Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (née Wells; born 1 October 1935) is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honours.
Andrews is a former child actress and singer who made her Broadway debut in a 1954 production of The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations. In 1957, she made her television debut with the title role in Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers.
Andrews made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her second Academy Award nomination for The Sound of Music (1965). Adjusted for inflation, these two films are the 25th and 3rd highest grossing films of all time, respectively. From 1964 to 1967, Andrews was the biggest film star in the world, with the additional box office successes of her films The Americanization of Emily, Hawaii, Torn Curtain, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Plot
When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.
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Where her book ended, their story began.
[from trailer]::P.L. Travers: No, no, no, no, no! "Responstible" is not a word!::Richard Sherman: We made it up.::P.L. Travers: Well, un-make it up.::Richard Sherman: [quickly hides sheet music to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."]
[from trailer]::Ralph: Welcome, Mrs. P.L. Travers, to the city of angels.::P.L. Travers: It smells... of...::Ralph: Jasmine?::P.L. Travers: Chlorine, and sweat.
[from trailer]::Don DaGradi: Introducing, the creator of our beloved Mary!::P.L. Travers: Poppins! Never, ever just Mary. Now where is Mr. Disney?
[from trailer]::Walt Disney: Well, Pamela Travers! You can't tell how excited I am to finally meet you...::P.L. Travers: Would you mind? My name is MRS. Travers, Mr. Disney.::Walt Disney: Oh, Walt, now, you gotta call me Walt.
[from trailer]::P.L. Travers: [On Walt Disney adapting Mary Poppins] I know what he's going to do to her. She'll be cavorting, and twinkling.
[from trailer]::P.L. Travers: Stop! Mary Poppins is not for sale! I won't have her turned into one of your silly cartoons.::Walt Disney: Says the woman who sent a flying nanny with a talking umbrella to save the children?::P.L. Travers: You think Mary has come to save the children?::[Walt and the other filmmakers are stunned silent]::P.L. Travers: Oh, dear! [Walks away]
[Travers sees Disney character plush dolls in her room, including one of Winnie the Pooh]::P.L. Travers: Poor A. A. Milne.
Porter: Would you like me to unpack for you, ma'am?::P.L. Travers: Young man, if it is your wish to handle ladies' undergarments, I suggest you take employment in a launderette.
[Peter discovers Dudley shagging a young woman in his dressing room when he should be getting ready to go on stage]::Peter Cook: If you *do* decide to come on stage, Dudley, make sure you take her off your penis first.
Dudley Moore: Is my entire contribution to this show going to consist of my humiliating myself?::Peter Cook: No, Dudley. We'll do that for you.::Dudley Moore: Thank you. I wouldn't want to be appreciated or anything.::Peter Cook: Well, we initially tried looking up to you, Dudley... but when we did, we invariably found ourselves looking down.
Eleanor Bron: Sorry, sir. The club's full.::Upper Class Man: But I have an invitation. Do you know who I am?::Peter Cook: [to the people in the queue] Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. May I have everyone's attention for a moment? This gentleman doesn't seem to know who he is. If anyone here recognises this man, can you come to the front of the queue and tell him his name.::Upper Class Man: Fuck you!::Peter Cook: You'll have to queue for that, too, I'm afraid, sir. There's a £5 waiting list.
Dudley Moore: Why do you constantly belittle me?::Peter Cook: Dudley, I don't think it's possible to belittle a club-footed dwarf whose only talent is to play Chopsticks in the style of Debussy.
Wendy Snowden: Everything happens for a purpose. Go with the flow.::Peter Cook: I've enjoyed the plughole immensely. I can't wait for the drain.::Wendy Snowden: It's really weird that this has happened when it has. I'm pregnant.::Dudley Moore: I think that was the U-bend, Pete.
Dudley Moore: You have a generous heart.::Peter Cook: I do have a generous heart. I have a very generous heart. I recently caught it trying to give my liver to a wino.
Dudley Moore: Are you allergic to compassion?::Peter Cook: Only in suppository form.
[about to give a tribute to Dudley Moore on "This Is Your Life"]::Alan Bennett: They wanted a glowing accolade. But I said "No. I'll do an amusing anecdote" - because glowing accolades tend to sound so insincere.::Peter Cook: ...Especially when they are.
Peter Cook: The BBC want another series.::Dudley Moore: Oh good. I'll make it up, you write it down, take all the money, take all the credit, then turn up drunk, and I'll make it all up again.
[1978: sketch prompted by the recent death of Pope John Paul I]::Peter Cook: Hello, mother.::Dudley Moore: [falsetto] Hello, son.::Peter Cook: Did you go to the Pope's funeral?::Dudley Moore: [falsetto] Yeah, I did. It was lovely.::Peter Cook: The way they laid out the Pope was beautiful.::Dudley Moore: [falsetto] Oh yes, son.::Peter Cook: Looking at that dead Pope gave me the horn.::Dudley Moore: [falsetto, shocked] No!::Peter Cook: Yeah, I got so horny seeing him lying in state, I had to have a wank.::Dudley Moore: [corpses]::Peter Cook: Yeah. I came all over the Pope - right across his face.::Dudley Moore: [corpses]
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After her husband unexpectedly leaves her, Grace Beasley (Kathy Bates) spontaneously travels to Great Britain to attend the funeral of Victor Fox, a singer she adored. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, played by Rupert Everett, and convinces him to return to Chicago with her to find the singer's killer. Guest appearance by Julie Andrews.
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If love takes no prisoners, somebody forgot to tell them.
Maudey: Nobody messes with a dwarf in a red raincoat.
Lady in Plane: Julie Andrews is in the cockpit.::Man in Plane: THANK GOD.
Julie Andrews: OH, BUGGER OFF.
Dirk Simpson: Frump without a life.::Grace Beasley: Valet without a car.::Dirk Simpson: LIFE WITHOUT A POINT.
Grace Beasley: That's Tom Jones.::Nola Fox: Don't you think I'd know my own brother's voice?::Waitress: Actually, it's Tom Jones. I put the CD on myself.::Nola Fox: [slaps waitress across the face] SLUT.
Maudey: Is this rudeness deliberate, or are you just lacking in social skills?
Dirk Simpson: I don't believe in unconditional love, I mean, what is it anyway? Cut off my ears, steal my money and I'll love you anyway?::Grace Beasley: Yes, and more.::Dirk Simpson: More?::Grace Beasley: You don't have to love me back.
Victor Fox: I have sex with other men, but I sleep with you.
Nola Fox: We love gay youth.
Officer Jones: [after discovering Maudey and Dirk making out and then Finding Grace] What are you doing?::Grace Beasley: I'm watching them!
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Shannon's unmistakable comedy antics are in full effect in this collection of sketches from SNL's wild alumna. Laugh along with her fearlessly funny characters like brazen schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher and Joyologist Helen Madden. Plus, see sketches that were cut after dress rehearsal.