looks like someone punched him in the side of his face.<< Is this the one? <a href="http://beyondthemarquee.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tom-Disney-Merge.jpg" target="_blank">http://beyondthemarquee.com/wp...erge.jpg</a> Oh no! I certainly hope this is just one of those "bad moments" during pre-production ... that does not represent how Mr. Hanks pulls off Walt. I seriously would like to know why the casting department did not consider Jean Dujardin for the role of Walt. He certainly would have pulled Walt off better than Tom Hanks: <a href="http://www.cinemaseries.es/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/jean-dujardin-the-artist.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.cinemaseries.es/wp-...tist.jpg</a> I can only think of two reasons to not choose Jean. Unable to pull off a convincing American accent. Or unavailable due to other commitments.
Originally Posted By oc_dean A bit off topic .... I would love to see Jean Dujardin cast to do a bio on the life of Gene Kelly! <a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxaszi69C1qg9jugo1_500.jpg" target="_blank">http://24.media.tumblr.com/tum..._500.jpg</a> PERFECT CASTING! It's already been proven Jean can dance - as shown in The Artist. Now if Warner Brothers would think about it .. before Jean gets too old ... that would nice.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Wait a second ... My post #8 .. It took me a few minutes ... that's obviously Tom Hanks face super-imposed (photoshopped) into an old pic of Walt. Sorry. I've googled for a pic of Tom Hanks in make-up. I see nothing. 999Haunts ... if the photo you saw is online .. please point us in the right direction. Thanks.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Fake picture or not I think Tom Hanks is a good enough actor to pull off Walt.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I think there is a difference between being an actor and being an impersonator. Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon did a great job of capturing the essence of Richard Nixon, but he really didn't look a whole lot like him. Because the performance was so great, that didn't matter all that much. I'm anxious to see how Tom Hanks will do in this role. He certainly wasn't the first person that came to mind to play Walt in his older years (actually, I can't think of anyone "born" to play that part as Walt was such a unique mid-western guy), but it'll be fun to see what he does with it.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I do wonder if we'd ever get a full biographical film of Walt's life. I've always suspected once Diane Disney passes that might be something that happens.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^I've always thought that a made for TV movie -- maybe even one that spans over the course of three episodes or three nights -- would work well. Maybe it could be written from Roy's Point Of View. Starting on the day Walt died in 1966, and working in flashbacks.
Originally Posted By Megara I think Tom Hanks is lovely and if anyone should play Uncle Walt, he should. Lucky Lucas didn't buy Disney. Imagine the kind of films that would be unleashed on the public. "Walt Disney Vampire Slayer". LOL. Full of CGI, explosions and aliens.
