Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Plot ------------- Plot by IMDB ------------- EnglishAn eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skullduggery to get their hands on it. Summary written by Murray Chapman {muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au} A wierd inventor (Caractacus Potts) invents an amazing flying car, which drives by itself. It takes him and his family to Vulgaria, where the sinister buffoon Baron Bomburst kidnaps the car. The baron has made children illegal, and Caractacus and Co. have to try and rescue the children of Vulgaria... Summary written by Blokie {psu10f@bangor.ac.uk} ------------- Plot by DVD Empire ------------- Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls--star your engines. You're about to take an incredible ride with one of the most wonderful family films of all time!

Now celebrating its 30th Anniversary, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never looked or sounded better.Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, who creates an extraordinary car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It not only drives--but also flies and floats--as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious, into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure. ------------- Plot by AMG ------------- One of the stars of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke, is re-united with that film's composer and lyricist, Richard M.Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, in this big budget and bloodless children's fantasy musical, based on the children's book by James Bond author Ian Fleming. Van Dyke plays Caractacus Potts, a failed inventor who lives in a big house with his two children -- Jemima Heather Ripley and Jeremy Adrian Hall -- and eccentric father Lionel Jeffries. Potts has to raise 30 shillings so his children can buy a broken-down racing car from the junkyard.

After a disastrous attempt to sell his invention of whistling sweets to Lord Scrumptious (James Robertson-Justice), the local candy maker, he finally gets enough money for the car by doing a Dick Van Dyke dance routine at the county fair. Potts takes the car and miraculously transforms the vehicle into a shiny new car named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. While on a picnic with the children and Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), Lord Scrumptious' beautiful daughter, Potts concocts a fantasy tale about the magical powers of the car, which can now float on water and fly. In the tale, Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) wants the car for himself and kidnaps the automobile and the inventor. But Bomburst captures Grandpa by mistake along with the wrong car, so Potts, Truly, and the children have to enlist Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on a rescue mission to Bomburst's lair to save Grandpa. Actors Dick Van Dyke ..... Caractacus Potts Sally Ann Howes ..... Truly Scrumptious Lionel Jeffries ..... Grandpa Potts Gert Frï¿½be .....

Baron Bomburst (as Gert Frobe) Anna Quayle ..... Baroness Bomburst James Robertson Justice ..... Lord Scrumptious Robert Helpmann ..... Child Catcher Harry Fielder ..... Bit Part (uncredited) Robert Jenner ..... Field Worker (uncredited) Nigel Kingsley ..... Extra (uncredited) Joseph Ross ..... Child Extra (uncredited) Peter Ross ..... Child Extra (uncredited) Richard Wattis ..... Secretary at Sweet Factory (uncredited) Reviews ------------- Review by AMG ------------- By the end of the 1960s, the financial failure of big-budget films like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang started the final descent of the traditional film musical. However, while it is hardly a classic, it is fondly remembered by many who grew up with it. The basic story ingredients -- crackpot inventor, beautiful love interest, magic car, exotic settings -- are perfectly fine, but somehow the mixture fails to gel. Part of the problem is the tone of the film, which is often overly arch or cloying. Much of the dialogue just doesn't work, and the film is much too long and never as inventive as it needs to be.

The score is very hummable, with many numbers -- the title song, "Truly Scrumptious," "Hushabye Mountain," "Toot Sweets" -- that stay with the audience long after the movie is over. Although the kids are a bit much, Dick Van Dyke is appealing and handles the material well; his dancing is, as always, delightful. Sally Ann Howes is a lovely and charming Truly, and Anna Quayle makes the most of her brief supporting role. As the Child Catcher, Robert Helpmann is perhaps too disturbing for little ones. The special effects are not very impressive, but the scenery is quite attractive. There's enough here to make the film worth viewing, but overall it's a missed opportunity at a great family film. ------------- Review by Amazon ------------- This remastered, pan-and-scan 30th-anniversary edition of that kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs--including the title tune--are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is extremely appealing as an eccentric inventor around the turn of the century.

