Tom Hanks co-stars with Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks, what part does he play?
"Walt Disney for BBC Films, based on an earlier draft by Sue Smith. The script, ""Saving Mr. Banks"", landed on the 2011 Black List, and was acquired by Disney. The film was released in 2013, directed by John Lee Hancock, and starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as P. L. Travers. Marcel and Smith shared writing credit. Marcel was nominated for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer at the 67th Annual BAFTA Awards. Marcel was hired in 2012 to adapt E. L. James' bestselling erotic novel ""Fifty Shades of Grey"", with Sam Taylor-Johnson directing,"
"Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, respectively. Additionally, Thompson won both the Empire Award for Best Actress and the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for her performance, while the film itself was selected by the National Board of Review as one of the year's . ""Saving Mr. Banks"" was named by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2013. Saving Mr. Banks Saving Mr. Banks is a 2013 period drama film directed by John Lee Hancock from a screenplay written"
"Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as ""Splash"" (1984), ""Big"" (1988), ""Turner & Hooch"" (1989), ""A League of Their Own"" (1992), ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Cast Away"" (2000), ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), ""Cloud Atlas"" (2012), ""Captain Phillips"" (2013), ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), and ""Sully"" (2016). He has also starred in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the ""Toy Story"" film series. Hanks has collaborated"
"Banks. In September, Streep formally joined the cast. The following month, Emily Mortimer was cast as the grownup Jane Banks, and Colin Firth joined the film as William Weatherall Wilkins, president of the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank. In February 2017, Angela Lansbury was cast to play the Balloon Lady. Julie Andrews, who portrayed Poppins in the 1964 film, was approached to do a cameo in the sequel, but turned down the offer as she wanted it to be ""Emily's show"". Dick Van Dyke, who portrayed Bert and Mr. Dawes Sr. in the original film, returns in the sequel as the latter's"
"7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Aggressively likable and sentimental to a fault, ""Saving Mr. Banks"" pays tribute to the Disney legacy with excellent performances and sweet, high-spirited charm."" Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 46 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Leslie Felprin of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" praised the film as an ""affecting if somewhat soft-soaped comedy drama, elevated by excellent performances."" The ""Reporter"" wrote that ""Emma Thompson takes charge of the central role of P. L. Travers with an authority that makes you wonder how anybody else could ever have"
"'is this a headache or something worse?' In the end Tom [Banks] died in a fire."" Dr John Henry, professor of accident medicine at St Mary's Hospital & Imperial College Medical School in London, said, ""Anything which empowers patients to take more responsibility for their own well-being is to be applauded"". Tom Banks (EastEnders) Tom Banks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Colm Ó Maonlaí from 23 April to 1 November 2002. Introduced in April 2002 as a love interest for Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), producers made the decision to axe the character and"
"Tom Banks (EastEnders) Tom Banks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Colm Ó Maonlaí from 23 April to 1 November 2002. Introduced in April 2002 as a love interest for Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), producers made the decision to axe the character and he was killed off in November 2002. The character was allegedly popular with female viewers who voted him the eighth sexiest male character to appear in ""EastEnders"" in a 2005 poll. Tom was a Merchant Marine who was friends with Mark Fowler and Sharon Watts when they were children. He also"
"finishing 11th at the box office. With a total worldwide gross of $8,244,651 (U.S. domestic gross of $4,212,494), it is the lowest-grossing film to feature Tom Hanks in top billing since ""Every Time We Say Goodbye"" in 1986. A Hologram for the King (film) A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film directed, written and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tom Skerritt and Sarita"
"""Harry Potter"" film series, ""Wit"" (2001), ""Love Actually"" (2003), ""Angels in America"" (2003), ""Nanny McPhee"" (2005), ""Stranger than Fiction"" (2006), ""Last Chance Harvey"" (2008), ""Men in Black 3"" (2012), ""Brave"" (2012), and ""Beauty and the Beast"" (2017). In 2013, she received acclaim and several award nominations for her portrayal of P. L. Travers in ""Saving Mr. Banks"". Thompson is married to actor Greg Wise, with whom she lives in London. They have one daughter and one son. She is an activist in the areas of human rights and environmentalism and has received criticism for her outspokenness. She has written two"
