Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [1968]

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical adventure fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car. This new production will be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat), Orchestrations and Musical Supervision by George Dyer (The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Billy Elliot) and casting by Debbie O’Brien. The family escape thanks to Chitty's miraculous transformation into a boat, and Truly goes home to Scrumptious Manor ("Lovely Lonely Man"). In the mid-1910s in rural England, Jemima and Jeremy, the two young children of widowed unsuccessful inventor Caractacus Potts, become enthralled by the wreck of a champion racecar.

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An educational PC game titled Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventure in Tinkertown was released in October 1996. Time began its review by stating the film is a "picture for the ages—the ages between five and twelve", and ended by noting that "At a time when violence and sex are the dual sellers at the box office, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang looks better than it is simply because it's not not all all bad bad. Some of the songs were edited to accommodate the time constraints of a standard 12-inch LP and help create a fluid listening experience. The first two releases used the original LP masters, rather than going back to the original movie masters to compile a more complete soundtrack album with underscoring and complete versions of songs. No definitive release of the original film soundtrack featuring the performances that lock to picture without the dialogue and effects can be made, as the original isolated scoring session recordings were lost or discarded when United Artists merged its archives.

By April 1967, Ken Hughes was set to direct the film from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, [14] and Hughes claimed he subsequently rewrote Dahl's script.

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Mattel Toys produced a replica with different features, while Aurora produced a detailed hobby kit of the car.The family escape thanks to Chitty's miraculous transformation into a boat, and Truly goes home to Scrumptious Manor (" Lovely Lonely Man"). Also worth a look for the younger ones is a featurette on the original car, which still runs today - thanks to a clown! The following July, it was announced the film would be produced by Broccoli, without Harry Saltzman, who was his producing partner on the James Bond films. Filmink stated: "It's a gorgeous looking movie with divine sets, a fabulous cast and cheerful songs; it's also, like so many late '60s musicals, far too long and would have been better at a tight 90 minutes.