With nimble fingers and a unique way of looking at the world, he invents for his children a magic car that floats and flies. Or does he? The special effects are tame by today's standards, and the film is about 20 minutes too long--but its enthusiasm charms. The script was cowritten by Roald Dahl and based on the novel by Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond adventures. --Rochelle O'Gorman Awards (1968) Academy - Best Song (nom) ..... Richard M. Sherman (1968) Academy - Best Song (nom) ..... Robert B. Sherman (1968) Golden Globe - Best Original Score (nom) ..... Robert B. Sherman (1968) Golden Globe - Best Original Score (nom) ..... Richard M. Sherman (1968) Golden Globe - Best Original Song (nom) ..... Richard M. Sherman (1968) Golden Globe - Best Original Song (nom) ..... Robert B.

Sherman Features Not How It Seems: ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ | April 15, 2015 Emma Sedam Columns , Not How It Seems 1 Re member that time Ian Fleming wrote a children’s story that was still loaded with a great deal of the intrigue of his more famous James Bond books? Remember when Roald Dahl co-wrote the screenplay and the Sherman brothers wrote the score? Remember when they called Hitler a giant baby? No? I must be getting ahead of myself. In 1968, the fantastic adventure known as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was brought to life on the big screen. There isn’t much to be said about gender roles in this film as it’s presented very much as set in the past in a funny way. The most sexist thing that happens is when Professor Caractacus Potts tells Truly Scrumptious “if women are going to drive motorcars around, they should learn to operate one correctly.” What’s more interesting about this film is the metaphor that comes out in the fantasy portion of the movie. We first meet Baron Bomburst, the ruler of Vulgaria in a fantasy sequence at the beach.

He is an angry and cruel ruler who hits some of his henchmen over the head when he doesn’t get his way. His way in question is getting a car he decided he wanted and now believes he should be able to have. Of course, an action sequence at sea ensues, and our heroes ride away victorious, but we haven’t seen the last of the Baron. He sends spies to attempt to kidnap Professor Potts. Instead, the bumbling spies successfully kidnap Truly’s father, Lord Scrumptious, and Grandfather Potts. When Potts is brought to the castle and says he isn’t the professor, the Baron threatens to have him executed immediately. He seems to have an executioner on retainer, and the executioner seems used to being called at short notice on the Baron’s whim. So not only does this guy feel entitled to whatever he wants (whether it be a car or a country), but he’s perfectly cool with just killing people randomly if they displease him. We learn fairly early that this guy is obsessed with toys. He has a giant ride-on horse and everyone acts like this is totally normal.

His entire staff seems built to appease him, which, when you know your boss has a massive temper, is probably smart. A portion of the staff has been kidnapped and held in a dungeon for years. One guy just came in to fix the phone and was never allowed to leave. They are tortured for failures in things that are impossible. This Baron is a nut! He even employs someone called “the child-catcher,” and this is where it starts to get good. Caractacus, Truly, and the children have flown to Vulgaria in Chitty to rescue the older Mr. Potts. They touch ground near a small village that contains no children. The sound of the Baron’s men coming into town is enough to send the villagers running, and a toymaker signals for them to hide in his shop. He tells them that children are illegal in Vulgaria. So… cruel, overbearing ruler? Check. Guy who insists on eradicating a group of people inconsistent with his view of who should be in the world? Also check. We are now in a Nazi Germany metaphor. The Baron is Hitler. Got it. Smile through the fear of being caught and murdered!

The toymaker hides them in a hidden underground room just in time for the gestapo officers soldiers to come into town and start breaking down doors in a search for hidden infidels children. The toymaker is threatened by the child-catcher, who is basically every cunning SS Officer from movies about the Holocaust. The child-catcher finds the hidden compartment in the floor and tells the toymaker that he will be executed if they find children in his residence. Luckily, the children are well-hidden in jack-in-the-boxes. But, back to Hitler the Baron. He has a beautiful wife much younger than him who he feels is always spoiling his fun. Sound familiar? Think of it this way: Hitler was possibly involved with a number of women, many of the alleged relationships overlapping, and several of them ending in or being accented by suicide. At least three of the women he was rumoured to have dated, including Eva Braun (spoiler alert, they actually dated) were around 20 years his junior. He was also reported to be super controlling and distant in their relationships, earmarks of emotional abuse. So maybe it’s not a big surprise that they all seemed eager to end it all.