"Tom Hanks"". Shia LaBeouf, who ended up receiving the role for Stanley, got his sense of the character from reading the film's script, going on to read the original novel after getting the role. LaBeouf was simultaneously doing work for the Disney Channel show ""Even Stevens"", and would work on his role in the film after doing his filming on ""Even Stevens"". In the original book, Stanley is depicted as being obese, shedding considerable amounts of weight as the book progresses; however, the filmmakers chose to drop this aspect from the movie, as it would've been difficult to convincingly portray"
"Banks' presence turned out to be a rumor that did not materialize. In August 2016, Bullock, Blanchett, Bonham Carter and Kaling were confirmed to star, with Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Awkwafina, and Sarah Paulson closing deals to fill the cast. During production on the film, Dakota Fanning and Damian Lewis were spotted on set, with Lewis's casting being confirmed in December 2016 and Fanning confirming her casting in March 2017. However, Lewis does not appear in the finished film. On November 11, 2016, Richard Robichaux was also cast in the film. That same month, Matt Damon stated he would appear in"
"the title role in the romantic comedy ""Larry Crowne"". The movie received poor reviews, with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings. Also in 2011, he starred in the drama film ""Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"". In 2012, he voiced the character Cleveland Carr for a web series he created titled ""Electric City"". He also starred in the Wachowskis-directed film adaptation of the novel of the same name, ""Cloud Atlas"" and was executive producer of the miniseries ""Game Change"". In 2013, Hanks starred in two critically acclaimed films—""Captain Phillips ""and"" Saving Mr. Banks—""which each earned"
"Jim Hanks James Mathew Hanks (born June 15, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, cinematographer and camera operator. He has played numerous minor roles in film and guest appearances on television, and often substitutes doing voice work for his older brother Tom Hanks. He has produced, directed, and filmed several short films. Jim Hanks' first lead role was as Jeeter Buford in the film ""Buford's Beach Bunnies"". His brother Tom Hanks was considered a strong candidate for the role, but was unavailable. Wishing to earn the role based on his own abilities, Jim auditioned as ""Jim Matthews"""
"A Hologram for the King (film) A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film directed, written and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tom Skerritt and Sarita Choudhury also star in this international co-production between France, Germany, the Cayman Islands, Mexico, and the United States. The film was released on April 22, 2016, by Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions and Saban Films. It received positive reviews but"
"Embankment Films Embankment Films is an international film and television sales and financing company based in London, England. Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment procures pre-sales, tax-credit facilities, equity, gap financing and worldwide distribution for feature films and television. Haslam was formerly CEO at Hanway Films, and has overseen sales of more than 150 films, including Steve McQueen's ""Shame"" starring Michael Fassbender, Becoming Jane starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, ""Resident Evil"" starring Milla Jovovich, seven films directed by Woody Allen, and Academy Award winners ""The Piano"", ""Dances With Wolves"" and ""Iris."" Grumbar was formerly joint"
"of Stephen Kings ""Shawshank Redemption"", playing alongside Paul Nicholls and Ben Onwukwe. Jack Ellis (actor) John Stuart ""Jack"" Ellis (born 4 June 1955) is a British theatre and television actor from London, best known for his portrayal of villainous prison officer Jim Fenner in the TV series ""Bad Girls"". He has also appeared in ITV soap ""Coronation Street"" as Bookmaker Harry Mason. He and his former wife Christine Kavanagh, from whom he is now divorced, have two children, Theo and Alice. He was educated at Highgate School as were his older brothers Robin Ellis, also an actor, and the director"
"in its list of the ""Best 100 Conservative Movies"" of all time. Then, in 2009, the magazine ranked the film number four on its 25 Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years list. ""Tom Hanks plays the title character, an amiable dunce who is far too smart to embrace the lethal values of the 1960s. The love of his life, wonderfully played by Robin Wright Penn, chooses a different path; she becomes a drug-addled hippie, with disastrous results."" James Burton, a communication arts professor at Salisbury University, argued that conservatives claimed ""Forrest Gump"" as their own due less to"
"MD of the UK division of Icon Film Distribution. Grumbar was responsible for the acquisition and distribution of films such as ""Paranormal Activity"", ""Apocalypto"", ""The Passion Of The Christ"", ""La Vie En Rose"", ""Man on Wire"", ""A Single Man"", ""Drive"", and ""Precious"". Since the creation of the company, Embankment has raised finance for 27 feature films including ""The Dressmaker"" starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth, ""Boychoir"" starring Dustin Hoffman, ""Le Week-End"", starring Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan"", Churchill"", starring Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson and John Slattery, and ""Breathe"", directed by Andy Serkis and starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. Upcoming"
