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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Full Screen Edition)
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls start your engines. You're about to take an incredible ride with one of the most wonderful family films of all time! Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never looked or sounded better. Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, who creates an extraordinary car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It not only drives but also flies and floats as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure.
User Submitted Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Full Screen Edition) Reviews
February 13, 2010
CLASSIC FAMILY FUN
I have loved this movie since I was 3 and my 3 year old son, who calls it Choo Choo Bang Bang, lets me watch it apx. 10 times per month. I must sing "You Two" to him.
February 5, 2010
A classic never dies
Glad to find this movie for my 4yr old. I liked it when I was a kid.
January 20, 2010
A children's classic every bit as good as anything Disney ever did
I have to imagine this screenplay and some songs were pitched to Disney for a live-action production (or perhaps one that mixed in animation, like 'Mary Poppins' and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'), but most likely Disney balked at the high price. The critical reaction to this film upon release in the US was to quite an extent negative. But I loved it as a child and I still love it. Here is why:
1. It integrates fantasy, some of it a bit scary, into real outdoor settings--instead of the matte paintings, animation, and Hollywood sets that Disney used.
2. That car. It's the most beautiful old car you will ever see in a film except perhaps the one in 'The Reivers' (from about the same time period in film making too).
3. Dick van Dyke. He gets a real lead role in a musical romance. He could sing, he could really really dance, and he could act.
4. Sally Ann Howes never got the fame of Julie Andrews, but she is a better singer and actor, with more screen presence and warmth.
5. This film is an adaptation of an Ian Fleming story. Fleming's book is a nice piece of whimsy for children, but this film's screenplay marries that whimsy to a much more elaborate plot, one Roald Dahl helped concoct (and he knew how to keep children's stories interesting for children and adults).
This, along with Willy Wonka, are two films that outdid Disney, even if the American critical reception was mixed. They just didn't get it. But audiences did, which is why this film and Willy Wonka are holiday classics.
January 8, 2010
Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang
Movie arrived within time frame given but would have liked a more prompt arrival. DVD in very good shape. No problems.
December 28, 2009
fast shipping great movie
order chitty chitty bang bang for my niece. arrived on time in great condition
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