Dimple Records - Chitty Chitty Bang BangVideo Product 0 minutes Notes / Reviews Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, and songs by the Sherman Brothers, based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car. It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli (co-producer of the James Bond series of films, also based on Fleming's novels). Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. Plot Set in the 1910s, the story opens with Jeremy and Jemima Potts, who live with their widowed father Caractacus Potts, an eccentric inventor, and his equally peculiar father. While skipping school, they meet Truly Scrumptious, a beautiful upper-class woman with her own motorcar, who brings them home to report their truancy to their father.

Truly shows interest in Caractacus' odd inventions, but he is affronted by her attempts to tell him that his children should be in school. The children have grown fond of a wrecked racing motorcar, and implore their father to buy it before it is sold for scrap. Discovering that one of the candies he has invented can be played like a flute, he tries unsuccessfully to sell the "toot sweet" to Truly's father Lord Scrumptious, a major confection manufacturer. He takes his automatic hair-cutting machine to the fair in an effort to raise money, but it malfunctions. He "hides" from an angry customer by joining a song and dance act, stealing the show and earning enough from tips to pay for the car. Potts rebuilds the car, which he nicknames Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the noises its engine makes, and he and the children, accompanied by Truly, go for a picnic on the beach, where Truly becomes very fond of the Potts family and vice versa.

Caractacus tells them a story about nasty Baron Bomburst, the tyrant ruler of fictional Vulgaria, who wants to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and keep it all for himself: In the story, the quartet and the car are stranded by high tide, but Chitty suddenly deploys huge flotation devices and they escape inland. The Baron sends two comical spies ashore to capture the car for him, but they briefly capture Lord Scrumptious by accident, and then kidnap Grandpa Potts, mistaking him for the inventor of Chitty. Caractacus, Truly, and the children see him being taken away by zeppelin, and give chase. They accidentally drive off a cliff, Chitty sprouts wings and a propeller and begins to fly. They track him to Vulgaria, where Baroness Bomburst orders the imprisonment of all children, which she abhors. Grandpa the "inventor" has been ordered by the baron to make another floating car, and bluffing to avoid punishment. The Potts party is hidden by the local toymaker, who now works only for the baron.

The children are captured by the baron's Child Catcher, and Chitty is discovered and taken to the castle. The toymaker takes Truly and Caractacus to a grotto far beneath the castle where the townspeople have been hiding their children, and they concoct a scheme to free the children and the village from the baron. The toymaker sneaks them into the castle disguised as life-size dolls, gifts for the baron's birthday. Caractacus snares the Baron and the town's children swarm the banquet hall. In the ensuing chaos, the baron, baroness, and Child Catcher are all captured. The family is freed and fly back with Truly to England. Jeremy and Jemima finish the story themselves: "And Daddy and Truly were married!" which Truly seems to find appealing, but Caractacus is evasive, believing that the class distance between them is too great. But when Lord Scrumptious surprises them with an offer to buy the Toot Sweet, Caractacus realizes that he has become wealthy, and rushes off to propose to Truly. As they drive off together in Chitty, the car takes to the air again, this time without wings.

Cast Map of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film) - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film): Map Wikipedia article: Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 feature film with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes , and songs by the Sherman Brothers , based on Ian Fleming 's book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car . It starred Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious . The film was directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli , best known as co-producer of the James Bond series of films, also based on Fleming's novels. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood . Plot The time is an unspecified year in the 1910s. Jeremy and Jemima Potts are playing in a wrecked car in Mr. Coggins' junkyard. The wreck, as Mr. Coggins explains to a potential customer, had won a number of Grand Prix races in its past life as a racecar, before it crashed.

The customer says that he will buy the car for salvage ; Coggins agrees, much to the disappointment of the children. On the way home, the children meet the beautiful Truly, who demands to know why they are not in school. They take her home to their windmill, where she is introduced to their eccentric father, Caractacus Potts , who is about to make an attempt to fly. She also meets the equally eccentric Grandpa Potts, who, resplendent in soldiers' uniform, explains to Truly that he is going to India for "a cup of tea with the Maharaja", before disappearing into the out-house at the far end of the garden. Truly shows interest in Caractacus' odd inventions, but he is angered by her attempts to tell him that his children should be in school. Angrily, she leaves. During breakfast, the children tell Caractacus about the car, and he promises that he will try to get it, although he doesn't have enough money. Edison, the family dog, discovers that the supposedly useless "sweets with holes in", made by Caractacus, can whistle.