"Thomas Putnam Jeanna Paulsen – Ann Putnam Frank Raiter – Francis Nurse Dale Soules – Sarah Good/voice of Martha Corey Helen Stenborg – Rebecca Nurse Henry Stram – Ezekiel Cheever Jack Willis – Marshal Herrick</poem> 2016 Broadway revival cast: <poem> Ben Whishaw – John Proctor Sophie Okonedo – Elizabeth Proctor Ciarán Hinds – Deputy Governor Danforth Saoirse Ronan – Abigail Williams Bill Camp – Rev. John Hale Tavi Gevinson – Mary Warren Jason Butler Harner – Rev. Samuel Parris Jim Norton – Giles Corey Tina Benko – Ann Putnam / Sarah Good Jenny Jules – Tituba Thomas Jay Ryan –"
"to produce the film. Tom Hanks, who previously worked with Spielberg on ""Saving Private Ryan"", ""Catch Me If You Can"" and ""The Terminal"", was considered for the lead role. Spielberg had also approached Robert Downey, Jr., but in December 2009 Spielberg opted out after a dispute over his vision for the project. The Jimmy Stewart Museum, based in Stewart's hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania, presents the Harvey Award to a distinguished celebrity tied to Jimmy Stewart's spirit of humanitarianism. Past recipients include Robert Wagner, Shirley Jones, Janet Leigh, and Rich Little. A 1971 children's film, ""Mr. Horatio Knibbles"", also starred a"
"Gipps-Kent, before going on to study at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Big-screen roles include ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", ""Eat Pray Love"", ""Emma"", ""Dancing at Lughnasa"", ""Gosford Park"", ""Fat Slags"", ""Relative Values"" and """". Thompson appeared in ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"" in 2010, as Mafalda Hopkirk and Hermione Granger disguised as Hopkirk. Thompson starred alongside popular British comedians Alan Davies, in ""Jonathan Creek"", and Lee Evans in ""So What Now?"" She has also appeared in ""Persuasion"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", ""A Harlot's Progress"", and the TV movie ""Magnolia"". She played Miss Bartlett in"
"the 'Best Young Actor' category in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He won the award in 2006, losing out to ""Coronation Street"" star Sam Aston in 2005, ""Emmerdale"" star Eden Taylor-Draper in 2007,""EastEnders"" star Jamie Borthwick in 2008, ""EastEnders"" star Maisie Smith in 2009,""Coronation Street"" star Alexander Bain in 2011, ""Eastenders"" star Lorna Fitzgerald in 2012 and ""Emmerdale"" star Eden Taylor-Drapper in 2013. he won the 'best young performance' award in 2014. Ellis Hollins Ellis Hollins (born 14 November 1999) is a British Soap Award-winning actor. He is best known for playing the role of Tom"
"Tom Hanks' character in ""Cast Away"" and began looking at a wide range of thespians for the role. Other stars who were considered for the role includes Naomi Watts, Carey Mulligan, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall, and Olivia Wilde. In March, Robert Downey Jr. entered discussions to be cast in the male lead role. In September, Cuarón received approval from Warner Bros. to offer the role without a screen test to Natalie Portman, who was praised for her performance in ""Black Swan"" (2010) at that time. Portman rejected the project because of scheduling conflicts, and Warner Bros."
"in 1964. In 2004, a new musical adaptation of the books and the film opened in the West End; it premiered on Broadway in 2006. A film based on Disney's efforts to persuade Travers to sell him the ""Mary Poppins"" film rights was released in 2013, ""Saving Mr. Banks"", in which Travers is portrayed by Emma Thompson. Helen Lyndon Goff, known within her family as Lyndon, was born on 9 August 1899 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Margaret Agnes Goff (née Morehead), was Australian and the sister of Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Premier of Queensland from 1888 to 1890. Her"
"in most of the books, Banks receives a promotion to detective superintendent at the time of ""When the Music's Over."" The Banks novels have won and been shortlisted for prestigious awards in crime fiction, including the Arthur Ellis Award, the Anthony Award, and the Edgar Award. In July 2010, ITV commissioned a television adaptation of the novel ""Aftermath"", with Stephen Tompkinson playing the role of Banks. The adaptation was broadcast as two one-hour episodes, airing on 27 September and 4 October 2010. The viewing figures were successful enough for three more adaptations to be commissioned - the novels ""Playing With"
"portrayed Mrs and Miss Bates. Thompson revealed that it was a coincidence that she and her mother were cast alongside each other, as the casting director had their names on separate lists. McGrath initially believed Thompson to be too young to play Miss Bates, but he changed his mind after seeing her wearing glasses with her hair down. Alan Cumming appeared as Reverend Philip Elton, who falls in love with Emma. Cumming wrote on his official website that the friendship that developed between himself and McGrath was one of the most memorable things about his time working on the film."
