tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post446656366406354195..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': American Hustle and Saving Mr Banks - movie reviewsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61967428871016829162014-05-19T17:12:28.134+01:002014-05-19T17:12:28.134+01:00Thanks for these comments. J, I didnt' know th...Thanks for these comments. J, I didnt' know that - interesting. Poor old Shermans!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-73383161697283801362014-05-17T17:19:12.801+01:002014-05-17T17:19:12.801+01:00Travers hated the Disney film so much that she onl...Travers hated the Disney film so much that she only sold the stage rights on the condition (repeated in her will) that only English-born writers–-no Americans, particularly anyone involved with the film production-–were to be directly involved in the creative process of the stage musical. So some of the Sherman brothers songs were retained, but everything else is newly written, even though the Shermans were both still alive at the time.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679605532704204031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-82713910955272795882014-05-12T21:34:55.033+01:002014-05-12T21:34:55.033+01:00I enjoyed Saving Mr Banks much more than I was exp...I enjoyed Saving Mr Banks much more than I was expecting to - I thought it was highly entertaining, and told a proper story, it was well worked-out. Obviously the story was smoothed out for the film, but looking it up afterwards it didn't seem too far from the truth...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-15926706737026077442014-05-12T16:51:36.604+01:002014-05-12T16:51:36.604+01:00I agree about American Hustle. Found I was most me...I agree about American Hustle. Found I was most mesmerised by the clothes and hair. The hair stylist alone deserved an Oscar.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.com