After a long wait, the Walt Disney Pictures has finally announced that the home video edition of The Return of Mary Poppins, direct film from Rob Marshall and representing the direct follow-up of Mary Poppins released in 1964, it is now available in both blu-ray and DVD.
The extra content shows the making of Mary Poppins Returns going behind the scenes to learn more about the cast and crew who made it possible to realize the work. There will be a tour along Viale dei Ciliegi with the actor of the first Mary Poppins, Dick van dykeAlso featured in the sequel, a sing-along version of the film that includes the thrilling Oscar-nominated track "The Place Where It Hides," blooper, director's commentary, and deleted scenes and songs. Thanks to the extra contents you will be able to appreciate all the magic and courage needed to design and create musical scenes on such a large scale as "You Can Light Up The World At Party", a pressing number of singing and dancing starring Jack and his colleagues. lamplighted. If “Royal Doulton Music Hall” and “The Dress Does Not Make a Monk” show the incredible talent of the protagonists Emily Blunt e Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Over-Under” is an upside-down sequence with Maryl Streep as Topsy, Mary Poppins' eccentric cousin and "What a Stupendosa Idea!" instead it tells an underwater adventure of Mary Poppins with the little Banks.
In case you don't know it, Mary Poppins Returns is set in London during the Great Depression of the 30s, twenty-four years after the events of the original film. Michael Banks works in the same bank where his father worked and still lives at 17 Viale dei Ciliegi with his three children Annabel, Georgie and John and the maid Ellen. Continuing the tradition inaugurated by their mother, Jane Banks fights for workers' rights and helps Michael's family. When the family suffers a personal loss, Mary Poppins magically returns to the Banks' life and, with Jack's help, helps them regain the joie de vivre and a sense of wonder.
