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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall. The film is based on the 1964 children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming, with a screenplay co-written by Hughes and Roald Dahl.
Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music for the film based on songs written by the Sherman Brothers, Richard and Robert, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The film's title song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 41st Academy Awards.
In 1910s rural England, two young children, Jemima and Jeremy, are enthralled by the wreck of a champion racecar. When they learn it is due to be scrapped, they vow to ask their father, widower and inventor Caractacus Potts, to save it. They shortly meet the beautiful and wealthy Truly Scrumptious, who drives them home to report their truancy to Caractacus; she leaves angered when he rejects her concerns. To raise money for the car, Caractacus attempts to sell one of his inventions, a musical candy whistle, to the large Scrumptious candy company, which Truly is heiress to; however, the sound attracts a horde of dogs, ruining his sales pitch.
That evening, Caractacus goes to a carnival and attempts to raise money instead with an automatic hair-cutting machine. Fleeing a furious customer whose hair is accidentally ruined by the machine, Caractacus joins a song-and-dance act. He earns enough money in tips to buy the car and rebuilds it, naming it "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" after its unusual engine sounds. For their first trip in the car, Caractacus and the children go to a beach to have a picnic. They are joined by Truly and enjoy their time together. Caractacus then tells the children a story.
Baron Bomburst, ruler of the land of Vulgaria, attempts to steal Chitty while it is stranded by high tide. The family escapes thanks to Chitty's sudden transformation into a boat, and Caractacus returns Truly to Scrumptious manor; she finds she has fallen in love with Caractacus. The Baron sends two spies to get the car. During one attempt, the spies accidentally kidnap Truly's father, Lord Scrumptious, and his valet; they take advantage of the blunder by disguising themselves as English gentlemen, hoping to kidnap Caractacus. Arriving at Caractacus' home, they mistake Grandpa Potts for him. The spies take Grandpa's outhouse with him inside using Bomburst's airship and the Vulgarian party flies away. When Caractacus, Truly, and the children follow them, Chitty sprouts wings and propellers, and Caractacus flies the car to Vulgaria.
Grandpa is taken to Bomburst's castle, where the Baron has imprisoned other elderly inventors, and ordered to make another floating car. When the Potts party arrives in the neighbouring village, they learn that children have been outlawed in Vulgaria as Bomburst's wife, the Baroness, abhors them. The local Toymaker hides the group in his shop from Bomburst's soldiers and Child Catcher. Chitty is discovered and taken to the castle. While Caractacus and the Toymaker survey the castle, and Truly searches for food, the Child Catcher returns and kidnaps Jeremy and Jemima. The Toymaker takes Caractacus and Truly to a grotto beneath the castle where the townspeople have been hiding their children; there, Caractacus concocts a scheme to free Vulgaria from the tyranny of the Bombursts.
The next day during Bomburst's birthday, the Toymaker sneaks Caractacus and Truly into the castle disguised as lifelike dolls that sing and dance. At Caractacus' signal, the Vulgarian children swarm the banquet hall, overcome Bomburst's guests, and capture the Baron, Baroness, and Child Catcher. The Vulgarian townsfolk storm the castle, while Caractacus, Truly, and the Toymaker free Jemima and Jeremy. The group joins the fight against Bomburst's soldiers; Chitty comes to their aid, and Grandpa is rescued. With the battle won, the Potts party bid farewell to the Vulgarians and fly home to England.
As Caractacus' story concludes, the children ask if it ends with him and Truly married, but Caractacus does not answer. He later apologizes for his children when he takes Truly home, saying that the difference in their social status would make a relationship between them unfeasible, offending Truly. Returning home, Caractacus is surprised to encounter Truly's father Lord Scrumptious, who is revealed to have been Grandpa Potts' former brigadier. Lord Scrumptious offers to buy Caractacus' failed candies and market them to the public as dog treats. Overjoyed, Caractacus rushes off to tell Truly, whose house staff has already told her the news, and she meets him halfway. They confess their love for each other, and as they return home, Chitty flies up into the sky without wings.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall. The film is based on the 1964 children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming, with a screenplay co-written by Hughes and Roald Dahl.
Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music for the film based on songs written by the Sherman Brothers, Richard and Robert, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The film's title song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 41st Academy Awards.
In 1910s rural England, two young children, Jemima and Jeremy, are enthralled by the wreck of a champion racecar. When they learn it is due to be scrapped, they vow to ask their father, widower and inventor Caractacus Potts, to save it. They shortly meet the beautiful and wealthy Truly Scrumptious, who drives them home to report their truancy to Caractacus; she leaves angered when he rejects her concerns. To raise money for the car, Caractacus attempts to sell one of his inventions, a musical candy whistle, to the large Scrumptious candy company, which Truly is heiress to; however, the sound attracts a horde of dogs, ruining his sales pitch.
That evening, Caractacus goes to a carnival and attempts to raise money instead with an automatic hair-cutting machine. Fleeing a furious customer whose hair is accidentally ruined by the machine, Caractacus joins a song-and-dance act. He earns enough money in tips to buy the car and rebuilds it, naming it "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" after its unusual engine sounds. For their first trip in the car, Caractacus and the children go to a beach to have a picnic. They are joined by Truly and enjoy their time together. Caractacus then tells the children a story.
Baron Bomburst, ruler of the land of Vulgaria, attempts to steal Chitty while it is stranded by high tide. The family escapes thanks to Chitty's sudden transformation into a boat, and Caractacus returns Truly to Scrumptious manor; she finds she has fallen in love with Caractacus. The Baron sends two spies to get the car. During one attempt, the spies accidentally kidnap Truly's father, Lord Scrumptious, and his valet; they take advantage of the blunder by disguising themselves as English gentlemen, hoping to kidnap Caractacus. Arriving at Caractacus' home, they mistake Grandpa Potts for him. The spies take Grandpa's outhouse with him inside using Bomburst's airship and the Vulgarian party flies away. When Caractacus, Truly, and the children follow them, Chitty sprouts wings and propellers, and Caractacus flies the car to Vulgaria.
Grandpa is taken to Bomburst's castle, where the Baron has imprisoned other elderly inventors, and ordered to make another floating car. When the Potts party arrives in the neighbouring village, they learn that children have been outlawed in Vulgaria as Bomburst's wife, the Baroness, abhors them. The local Toymaker hides the group in his shop from Bomburst's soldiers and Child Catcher. Chitty is discovered and taken to the castle. While Caractacus and the Toymaker survey the castle, and Truly searches for food, the Child Catcher returns and kidnaps Jeremy and Jemima. The Toymaker takes Caractacus and Truly to a grotto beneath the castle where the townspeople have been hiding their children; there, Caractacus concocts a scheme to free Vulgaria from the tyranny of the Bombursts.
The next day during Bomburst's birthday, the Toymaker sneaks Caractacus and Truly into the castle disguised as lifelike dolls that sing and dance. At Caractacus' signal, the Vulgarian children swarm the banquet hall, overcome Bomburst's guests, and capture the Baron, Baroness, and Child Catcher. The Vulgarian townsfolk storm the castle, while Caractacus, Truly, and the Toymaker free Jemima and Jeremy. The group joins the fight against Bomburst's soldiers; Chitty comes to their aid, and Grandpa is rescued. With the battle won, the Potts party bid farewell to the Vulgarians and fly home to England.
As Caractacus' story concludes, the children ask if it ends with him and Truly married, but Caractacus does not answer. He later apologizes for his children when he takes Truly home, saying that the difference in their social status would make a relationship between them unfeasible, offending Truly. Returning home, Caractacus is surprised to encounter Truly's father Lord Scrumptious, who is revealed to have been Grandpa Potts' former brigadier. Lord Scrumptious offers to buy Caractacus' failed candies and market them to the public as dog treats. Overjoyed, Caractacus rushes off to tell Truly, whose house staff has already told her the news, and she meets him halfway. They confess their love for each other, and as they return home, Chitty flies up into the sky without wings.