Caractacus goes to a local sweet factory the next day, and attempts to show his new candy to Lord Scrumptious - who turns out to be Truly's father. He initially refuses to even look at the sweets, but eventually gives in, and finds he likes them. However, the whistling attracts every dog in the village, and they ruin the factory's confectionery, causing Lord Scrumptious to reject the sweets. Caractacus takes his automatic hair-cutting machine to the fair and tries to use it to raise money. However, his first customer, Cyril, ends up looking terrible, and chases Caractacus all around the funfair. In order to escape from him, Caractacus disguises himself as one of the dancers in a musical revue. The other dancers are so impressed that they share the money which the audience gives them for the performances, giving him enough to buy the old car. He restores the car, which he has nicknamed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of the noises its engine makes, and he and the children, accompanied by Truly, go for a picnic on the beach.

They spend a very happy day on the beach, and Jeremy and Jemima reveal that they have come to love Truly Scrumptious, while she has become fond of them as well. The group get back in the car, and the children ask their father to tell them a story. The story is about nasty Baron Bomburst, the tyrant ruler of Vulgaria, who wants to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and keep it all for himself. The baron fires on the car on the beach, but Chitty suddenly develops powers which enable it to float, and they escape. The Baron sends two comical spies ashore to capture the car for him. Caractacus drops Truly off at her home, and when he has left, it is revealed that Truly has fallen in love with him. The next day, the spies attempt to capture the car while the group are out for a spin. They end up capturing Lord Scrumptious and his assistant by mistake. The spies dress up in their clothes, and travel to the Potts' residence. There, they mistake Grandpa Potts for the inventor, and when he goes into his hut, they use an airship to take the hut to Vulgaria.

Caractacus and the others see the airship flying above them, and give chase. They drive over a cliff, but Chitty sprouts wings and begins to fly. Caractacus, Truly, and the children fly over the Vulgarian palace, only to be shot at with cannons by order of Baroness Bomburst, who abhors children. They escape, and hide the car under a bridge. The Baron calls out his guards to capture the car. Baroness Bomburst sends the monstrous Childcatcher to catch the children. The Potts family and Truly arrive in a small village, where the villagers are despondent and unhappy. Soldiers arrive, and everyone hides, leaving Caractacus, Truly, and the children alone in the streets. A kind toymaker ( Benny Hill ) hides them in the lower level of his toy shop, warning them that if the children are found they will be taken away to the castle, as children have been outlawed in Vulgaria by order of the Baroness. The evil Childcatcher "smells" the children's blood at the toy shop. The soldiers search, but find no one. Another group of soldiers arrive, and announce that they have captured the flying car.

Caractacus declares he will rescue Grandpa, and get Chitty back. The toymaker reluctantly agrees to help Caractacus. While Caractacus sets out to find his father, Truly goes into the village to look for food. The children are lured out and captured by the Childcatcher, who poses as a lollipop salesman offering free sweets. The children are locked in a tower by order of the Baroness. The next day, at the Baron's birthday party, the Toymaker presents two toys: a musical doll and a clown (Truly and Caractacus in disguise). During a dance number, Caractacus manages to snare the Baron . The Children appear and The Baron orders the cavalry to attack. During a battle Caractacus and Truly manage to find Jeremy and Jemima, and release all the other children as well. The Baron and Baroness are trapped in a cage, and the Child-Catcher is suspended in a net from the roof of the banqueting hall. Vulgaria becomes a free country, and the heroes (reunited with Grandpa) fly back to England in Chitty.

Back at the seaside, Jeremy and Jemima finish the story themselves: "And Daddy and Truly were married!" "And lived happily ever after!" When Truly asks, "Is that how the story ends?" Caractacus changes the subject, then tries to "apologize" for the children's ending. Truly, offended by Caractacus' attempts, storms off. Back home, the Potts find Lord Scrumptious waiting for Caractacus; as it turns out, Grandpa was Lord Scrumptious' batman commanding officer in the British Army . He has some wonderful news for Caractacus: the whistling sweets he invented previously are useless for humans, but wonderful for dogs. Now assured of riches, Caractacus is about to sign the contract, but dashes off in Chitty to tell Truly the good news. He runs her off the road (for the third time) and finds out that she already knows. He rescues her from the car, and they decide they will be married after all. As they drive off together in Chitty, the car takes to the air again, this time without wings.

