Mary Poppins is a movie directed by Robert Stevenson in 1964 and based on the book series of the same name by P.L. Travers, which first book was published in 2012. The movie features Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Ed Wynn, Hermione Baddeley, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
In Edwardian London, 1910, George Banks returns home at Cherry Tree Lane to learn from his wife, Winifred, that Katie Nanna has left their service after their children, Jane and Michael, have run away, for the fourth time this week. The children ask their father to help them build a better kite, but he dismisses them.
Movie vs Book
Year
1964
Minutes
139
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Mary Poppins
Director: Robert Stevenson
Country: USA
Year: 1964
Length: 2h19m
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Year
1934
Pages
228
Book Rate
8.04
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Book
Mary Poppins
Author: P.L. Travers
Country: UK
First published in: 1934
Length: 228 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Mary Poppins
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Rob Marshall
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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