"Donald Tandy Donald Tandy (20 December 1918 — 9 May 2014) was an English actor who appeared in over a dozen films (usually in minor or uncredited roles) and several dozens of televisions shows during his career. He is perhaps best known for his role as Tom Clements in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Tandy started his career in 1950 in the low-budget film ""Chance of a Lifetime"". He appeared in many television programmes including ""Man from Interpol"", ""You Can't Win"", ""The Avengers"", ""The Saint"", ""Danger Man"", ""Sergeant Cork"", ""Sherlock Holmes"", ""The Troubleshooters"", ""Colditz"" and ""Escape"". He appeared in ""EastEnders"""
"meeting, Sherman had been given a revised version of the full script. (Principal photography was to commence in two weeks' time.) Elements of the ""Moose"" excerpt had been incorporated into the new script. One important contribution is apparent in the scene in between Tom Hanks (as ""Walt Disney"") and Emma Thompson (as ""Pamela Travers"") during which Disney derides Travers for insisting that there is ""No Red In London"". Although the characters speaking the dialogue are different than those portrayed in the book, the dialogue is nearly identical. About the ""No Red In London"" sequence, scriptwriter Kelly Marcel later blogged, ""Anything"
"October 2015 to a positive reception. In April 2016, Hanks starred as Alan Clay in the comedy-drama ""A Hologram for the King"", an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name. Hanks starred as airline captain Chesley Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's ""Sully"", which was released in September 2016. He next reprised his role as Robert Langdon in ""Inferno"" (2016), and co-starred alongside Emma Watson in the 2017 science fiction drama ""The Circle"". He voiced David S. Pumpkins in ""The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special"", which aired October 28, 2017, on NBC, a character he had portrayed in episodes"
"and the Restless"" on November 27, 2007. Waring was born in Ballston Spa, New York on April 28, 1955. Todd Waring Todd Waring (born April 28, 1955) is an American actor, best known for replacing Tom Hanks in the roles in both the television series version of ""Nothing in Common"", as well as ""Splash, Too"". He has played minor roles in various films and television series, including ""The Stiller and Meara Show"", ""Wings"" and """". In 2007, he appeared in the short films ""Wilted"", ""Dr. In Law"", ""Spaghetti"", ""Catch"", ""Oh, Boy."", and ""Keep Off Grass"", which were made during the"
"Michael Higgs Michael Higgs (born 14 February 1962) is a British actor best known for prominent roles in two long-running television series: Eddie Santini in ITV1's ""The Bill"", and Andy Hunter in ""EastEnders"" and his 8 episode stretch as Dr Thomas Waugh in ""Bad Girls"". He is married to actress Caroline Catz, whom he met on the set of ""The Bill"". They have a son who was born in 2001 and a daughter who was born in 2006. In 2012–2014 Higgs played Michael Clarke in the BBC sci-fi fantasy series ""Wizards vs Aliens"". In 2015 he appeared in an advertisement"
"park. When her mom, Sharon (Susan Lynch), loses custody, Emily refuses to live with her father and convinces David to help her hide in a cave. While he brings Emily supplies and keeps her secret, the police investigate her disappearance -- and soon uncover Emily's relationship with her mother's boyfriend, Steve (Rafe Spall), igniting David's jealousy. The Scouting Book for Boys The Scouting Book for Boys is a 2009 British drama-thriller film directed by Tom Harper, produced by Ivana MacKinnon, and written by Jack Thorne. It stars Thomas Turgoose, Holliday Grainger, Rafe Spall, Susan Lynch, Tony Maudsley, and Steven Mackintosh."
"at the Cannes Film Festival for Ken Loach's ""The Wind That Shakes the Barley"" and Andrea Arnold's ""Red Road"". Ruby Films (2007-2012) In 2007, Trijbits joined Alison Owen's London-based production company Ruby Films (established in 1999) as a partner. Credits at Ruby include ""Jane Eyre"", directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench; ""Tamara Drewe"" (Official Selection – 2010 Cannes Film Festival), directed by Stephen Frears, starring Gemma Arterton; and ""Saving Mr Banks"" for Disney, starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks. He executive produced ""Toast"", based on the book by Nigel Slater, starring Helena Bonham"