But it’s rough to show emotional abuse in a kids’ movie, so it’s done in a slightly different way. This guy is trying to kill his wife and make it look like an accident (presumably so there’s no political scandal). Not only that, but she knows it, and she’s terrified. Watch the look on her face after she gets down from that table in the video above. Not only does she feel powerless and frightened, she still feels like he’s too good for her (“I never will divine what magic made you mine/I only know I don’t deserve you”). Wowzers. She probably thinks she deserves the attempted murders for being so inferior. Same guy though may not have successfully caught all the kids with his child-catcher, but the rest of the kids in town have had to go into hiding under the depths of the castle. And oddly, despite the child-catcher being employed right in the castle, we never see any kids other than the Potts children in the castle. So… have these kids all been executed? I’d say there’s a good possibility.

In the meantime, while he doesn’t keep the kids in camps, they are kind of forced into a similar situation by the laws against them and the fact that if they get caught, they disappear. Also, everyone in his court appears to be frightened of children, like as though part of his political agenda involved convincing them that children were scary and bad and dangerous. Hmm, can’t think of another guy that convinced his country that an entire group of people were dangerous and needed to be outlawed. Of course, they overthrow him because he was evil and crazy, but it seems undeniable that the Baron was inspired by a certain other murderous dictator. Ian Fleming, author of the novel, worked with British naval intelligence during World War II. His novel told a slightly different story, however, Roald Dahl, one of the screenplay writers was also involved in World War II as a fighter pilot and intelligence officer. It wouldn’t be that surprising if one or both of them wanted to call to mind recent dictators and stick it to Hitler by calling him a giant baby. “Not How It Seems” (usually) attempts to support the argument that favorite movie musicals aren’t really the dated, anti-feminist films some people perceive them to be.

Share this: Audience Reviews for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ½ FROM THE VAULTS OF CLASSIC CHILDREN'S MOVIES: Comes the 1968 comedy-adventure musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Dick Van Dyke(who was Oscar nominated for Best Actor for Walt Disney's Mary Poppins)re-unites with musical composers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for this huge big budget spectacle that was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli(of the James Bond 007 movies),and based on a series of children's books by Ian Fleming(who was also the author of the James Bond novels),while literary giant Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay. Need more convincing? The film combines annoyingly catchy tunes(including its theme song,along with classic standards like "Truly Scrumptious","Too Sweets", and "Hushabye Mountain")tweety sweets,and a magical mysterious car that guides Professor Potts(Dick Van Dyke),his children and lady companion(Sally Ann Howes)on exciting fairy tale adventures set in Victorian England.

Check out the star-studded cast ranging from Gert Forbe, Lionel Jeffries, Anna Quayle, Robert Helpmann(THE CHILD CATCHER!),and the hilarious British comedian Benny Hill. Not to mention this was a star studded spectacle presented in full Super Panavision 70MM and Technicolor with a running time of over 153 minutes. Mister Caple Super Reviewer Despite the fact it is excruciatingly long and the songs were so bad that it drags the film down. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a mostly entertaining family film. I'd call it a minor classic in the fantasy genre.Also, I found that the children stars were more annoying than charming and that the magical feeling promised didn't come of as the film makers probably planned. But its colourful and its mostly fun. For mainstream audiences i'd say its entertaining but easily forgettable but for all you oldie fans you'll adore this. Directors Cat Super Reviewer A childhood favourite and a Classic Musical with an adventurous journey. From the whacky inventions to the dreamlike journey, it's a film filled with familiar songs to all with some memorable dance scenes.

