Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Main Title - WIDESCREEN

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Description: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers, based on Ian Fleming's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car. It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli, best known as co-producer of the James Bond series of films, also based on Fleming's novels. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Christopher Challis. The film appears to take place sometime in the 1900s or the 1910s, but no dates are specified. The title credits feature the racing career of a car which won every Grand Prix in sight. Eventually, the car crashes, ending its racing career, and the first scene in the film shows Jeremy and Jemima Potts playing on the wrecked car in the junkyard of Mr. Coggins. A thoroughly unpleasant man arrives and wishes to buy the car; Coggins agrees, much to the disappointment of the children. On the way home, the children meet the beautiful Truly, who demands to know why they are not in school. She takes them home to their windmill, where she is introduced to their eccentric father, Caratacus, who is about to make an attempt to fly. She also meets the equally eccentric Grandpa Potts, who, resplendent in soldiers' uniform, explains to Truly that he is going for "a cup of tea with the Maharaja", before disappearing into a small hut at the far end of the garden. Truly shows interest in Caratacus Potts' eccentric inventions, but he is angered by her attempts to tell him that his children should be in school. Angrily, she leaves. Caratacus and his children prepare for tea, reflecting on what a wonderful family they are, ("You Two"). During tea, the children explain to Caratacus about the car, and he promises that he will try and get it, although he doesn't have nearly enough money. Edison, the family dog, discovers that the supposedly useless "sweets with holes in", made by Caratacus, can whistle. Caratacus goes to a local sweet shop the next day, and attempts to interest Lord Scrumptious- who turns out to be Truly's father, giving her the more-than-appropriate name, "Truly Scrumptious". He initially refuses to even look at the sweets, but eventually gives in, and finds he likes them, ("Toot Sweets"). However, the sound of the whistling attracts what appears to be every dog in the village, and they ruin all the factory's confectionary, causing Lord Scrumptious to reject the sweets after all- although we don't see this happen, it is obvious that it has, because in the next scene, Jeremy and Jemima try to comfort their father, and offer him their most precious things, to sell so that he can buy the car. He refuses to take them, and sings them to sleep, ("Hushabye Mountain"). Caratacus sees a funfair approaching, and decides to make another attempt to raise money for the car. He takes another of his eccentric inventions- the automatic hair-cutting machine- to the funfair and tries to use it to raise money. However, his first customer, Cyril, ends up looking terrible, and chases Caratacus all around the funfair. In order to escape from him, Caratacus disguises as one of the dancers in a musical revue, and manages remarkably well, even though he is always one step behind the others- he even manages to improvise some words, ("'Me 'Ole Bamboo"). The other dancers are so impressed that they give him all the money which the audience give them for the performances, and he returns home triumphantly, in the drivers' seat of the car. He manages to fix the car, and make it look as good as new, and he and the children, accompanied by Truly Scrumptious, whom they meet on the way, go for a picnic on the beach, ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"). They spend a very happy day on the beach, and Jeremy and Jemima reveal that they have come to love Truly Scrumptious- she has become fond of them as well, ("Truly Scrumptious").
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TheGiantRobot ::: Favorites  2007-11-19 19:16:53 One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies of all time. Thanks for posting it! __________________________________________________
nninchen91 ::: Favorites  2007-11-24 16:50:16 its so funny to look after movies i so much liked when i was a child like this one or mary poppins a great movie,too. thanks __________________________________________________