Walt Disney is Played by Hanks in SAVING MR BANKS Trailer

Lullabying us in with the iconic whimsical ballad of “chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim charoo”‘s, this trailer for Saving Mr. Banks “promises” to deliver the real, unfiltered view of Mr. Walt Disney. With two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks filling the shows of Disney and Emma Thompson co-starring as author P. L. Travers, this biopic chartering the 1964 production of Mary Poppins is sure to get huge Oscar play at year’s end.

What’s curious about this endeavor is the fact that Disney is infamous for being a totally d-bag. Not so fondly described as “a paranoid hater of Jews and gays, a merciless exploiter of his animation staff, and an artistic pioneer whose vision surpassed uncompromising and headed straight into dictatorial,” Mr. Walt Disney’s legacy may stand for something family-friendly and pure but those definitely do not seem to be the tenants he lived by. Seeing that the House of Mouse itself is behind the production, it’s hard to imagine that they won’t sugarcoat this icon rather than pointing to his plenitude of flaws.

Have a look at the trailer and see if you think this will really be the unadulterated peek we’ve been promised or a family-friendly ordeal glorifying a man unworthy of said glorification.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5kYmrjongg

Saving Mr Banks is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Griffiths, Bradley Whitford and B.J. Novak. It floats into theaters in the thick of Oscar potential season on December 13.