Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

G

1968

2h 25m

Kids & Family

Musical

Fantasy

Adventure

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While truant from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), and his various oddball inventions, including the family's noisy rebuilt car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One day at the beach, Caractacus tells Truly and the children a fanciful fable about the villainous Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) and his evil designs on the Potts family car.

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Tom Milne

Time Out

06/24/2006

Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.

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Renata Adler

New York Times

05/09/2005

A fast, dense, friendly children's musical, with something of the joys of singing together on a team bus on the way to a game.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

3/4

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang contains about the best two-hour children's movie you could hope for, with a marvelous magical auto and lots of adventure and a nutty old grandpa and a mean Baron and some funny dances and a couple of [scary] moments.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

07/05/2023

3/5

…casting Van Dyke helps diffuse the Britishness of the whole enterprise, but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an ideal vehicle for him, and for everyone keen to connect with their own innocent youth…

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Judy Ludlum

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

03/03/2022

This is a good one to take the kiddies to before the holidays end. Mom and Pop will find it tolerable and that's all.

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

07/05/2018

Ken Hughes directs in the resolutely bright over- exclamatory tones of someone working hard to make the party go.

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Nelson M

@RT52233376 18h

I actually never saw this movie but just judging by the premise I know I'd absolutely hate it. That out dated, overly sweet, trying to be wacky cute British silliness thing. If it vaugely resembles Mary Poppins, and it seems to do so, I'm sure my assumption is correct.

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Briana I.

@Anaire May 15

Best movie ever made, simply my favorite classic and favorite childhood film. Can't wait to share it with my future kids.

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miranda o

@Rocky881 Jan 20

I love CHITTY CHITTY Bang Bang it was so much fun. The songs, the acting, and they scenery. It was all amazing I loved it and would watch it again.

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technicolour0 T

@Technicolour0 Dec 31

An absolute joy from start to finish. I saw this as a child when it first came out and the years haven’t diminished its appeal. Brilliant cast, a magical storyline, first rate songs (many of which are now classics) and a feast for the eye. A timeless classic.

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a b

@TheVoiceOfReason Dec 23

A classic movie for all of the family! That still holds up to today, catchy songs that will live with you a life time. Very underrated!!!

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Russ G

@RT78760655 Nov 28

I don't really have to spell out its alternative title, do I?

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Ken Hughes

Director

Dick Van Dyke

Caractacus Potts

Sally Ann Howes

Truly Scrumptious

Lionel Jeffries

Grandpa Potts

Gert Fröbe

Baron Bomburst

Anna Quayle

Baroness Bomburst

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Synopsis

While truant from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), and his various oddball inventions, including the family's noisy rebuilt car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One day at the beach, Caractacus tells Truly and the children a fanciful fable about the villainous Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) and his evil designs on the Potts family car.

Director: Ken Hughes
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Screenwriter: Roald Dahl
Distributor: CBS/Fox, United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, Time-Life Video, Fox
Production Co: Warfield, Dramatic Films
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1968, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2017
Runtime: 2h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)