Dec 7th
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*
(GB 1968)
An eccentric single father restores a car with supposed magical properties that enable it to rescue children from a faraway land where they are outlawed.
Lumpy semi-fantasy musical, overblown like many such of the late 60s, with holes you could fly a car through but some occasionally good tunes and a catchy theme song. Probably works better on the stage (as it later became) than on the screen.
Written by: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, based on the novel by Ian Fleming.
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli.
Director: Ken Hughes.
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice, Gert Frobe, Benny Hill, Robert Helpmann (as the Child Catcher), Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Anna Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Arthur Mullard, Desmond Llewellyn, Victor Maddern.
Photography: Christopher Challis.
Music: Irwin Kostal.
Songs: Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman.
Production Design: Ken Adam.
Preceded by:
One Man Band**
(GB 1965. Romulus. 11n. bw; A one-man band act replaces his conductor hero and briefly becomes an international success. Quirky mixture of Tatiesque silent comedy with 60s modernity, not always an easy match, from a director better known for animation.; w: Stan Hayward; d: Bob Godfrey; s: Bruce Lacey, Valentine Dyall, Joe McGrath.)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*
(GB 1968)
An eccentric single father restores a car with supposed magical properties that enable it to rescue children from a faraway land where they are outlawed.
Lumpy semi-fantasy musical, overblown like many such of the late 60s, with holes you could fly a car through but some occasionally good tunes and a catchy theme song. Probably works better on the stage (as it later became) than on the screen.
Written by: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, based on the novel by Ian Fleming.
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli.
Director: Ken Hughes.
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice, Gert Frobe, Benny Hill, Robert Helpmann (as the Child Catcher), Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Anna Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Arthur Mullard, Desmond Llewellyn, Victor Maddern.
Photography: Christopher Challis.
Music: Irwin Kostal.
Songs: Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman.
Production Design: Ken Adam.
Preceded by:
One Man Band**
(GB 1965. Romulus. 11n. bw; A one-man band act replaces his conductor hero and briefly becomes an international success. Quirky mixture of Tatiesque silent comedy with 60s modernity, not always an easy match, from a director better known for animation.; w: Stan Hayward; d: Bob Godfrey; s: Bruce Lacey, Valentine Dyall, Joe McGrath.)
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