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Mary Poppins Returns
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In “Mary Poppins Returns,” Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives following a personal loss.
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep
Produced by: Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marc Platt
Screenplay by: David Magee
Story by: David Magee, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca
Based on: Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
Music by: Marc Shaiman
Cinematography: Dion Beebe
Edited by: Wyatt Smith
Production company: Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, Marc Platt Productions
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
Release date: November 29, 2018 (Dolby Theatre), December 19, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins.
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Jack, a cockney lamplighter and former apprentice of Bert from the original film.
Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks, Jane's younger brother and father of Annabel, John, and Georgie, who is a widower now working as a part-time teller at Fidelity Fiduciary Bank and is a struggling artist.
Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks, Michael's older sister and aunt to Annabel, John, and Georgie, who is now working as a union organizer.
Julie Walters as Ellen, long-time housekeeper for Michael and Jane.
Pixie Davies as Annabel Banks, Michael's daughter and Jane's niece.
Nathanael Saleh as John Banks, Michael's eldest son and Jane's nephew.
Joel Dawson as Georgie Banks, Michael's younger son and Jane's nephew.
Colin Firth as William "Weatherall" Wilkins, the corrupt new chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, Mr. Dawes Jr.'s nephew and Michael's boss.
Meryl Streep as Topsy, Mary Poppins's eccentric Eastern European cousin called Tatiana Antanasia Cositori Topotrepolovsky (“Topsy” for short) who runs a fix-it workshop in London.
David Warner as Admiral Boom, a retired naval officer now confined to a wheelchair.
Jim Norton as Mr. Binnacle, Boom's first mate.
Jeremy Swift as Hamilton Gooding, lawyer who is one of Wilkins' associates.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Templeton Frye, a lawyer who is one of Wilkins' associates.
Angela Lansbury as the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park.
Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Dawes Jr., the retired chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank and Wilkins’ uncle.
Noma Dumezweni as Miss Penny Farthing, Wilkins' secretary.
Sudha Bhuchar as Miss Lark, the Banks's neighbour who owns a dog.
Steve Nicolson as the Park Keeper.
Tarik Frimpong as Angus, Jack's fellow lamplighter.
Voices
Edward Hibbert as Mary Poppins' parrot umbrella.
Chris O'Dowd as Séamus the Coachman Dog, who is an Irish Setter in the animated Royal Doulton Hall sequence.
Mark Addy as Clyde the Horse in the animated Royal Doulton Music Hall sequence.
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