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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) was a Musical - Comedy Film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Stanley Sopel.

Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)

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Best Music - SongMusic and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. ShermanNominated
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Musical Monday: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

on Dec 19, 2022 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Chitty Chitty Ban Bang (1968... Read full article


Hayley Mills & The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Windmill

By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 10, 2018 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Every fan of the 1968 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remembers inventor Caractacus Potts' beautiful workshop, but what many do not know is that the windmill where it was filmed was once owned by Hayley Mills, the star of numerous Walt Disney films of the 1960s. In 1967, producer Albert "Cubby" Br... Read full article


Baron von Bomburst of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on May 20, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I vaaahnt dat caaar!" When Baron von Bomburst wants something you can be sure he'll get it, for his minions will go to any length to satisfy the childish whims of their dictator, or else.....their heads would roll! Baron von Bomburst is different than your usual villain because he doesn't look d... Read full article


Baron von Bomburst of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on May 20, 2016 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"I vaaahnt dat caaar!" When Baron von Bomburst wants something you can be sure he'll get it, for his minions will go to any length to satisfy the childish whims of their dictator, or else.....their heads would roll! Baron von Bomburst is different than your usual villain because he doesn't look d... Read full article


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 ) - The Story of the Motorcar

By The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 24, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

The Classic Movie Blog Association is currently hosting the Planes, Trains and Automobiles blogathon from Oct. 19-24th and we decided to take a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most iconic movie cars ever built - Chitty. In 1967, Albert "Cubby" Broccoli assembled a stellar cast and crew to fil... Read full article


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Quotes from

Caractacus Pott: Do you think Coggins might do a deal, so much a week?
Grandpa: Coggins? That lives down the road? Sure. He wouldn't light your pipe if his house was on fire.


Lord Scrumptious: Time's up. Had your chance. Muffed it. Good morning.


Child Catcher: Let me tell you something, Toymaker. This nose of mine has never failed me. And if there *are* children here, my friend... you will die.
[laughs maniacally]


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Whilst filming one of the scenes where the Child Catcher rides his horse and carriage out of the village, the Cage/Carriage uptilted with Robert Helpmann on board. Dick Van Dyke recalls Helpmann being able to swing out of the carriage and literally skip across the crashing vehicle. Van Dyke claims Helpmann did this with incredible grace and much like a dancer - which was Helpmann's original claim to fame.
Heather Ripley recalled that she did not realize until much later that Dick Van Dyke was an alcoholic when the film was made.
The first non-Disney film to feature songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
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