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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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Film Albums: Big Hits from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the New Christy Minstrels

By The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 13, 2025 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

The MGM Classics channel aired Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) this afternoon and that was so enjoyable to watch that I followed up the pleasure by listening to the album "Big Hits from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" released by Columbia records. There were many Chitty albums released after the film became... Read full article


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


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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.


Truly Scrumptious: I've never been...
Caractacus Pott: Spoken to like that? Well, maybe it's about time!


Truly Scrumptious: [referring to helping the children] It's a beautiful dream Caractacus but, I don't see how it's gonna help them.
[Truly looks at the children around them and Caractacus stands up]
Caractacus Pott: [confident] You know what we're gonna do? We're gonna get up into that castle!
Toymaker: [incredulous] It is impossible!
Caractacus Pott: [confident] Well we'll see.
[Caractacus runs up to a large water channel and looks at the children watching]
Caractacus Pott: [loud and clear] Now everyone listen to me! You wanna get out of here, don't you?
[the children cheer and Caractacus moves behind the water channel]
Caractacus Pott: [loud and clear] Tomorrow is Baron Bomburst's Birthday, yes?
[the children boo with their thumbs down]
Caractacus Pott: [proud and confident] Well we're gonna give him a Birthday party he'll never forget!
[the children cheer and gather around as Caractacus makes the plan]


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Facts about

The license number for Truly's car, CUB 1, is a reference to Albert R. Broccoli's nickname, Cubby.
The colors of the floating Chitty - purple, green, and white - were the colors of the women's suffrage movement of that time.
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.
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