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Mary Poppins (1964)

DIRECTOR

  • Robert Stevenson

Lead Actor(s)

  • Julie Andrews
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  • Dick Van Dyke

Release Year

  • 1964

Language

  • English

SYNOPSIS

  • A magical nanny arrives to bring joy and adventure to the Banks children, combining live-action and animation in a timeless musical classic.

Fun Facts

1. VFX artists have created more impossible camera angles than actual cameras could ever achieve.

2. They’ve made actors fly, teleport, and shape-shift but still can’t make them show up on time.

3. Artists have rendered more fictional creatures than zoologists have discovered real ones.

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Chennai

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Mount Poonamalle Road, Porur,
Chennai, TamilNadu -600116.

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