Mary Poppins is a 1964 musical film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, produced by Walt Disney, and based on the Mary Poppins books series by P. L. Travers with illustrations by Mary Shepard. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, with songs by the Sherman Brothers. It was shot at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mary Poppins and the film also won Oscars for Best Film Editing, Original Music Score, Best Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and Best Visual... Effects, and received a total of 13 nominations. The film opens with Mary Poppins perched in a cloud high above London in Spring 1910. The action descends to Earth where Bert , a Cockney jack-of-all-trades is performing as a one-man band at a park entrance. The spectators watching him include: Ms. Persimmon , Miss Lark and Mrs. Corry . He suddenly senses that his good friend is about to return.
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| Release date: | August 27, 1964 |
| Directed by: | Robert Stevenson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 140 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Editor: | Cotton Warburton |
| Music by: | Irwin Kostal |
| Cinematography: | Edward Colman |
| Screenplay by: | Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Mary Poppins |
| Genre: | Musical, Fantasy, Comedy |