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This 1964 film won Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Song & Best Special Visual Effects. Producer Walt Disney considered Mary Poppins his highest achievement throughout a career that earned him more Oscars than anyone else (hundreds). The musical score by Disney's composers Richard & Robert Sherman include unforgettable songs: "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Chim Chim Cheree," "Feed the Birds," "Let's Go Fly a Kite," & "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." Mary Poppins is among the greatest children's films I've ever seen. Mary Poppins (soprano Julie Andrews) is a perfect nanny with special powers. The VHS includes a near flawless mix of live action & animation. The film's musical score is superb, as well. The script, based on P.L. Travers book, is meticulous. Beginning with a British mother & father (Johns & Tomlinson), who decide to place an ad for another nanny for their 2 precocious children, Jane & Michael Banks (Dotrice & Garber), the children write their own ad, which their father tears up & burns in their fireplace. The pieces mysteriously ascend up the chimney flue & into the hands of Mary Poppins. The next day, she glides down from the sky by way of her magic umbrella answering the children's ad. The magic of the film begins almost immediately. Poppins (Andrews) is no typical nanny. The children can't outdo her as they have every other nanny, for one thing. To captivate their wild imaginations, Poppins takes them on magical adventures even as she teaches the Banks children British etiquette. Bert (Van Dyke) the chimney sweep accompanies Poppins & the children on a holiday to a an animated world with penguins, who serve tea on a carousel with live horses. They meet Uncle Albert (Wynn), whose laughter causes everyone to levitate. Jane Darwell plays her final role as the most beloved Bird Lady who captures Michael's conscience in such a way that his refusal to abide by her banker father's wishes causes delightful chaos~Read full review
I bought the product after seeing the recent movie Saving Mr. Banks. I realized that this movie was one of the few Disney movies I did not own. I was actually looking for a pristine copy of the movie for posterity The other criteria was it had to be an old version. I just received it and the product looks brand new sealed in plastic with clamshell cover. The product is just as advertised. I have not been disappointed with products purchase on EBAY.
I have always liked the story but have never purchased the movie. It was one of my kids favorite movies.