Lady D'arbanville Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Amazon.it: Ian Fleming, John Burningham: Libri in altre lingue 5.0 su 5 stelle Wonderfully written fantastical children's book about what millions of kids dream about--a flying car! 17 giugno 2016 Di Tara M. - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Copertina flessibile Acquisto verificato My 4 and 7 year old boys and I love this book (and the 4-year-old just turned 4, so he was loving it as a 3-year-old too)! We are only half-way through it, but when I ordered it, I was hoping that it would deliver, and it has! I had never read anything by Ian Fleming before, but I was happy to see he has that wonderful narrative voice, similar to the Naria and Pooh books (as in, something like, my words, not his- "Now, you might be wondering how a car could make her thoughts known. Well, if you think about it, if you really set your mind to figuring it out, then you might..."...etc etc.

--talking right to the reader as though the narrator and I know each other). He has the very long sentences (reminded me of Pooh also a bit), with fabulous punctuation (either his or the publisher's). So all of this makes it fun for me to read, in this delightful fantastical style. But then, you talk about a flying car, and bad guys, and guns, and a skeleton--my boys love it! A movie mentioning those things might scare them, but a book is manageable. It's not a non-stop action packed book, just note that. There are a few pictures, but not a lot. My boys have been sitting for long books since they were very young and we're blessed that they have patience for it, but I definitely speed up in parts and try out voices, read to them outside, etc. to keep it moving. Really, you could sum up the action pretty quickly, but the book is really a lot more than the action anyway. It's entering the world of these characters, getting to know them, journeying with them, and getting to watch a car turn into a boat or fly or make snide remarks through the dashboard!

And it's great for the young children to create their own pictures in their heads. There are a few books after this first one, and my kids already are excited about reading those. And they ask me to read Chitty Chitty every day. I look forward to showing them the movie at some point too, so they can compare. 1 di 1 persone hanno trovato utile la seguente recensione 4.0 su 5 stelle very different from the movie. I want This car!!! 20 febbraio 2014 Di A. Bookman, MA - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato I read the book after seeing the movie again ( one of my favorites as a boy), and feeling horribly disillusioned that I'd missed a key part of the movie when I first saw it---Disney's car doesn't really fly or go on the water. In the movie, the magic of the car is all in the tale Mr. Potts spins for his kids and Truly. But here, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang IS a true car of mystery, good enough for Ian Fleming's other creation, James Bond. Mr.

Potts doesn't understand what the buttons on his refurbished car's dashboard do--and they do some pretty wonderful things. One of the challenges with reading this book is re-setting the story from the 1920's (Disney) to a much later date. The other for me was the illustrations, which ought to have been more mysterious. Apparently digital, the illustrations did nothing to add to the story for me--instead I found myself willing myself to not look at them and get them connected in my mind with the story. It would make a great read-aloud. 2 di 2 persone hanno trovato utile la seguente recensione 5.0 su 5 stelle This is the version to get 21 agosto 2012 Di S. Lionel - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Copertina rigida Acquisto verificato My first exposure to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was the movie with Dick van Dyke. I saw this at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13 and was thoroughly entranced with the story.

It wasn't until many years later, when I had a young son of my own, that I discovered the book and was enchanted all over again, even though the movie clearly diverged significantly from the book. No matter, I love them both. I recall reading sections of the book to my son's third-grade class and the kids were delighted by a flying car with a button that lit up "Push, Idiot!". Along the way I seem to have lost that copy. I recently saw the movie again, and was prompted to obtain another copy of the book. I was very thankful for the Amazon reviewers of the 1970s paperback edition who decried the lack of the wonderful John Burmingham illustrations there. If you want the book, get this edition and share it with a child. 5.0 su 5 stelle If you liked the movie you'll love the book. Highly recommended. 20 ottobre 2016 Di T. Willardson - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato This is an astonishingly enjoyable child's book.

