Disney made a behind the scenes book made for tablets and phones that is available for download. chech out their press release and the book:
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DISNEY’S “SAVING MR. BANKS” BOOK GIVES FANS
A SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK
AT THE MAKING OF THE TIMELESS CLASSIC “MARY POPPINS”
Featuring Rare and Exclusive Archival Treasures, Recording Sessions from the Academy Award®–Winning Composers, an Interactive Timeline of Historic Walt Disney Studios Milestones, Storyboards, Video and More
BURBANK, CALIF. (December 10, 2013) —
Walt Disney Studios announces the release of SAVING MR. BANKS: The
Official Multi-touch Book, based on Disney’s highly anticipated film
“Saving Mr. Banks,” in theaters December 20, 2013. Exploring the
previously untold story of how Walt Disney worked his magic on author
P.L. Travers to secure the rights to her book, “Mary Poppins,” the book
includes a foreword by Academy Award®-winning composer Richard
Sherman; never-before-seen correspondence between Walt Disney and P.L.
Travers; rare storyboards and scripts from the Disney archives; an
interactive timeline of historic Walt Disney Studios
milestones; original recordings of the Sherman Brothers, performing
their “Mary Poppins” hit songs; facts and profiles on the key characters
in “Saving Mr. Banks”—all created by Apple’s digital book creation
app, iBooks Author.
Using
Apple’s iBooks Author, the UK digital agency, Brandwidth was able to
include video, audio and multi-touch interaction to create a robust
storytelling experience. Readers can watch interviews featuring the cast
and filmmakers, browse extensive photo galleries and explore the
original storyboards and concept art—all in full retina detail. ‘Mary
Popovers’ deliver fascinating facts throughout the book.
Two-time
Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom
Hanks topline Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the
extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic “Mary Poppins”
made it to the screen.
When
Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite
book, P.L. Travers’ “Mary Poppins,” he made them a promise—one that he
didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the
rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who
has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get
mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and
money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to
hear Disney’s plans for the adaptation.
For
those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops.
Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented
Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers,
but the prickly author doesn’t budge. He soon begins to watch
helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights
begin to move further away from his grasp.
It
is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the
truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary
Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in
cinematic history.
Disney
presents “Saving Mr. Banks,” directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by
Alison Owen, Ian Collie and Philip Steuer, and written by Kelly Marcel
and Sue Smith. Executive producers are Paul Trijbits, Christine Langan,
Andrew Mason and Troy Lum.
Download book here:
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If you download the book, do enjoy it!
Happy Imaginings,
imaginear tony
