| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 32 pages collectable storybook. |
| 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 Fröbe, Anna Quale, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. |
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Based on the book by Ian Fleming. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| 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, backfires. 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 |
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 colloring pages. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Widescreen version enhanced for widescreen TVs ; Standard version -- Sing-along features (English only) -- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Musical sneak peek -- Language: English 5.1 audio -- Subtitles: English. Disc 2. Special features: "Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" with Dick Van Dyke documentary -- "A Fantasmagorical Motorcar" featurette -- Read-along storybook feature -- Sherman Brothers song demos -- "The Ditchling Tinkerer" featurette -- Original Dick Van Dyke interview -- The Potts Children's featurette -- Vintage advertising gallery -- 2 interactive games -- DVD-ROM features. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Automobiles -- Drama.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Children's films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Broccoli, Albert R., 1909-1996.
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Dahl, Roald.
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Hughes, Ken, 1922-2001.
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Van Dyke, Dick.
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Howes, Sally Ann.
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Jeffries, Lionel.
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Fröbe, Gert, 1913-1988.
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Quayle, Anna.
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Hill, Benny, 1925-1992.
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Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986.
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Ripley, Heather, 1959-
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Hall, Adrian, 1959-
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Challis, Christopher.
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Pottle, Harry.
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Shirley, John.
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Sherman, Richard M., 1928-
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Sherman, Robert B.
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Bridge, Joan, 1912-2009
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Haffenden, Elizabeth, 1906-1976.
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Adams, Ken, 1921-
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Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Dramatic Features.
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Warfield (Firm)
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792858840 |
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9780792858843 |
| Standard No. |
027616898159 |
| Music No. |
1005540 MGM Home Entertainment |
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