It is a dramatic departure for Ian Fleming, author of the original James Bond books, to write a children's book, but it definitely works. It is engaging, has a sense of humor, pokes fun at both adults and children without bias, and combines a grand adventure, crime fighting, and magic all in one tidy package. I enjoyed reading it and can't wait to read it to my grandkids. Ian Fleming's magical Chitty car flies again - Boston.com Boston.com Books Ian Fleming's magical Chitty car flies again This book cover image provided by Candlewick Press/Ian Fleming Will Trust shows "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again," by Frank Cottrell Boyce with illustrations by Joe Berger. (AP Photo/Candlewick Press/Ian Fleming Will Trust) By Leanne Italie Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail: Sending your article Your article has been sent. NEW YORK—Most cars are just that: Four tires and an engine. And then there's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the flying version born of Ian Fleming's imagination and the namesake of the James Bond creator's only book for children.

That's a big driver's seat to slide into, especially when you add Dick Van Dyke in a wildly popular movie written by Roald Dahl, a Broadway musical and a generation or two of Chitty-lovin' parents. So why did the Fleming family pluck Frank Cottrell Boyce of Liverpool to revive the story nearly 50 years after the original was published? And why now? He has no idea. "I never asked, in case it was a mistake," he said by telephone ahead of Tuesday's U.S. debut of his "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again," from Candlewick Press. Cottrell Boyce was being modest, of course. He's a known children's writer in England, where the first of three sequels he plans was released in October. Fleming wrote the original story in three slim volumes for his son, Caspar, only to die of a heart attack on the boy's 12th birthday just before it was published as one book in August 1964. The hard-living Fleming began the adventure while convalescing in 1961 at a seaside hotel on the south coast of England after an earlier heart attack.

He was denied a typewriter to discourage him from working, so he wrote it in longhand on a pad of paper, said niece Kate Grimond in London. Chitty was based on a real race car built by a thrill-seeking count, Louis Zborowski, in his attempt to break the world land-speed record in 1921. The car, and others conceived by Zborowski, was nicknamed Chitty Bang Bang for the racket it made, Grimond said. Born into a wealthy family, Fleming once stayed in the country house, Higham Park, where Zborowski built the cars near Canterbury in Kent, she said. "A colleague of Ian's grandfather was a banker and bought the house and moved in," she said. "The count died at age 26 while motor racing. His father had been killed while motor racing as well. Ian adored cars and knew of these exploits and it just remained in his imagination." Fleming made up stories about Chitty for Caspar, his only child. Caspar committed suicide by drug overdose in 1975 at age 23 after years of addiction and depression. The 1968 Chitty movie has notable changes from Fleming's book.

There's a different ending, a kidnapper called the Child Catcher and Truly Scrumptious, a hottie love interest for Van Dyke's widowed, nutty inventor, Commander Caractacus Potts. The family's name was "Pott" in Fleming's book, which includes a wife for Caractacus and mother for their 8-year-old twins. The movie offered a nod to Fleming's 007. In the cast was Desmond Llewelyn, who played gadget genius Q in Bond films just hitting theaters as Fleming's health declined, and Gert Frobe, who was nemesis Auric Goldfinger, the namesake of the third Bond film. Why now for the long-dormant Chitty book is apparently a puzzle for Grimond as well. The family, including Grimond's sister Lucy, holds literary rights. Sales of the sequel in England are steady enough, Grimond said, but "not gangbusters." Fleming himself envisioned additional installments for Chitty beyond the three merged into one, but he died before he was able to write more, she said. "It's one of those things that has been in the backs of people's minds for a long time," Grimond said.

"Other than that, I don't quite know why now." It might have something to do with publishing's penchant for brand extensions, including numerous authorized Bond books by other writers. Kingsley Amis (as Robert Markham) and John Gardner were among them. Children's books are no exception. The first authorized Winnie the Pooh sequel, "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood," was released in 2009, and the first all-new Madeline story, "Madeline and the Cats of Rome," by John Bemelmans Marciano, the grandson of Ludwig Bemelmans, was published in 2008. There have been many other extensions for classic children's books after the death of their creators, including the Babar, Wizard of Oz and "Little House on the Prairie" books. The original Chitty, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car" has the Pott family acquiring a broken-down old car that slowly reveals magical powers after Caractacus repairs it. Chitty not only flies but also floats on water, drives itself and protects the family during a calamitous trip across the Channel that involves a couple of kidnappings and a gang of robbers.

Fleming was criticized for a lackluster ending. He has the car flying the family off to an unknown destination, presumably to make room for future adventures. Enter Cottrell Boyce. At 52, he said "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was the first movie he ever saw as a boy, in an audience mesmerized when the car drives off a cliff and sprouts wings and propellers. "It was a big day out to see that picture," he said. "There were lots of cousins and treats. I went for Cherry Lips, one of my favorite candies. Everybody gasped when the car went off the cliff and it was at that precise moment that the picture froze and the Intermission sign went on." In search of a sequel writer, the Fleming family (Grimond and her sister are the daughters of Ian's older brother, Peter) learned of Cottrell Boyce through a neighbor boy who admired "Framed," the second of his three previous books. It features a boy whose family runs an auto shop. "The car connection was there for them," he said. Over the years, the film version has definitely "obscured Ian's book," Cottrell Boyce said.

"Hardly anyone has read that book. It's so different than the film." In the first of his sequels, the Pott family is long gone, replaced by the modern-day, biracial Tooting brood, complete with a mom, a 15-year-old daughter who always dresses in black and two sons. The dad loses his factory job and the use of a company car (and its fancy navigation system). With help from his oldest son, he rebuilds a rusty, old 1966 camper van so the family can hit the open road. They install a massive engine they find up an oak tree in a junkyard and soon the magic begins, helped along by illustrations from Joe Berger. Cottrell Boyce writes in Zborowski himself as the engine's builder, as the Tootings discover on a metal plaque screwed to the top of the carburetor. The family's street is also named for the count. "What I love about Ian's book," Cottrell Boyce said, "is that the whole family goes on an adventure. That's very unusual in children's fiction. Usually, there's a war, or someone is ill or sent away to a remote house or something.

There's even a recipe for fudge in the back of Ian's book. I thought, `What fun. What a lark.' I definitely wanted to take it out for a ride, but I was very cautious about scratching the paint." © Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Roald Dahl Roald Dahl Released in 1968 Synopsis Released in 1968, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical film adaptation loosely based on Ian Fleming's children's book of the same name. Background The most fantasmagorical musical entertainment in the history of everything! Released in 1968, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical film adaptation loosely based on Ian Fleming's children's book of the same name. It was the second of Fleming's books Roald Dahl had adapted after working on the James Bond film You Only Live Twice - or the third, if you also count the fact that Fleming had given Roald the idea for the short story Lamb to the Slaughter.

Roald and director Ken Hughes worked on the script for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli - with whom Roald had also worked with on You Only Live Twice - produced the film. Much of the action was filmed in Turville, a small English village in the Buckinghamshire countryside, not far from Roald's home in Great Missenden. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tells the story of two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts. They live with their widowed father, inventor Caractacus Potts. On a day when they should be in school they meet Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of major confectionery-maker Lord Scrumptious and owner of a motorcar which the Potts' nickname Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Later, Caractacus tells them a story about a fictional country called Vulgaria and its evil rulers, Baron and Baroness Bomburst, who have imprisoned all Vulgaria's children and want to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In the story, Baron Bomburst kidnaps the Potts' children's grandfather, mistakenly believing he is the magical car's inventor.

Jeremy, Jemima, Truly and Caractacus travel to Vulgaria to rescue him but when they arrive, Jeremy and Jemima fall foul of the Baron's evil Child Catcher, played in the film by Robert Helpmann. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is now an established favourite, recognised as a classic family film. The character of the Child Catcher does not appear in Fleming's original book and is usually recognised as Roald's creation. A sinister and frightening figure, he is often described as one of the most terrifying movie villains more than 40 years after the film's release. Find out more about the period in Roald Dahl's life when he worked on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Children’s Playhouse of Maryland opens 2015-2016 season with Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Children’s Playhouse of Maryland opens 2015-2016 season with Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Sep 08, 2015 | by Jacquie Lucy | 443.840.4668 (office) | 443.761.2482 (cell) Sept.

