Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Albert R. Broccoli presents ; screenplay by Roald Dahl & Ken Hughes ; producer, Albert R. Broccoli ; directed by Ken Hughes.

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Crackpot inventor Caractacus Potts lives in the English countryside with his two children and their dotty grandfather. Potts's various inventions, including Toot Sweets, a candy/whistle, backfire, but then Potts restores a junked race car, affectionately named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Chitty flies...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Motion picture)
MGM family entertainment.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Broccoli, Albert R., 1909-1996
Dahl, Roald
Hughes, Ken, 1922-2001
Van Dyke, Dick
Howes, Sally Ann
Jeffries, Lionel
Fröbe, Gert, 1913-1988
Quayle, Anna
Hill, Benny, 1925-1992
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
Ripley, Heather, 1959-
Hall, Adrian, 1959-
Challis, Christopher
Pottle, Harry
Shirley, John, 1922-
Sherman, Richard M., 1928-
Sherman, Robert B.
Bridge, Joan, 1912-2009
Haffenden, Elizabeth, 1906-1976
Adam, Ken, 1921-2016
Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003], ©1968.
Edition:Special edition.
Series:MGM family entertainment.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Fleming, Ian, > 1908-1964 > Film adaptations.
Automobiles > Drama.
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Drama.
Fleming, Ian, > 1908-1964.
Automobiles.
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 32 pages collectable storybook.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Crackpot inventor Caractacus Potts lives in the English countryside with his two children and their dotty grandfather. Potts's various inventions, including Toot Sweets, a candy/whistle, backfire, but then Potts restores a junked race car, affectionately named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Chitty flies, floats, and generally thwarts efforts by Baron Bomburst to capture her.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
Based on the book by Ian Fleming.
Special features: Disc 1: feature presentations; sing-along feature; "Chitty the musical" sneak peak -- Disc 2: "Remembering 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' with Dick Van Dyke documentary; "A fantasmagorical motorcar" featurette; read-along feature; Sherman Brother song demos; "The ditchling tinkerer" featurette; original Dick Van Dyke interview; The Pott's children's featurette; vintage advertising gallery; 2 interactive games; DVD-ROM printable coloring pages."
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ8 D0031407 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: G.
ISBN:0792858840
9780792858843
0792839749
9780792839743
Credits:Cinematographer, Christopher Challis ; art director, Harry Pottle ; editor, John Shirley ; music and lyrics, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman ; costume designers, Joan Bridge, Elizabeth Haffenden ; production designer, Ken Adams.
System Details:DVD; Region 1; NTSC; Widescreen (2.20:1) and full screen presentations; 5.1 Dolby Digital, high definition transfer.
Cast:
Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall.