Underplayed Gems

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang poster
Directed by
Ken Hughes
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, musical film, children's film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Runtime
2h 24m
Rated
G
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 747 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A widowed inventor restores a former race car with his children and the Caractacus Potts family friend Truly Scrumptious. The car can fly and float as they go on adventures to rescue Grandpa Potts from the evil Baron Bomburst.

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What happens

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, produced by Albert R. Broccoli, and starring 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 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 was released in the United Kingdom by United Artists on December 17, 1968, and in the United States on December 18. It was a critical success and was one of the highest-grossing films in the US for 1969. The film's title song was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, with a second Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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