19,20, 26,27 and Oct. 3, 4, Administration Building Lecture Hall, CCBC Essex Baltimore County, MD – Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, in residence at Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, kicks off its 2015-2016 season with a bang -- Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” to be exact! The production will run weekends at 1 p.m. on Sept. 19, 20, 26, 27, and Oct. 3, 4 with an additional performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26. All Performances will be held in the Administration Building Lecture Hall, 7201 Rossville Blvd. The Sunday, Oct. 4, performance will be sign-language interpreted by students in the American Sign Language Certificate Program at CCBC Catonsville. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased online at or from the CCBC Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) from Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Based on availability, tickets may be purchased at the door.

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is based on the 1968 film from Ian Fleming’s novel with book by Jeremy Sams with lyrics and music by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman. The musical comedy is the story of an inventor, Caractacus Potts, an eccentric who begins restoring an old race car that his children, Jemima and Jeremy, find in a junk heap. They discover that the car is magic and can fly. When the evil Baron Bomburst tries to take the car, all sorts of misadventures ensue! Songs include “Truly Scrumptious,” “Hushabye Mountain,” “Toot Sweets” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” This CPM production features a cast of more than 40 student actors from Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Harford County. Charlie Holt of Kingsville, Md. appears as Caractacus Potts with Rhiannon Owen of Nottingham, Md. as Truly Scrumptious. Also featured are Maia Vong of Towson, Md. and Dylan Morrison of Perry Hall, Md. as Jemima and Jeremy Potts.

Student actors appearing in featured roles are: DeVonte’ Tasker of Baltimore, Md. (Boris); Theo Halligan of Baltimore, Md. (Goran), Eva Hellerbach of Baltimore, Md. (Baroness Bomburst), Nathan Beyer of Fallston, Md. (Baron Bomburst/Lord Scrumptious), Victoria Caldwell of Joppa, Md. (Toymaker), Max Wolf of Parkville, Md. (Grandpa), Sam Patterson of Towson, Md. (Childcatcher).

Appearing in supporting roles are: Ethan Holler, Rachel Miller and Gwen Lowell of Baltimore, Md., Erin, Evelyn, Maeve and Nora Acerno of Bel Air, Md., Ann and Pierce Elliott of Cockeysville, Naim Peace of Edgewood, Md., Ali Radomsky, Mara Jade Beaumier and Mia Dill of Essex, Md., Matt Byrd, Zachary Byrd and Maura Bohn of Halethorpe, Md., Addison Barry, Emma Hester, Sammy Jungwirth and Emily Ricci of Nottingham, Md., Allison Mudd of Parkville, Md., Claire Schafer and Olivia Aubele of Perry Hall, Md., Amy Claudio, Sophie Claudio and Angela Boeren of Rosedale, Md., Katie Doyle and Kathryn Schudel of Towson, Md. and Olivia Lockett of White Marsh, Md. Liz Boyer Hunnicutt directs this production, Chris Rose is the Musical Director and Amanda Dickson is the choreographer. The CCBC Essex Administration Building Lecture Hall is a wheelchair-accessible facility. Please request accommodations at the time of ticket purchase.

For more information, please call the Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) or the CPM Administrative Office at 443-840-2426. For directions to the Essex campus, go to SNEAK PEEK! CPM’s production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” will be premiered at the 9th Annual CPM Fundraising Gala to be held Saturday, Sept. 12 on the Mainstage of the College Community Center Theatre at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. Tickets are only $25 each and can be purchased online at or from the CCBC Box Office at 443-840-ARTS (2787) from Tuesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door. The Mainstage theatre is wheel-chair accessible. VIEW CCBC EVENTS AT WWW.CCBCMD.EDU FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EVENT INFORMATION The CCBC website provides updates and changes as well as more information about CCBC events.

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About the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland Children’s Playhouse of Maryland, Inc., in residence at CCBC Essex, is a not for profit community theatre dedicated to youth performers ages 18 and under.

Question: Professor Caractacus Pott appears in which children’s novel by Ian Fleming?
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang