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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[AC3 Thx] - DVD

SKU: 3475224 | Release Date: 11/10/1998

Rating: G for Child Classic

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Rating: G for Child Classic
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1968
Length: 145 minutes
Screen Formats: Full Screen
Genre: Musicals
Studio: Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Other Formats: DVD (Widescreen Dubbed Special) - $14.99
DVD (Fullscreen Subtitle AC3 Dolby) - $12.99

Synopsis

One of the stars of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke, is re-united with that film's composer and lyricist, Richard M.Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, in this big budget and bloodless children's fantasy musical, based on the children's book by James Bond author Ian Fleming. Van Dyke plays Caractacus Potts, a failed inventor who lives in a big house with his two children -- Jemima Heather Ripley and Jeremy Adrian Hall -- and eccentric father Lionel Jeffries. Potts has to raise 30 shillings so his children can buy a broken-down racing car from the junkyard. After a disastrous attempt to sell his invention of whistling sweets to Lord Scrumptious (James Robertson-Justice), the local candy maker, he finally gets enough money for the car by doing a Dick Van Dyke dance routine at the county fair. Potts takes the car and miraculously transforms the vehicle into a shiny new car named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. While on a picnic with the children and Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), Lord Scrumptious' beautiful daughter, Potts concocts a fantasy tale about the magical powers of the car, which can now float on water and fly. In the tale, Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) wants the car for himself and kidnaps the automobile and the inventor. But Bomburst captures Grandpa by mistake along with the wrong car, so Potts, Truly, and the children have to enlist Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on a rescue mission to Bomburst's lair to save Grandpa. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng/Fre

Screen Formats

Full Screen

Subtitle Languages

Eng/Fre

Additional Features

Optional singalong feature Dual layer for interruption, free playback New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack 4-page booklet featuring trivia and production notes Original theatrical trailer

Chapters

Scene Selections
0. Scene Selections
1. Logo/Main Title [6:30]
2. A Joyous Junker [:21]
3. A Lucky Lurch [2:07]
4. Presenting Potts! [1:58]
5. Car Trouble [3:05]
6. You Two [2:42]
7. A Sweet Discovery [1:44]
8. A Perfect Pitch [3:58]
9. Toot Sweets [2:56]
10. Treasured Gifts [1:00]
11. Hushabye Mountain [2:48]
12. A Hair-Razing Event! [:57]
13. Me Ol' Bam-Boo [5:43]
14. Chitty Is Saved! [:55]
15. Wearily Waiting [:50]
16. A Pretty Chitty! [2:55]
17. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [2:13]
18. A Pleasant Picnic [1:43]
19. Truly Scumptious [3:17]
20. Pirates Pounce! [2:01]
21. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Reprise [:21]
22. Spies! [1:44]
23. Lovely Lonely Man [1:51]
24. A Dynamite Plan! [3:04]
25. The Wrong Potts! [1:54]
26. Intermission [:48]
27. Chitty Files! [4:46]
28. Posh [:23]
29. Meeting Bomburst [3:00]
30. Roses Of Success [2:27]
31. Chitty To The Rescue [1:55]
32. Hide The Children! [:40]
33. Captured! [4:13]
34. A Secret Place [2:22]
35. Hushabye Reprise [:26]
36. Chu-Chi Face [3:36]
37. Doll On A Music Box [:04]
38. Truly Scrumptious Counterpoint [1:10]
39. Children Revolt [1:04]
40. A Scrumptious Ending! [3:49]

Cast

John Baskcomb - Chef
Max Bacon - Orchestra Leader
Peter Arne - Capt.of Guard
Gerald Campion - Minister
James Robertson-Justice - Lord Scrumptious
Desmond Llewelyn - Coggins
Victor Maddern - Junkman
Arthur Mullard - Big Man
Lionel Jeffries - Grandpa Potts
Alexander Dore - First Spy
Anna Quayle - Baroness Bomburst
Heather Ripley - Jemima
Bernard Spear - Second Spy
Totti Truman Taylor - Duchess
Larry Taylor - Lieutenant
Max Wall - Inventor
Dick Van Dyke - Caractacus Potts
Stanley Unwin - Chancellor
Barbara Windsor - Blonde
Richard Wattis - Secretary at Sweet Factory
Monte de Lyle - Minister
John Heawood
Ross Parker - Chef
Felix Felton - Minister
Gert Fr�be - Baron Bomburst
Adrian Hall - Jeremy Potts
Sally Ann Howes - Truly Scrumptious
Benny Hill - Toymaker
Robert Helpmann - Child Catcher
Davy Kaye - Admiral
Michael Darbyshire
Kenneth Waller
Totti Truman Taylor
Gerald Taylor - Inventors
James Robertson Justice - Lord Scrumptious
Sadie Corr� - Field Worker

Crew

Costume Designer: Elizabeth Haffenden
Screenwriter: Ken Hughes
Director: Ken Hughes
Musical Direction/Supervision: Irwin Kostal
Composer (Music Score): Irwin Kostal
Dialogue Writer: Richard Maibaum
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum
Choreography: Marc Breaux
Screenwriter: Roald Dahl
First Assistant Director: Gus Agosti
Sound/Sound Designer: John W. Mitchell ,Fred Hynes
Art Director: Harry Pottle
Composer (Music Score): Richard M. Sherman
Songwriter: Richard M. Sherman
Composer (Music Score): Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter: Robert B. Sherman
Editor: John Shirley
Special Effects: John Stears
Choreography: Dee Dee Wood
Production Designer: Ken Adam
Music Editor: Robin Clarke
Stunts: Vic Armstrong
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Costume Designer: Joan Bridge
Cinematographer: Christopher G. Challis
Book Author: Ian Fleming

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: AMG Review
Craig Butler , AMG

By the end of the 1960s, the financial failure of big-budget films like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang started the final descent of the traditional film musical. However, while it is hardly a classic, it is fondly remembered by many who grew up with it. The basic story ingredients -- crackpot inventor, beautiful love interest, magic car, exotic settings -- are perfectly fine, but somehow the mixture fails to gel. Part of the problem is the tone of the film, which is often overly arch or cloying. Much of the dialogue just doesn't work, and the film is much too long and never as inventive as it needs to be. The score is very hummable, with many numbers -- the title song, "Truly Scrumptious," "Hushabye Mountain," "Toot Sweets" -- that stay with the audience long after the movie is over. Although the kids are a bit much, Dick Van Dyke is appealing and handles the material well; his dancing is, as always, delightful. Sally Ann Howes is a lovely and charming Truly, and Anna Quayle makes the most of her brief supporting role. As the Child Catcher, Robert Helpmann is perhaps too disturbing for little ones. The special effects are not very impressive, but the scenery is quite attractive. There's enough here to make the film worth viewing, but overall it's a missed opportunity at a great family film. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

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