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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Family · Adventure · Fantasy · 1968

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

Movie details

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

“The most fantasmagorical musical entertainment in the history of everything!”

1968 Family · Adventure · Fantasy 2h 24m

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ken Hughes

Written by

Roald Dahl · Ken Hughes

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Caractacus Potts

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

Truly Scrumptious

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Grandpa Potts

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Baron Bomburst

Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

Baroness Bomburst

Benny Hill

Benny Hill

Toymaker

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Lord Scrumptious

Court is in session

Put Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.