Cast " Come to the Funfair " "Doll on a Music Box" is sung near the end of the musical by Truly and is a musical counterpoint, also being sung simultaneously with Caractacus' rendition of the song "Truly Scrumptious". Two songs apparently intended for the film but ultimately relegated only to instrumental background music are " Come to the Funfair " and the " Vulgarian National Anthem "; they were published with lyrics in the sheet music along with the other film songs when the movie was released. The stage version restores these two as vocal numbers . The Sherman Brothers also were hired to write several new songs for the stage production including " Think Vulgar! " which was replaced in 2003 with " Act English ", " Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies ", " Teamwork " and " The Bombie Samba " Two songs stand out for the use of musical instruments in the orchestra: "Toot Sweets" – especially in the motion picture – employs a multitude of flutes ; and the subject of "Me Ol' Bamboo" is aurally suggested by the xylophone (and accompanies Potts performing a Morris dance with a troupe).

Soundtrack The original soundtrack album, as was typical of soundtrack albums up until the 1980s, presented mostly songs with very few instrumental tracks. The songs were also edited, with specially recorded intros and outros and most instrumental portions removed, due both to time limitations of the vinyl LP and the long-held belief that listeners would not be interested in listening to long instrumental dance portions during the songs. The soundtrack has been released to CD twice, both releases utilizing the original LP masters rather than going back to the original music masters to compile a more complete soundtrack album with underscoring and complete versions of songs. The 1997 Rykodisc release included several quick bits of dialogue from the film between some of the tracks and has been out of circulation for quite a while. On February 24 , 2004 , a few short months after MGM released the movie on a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, Varese Sarabande reissued a newly remastered soundtrack album without the dialogue tracks, restoring it to its original 1968 LP format.

Tracklisting Rock spires in the ocean - The Needles stacks, Isle of Wight , Alum Bay, Hampshire , England Reception The film went significantly over budget, but was a box office hit. Although it received favorable reviews in the UK, Europe, and the East Coast of the United States, Hollywood was unkind in its reviews. Movie critic and historian Leonard Maltin considered the picture "one big Edsel , with totally forgettable score and some of the shoddiest special effects ever." Novelisation of film Around the time that the film was released, a novelisation of the film was also published. It basically followed the plot of the film, but there were slight differences of tone and emphasis, it mentioned that Caractacus Potts had had difficulty coping after the death of his wife, and it made it clearer that the sequences including Baron Bomburst were extended fantasy sequences. It was written by John Burke , but it was not clearly credited to him and some people who read it may have been under the impression that this was Fleming's original novel. External links Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Movie Script | SS PLEASE NOTE: OUR SERVER FAILED AND WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF DATA.

PLEASE BEAR WITH US WHILE WE TRY TO RECOVER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. Movie Scripts > Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Movie Script - Hang on. We're coming to a bend. - You're going too fast. What's this old iron doing here? I'll give you ten bob for it. Don't be daft. This was once a great car. It won the Grand Prix three years running. So it's a car, is it? - Certainly it's a car. You're in the way for a belt around the ear if I have any more of your lip. All right. I'll give you 15 bob for it. Make it 30 and she's yours. Mr Coggins, you're not going to sell her. Course he is. You think he's running a children's playground? All right, 30 bob. I'll pick her up Wednesday. But you promised we could play in her. I'm sorry, but she ain't any use to me. Times are hard. - But you can't take her away. - She's not any old car. She's ours.

Not any more she ain't. I'll see you tomorrow, Bill. - What are you going to do with her? - We'll put her in the clapper. Crunch her up till she's one solid piece of metal. Then we're gonna put her in the furnace, melt her down till she's liquid iron. That's what we're gonna do. Look what you've done. I suppose I could chain them up. On a long chain, so they get plenty of exercise. Don't your children go to school? - I have it now, you're the truant officer. - No, I'm not. Didn't you ever play truant? - I most certainly did not. - I bet you didn't. Would it be too much to ask what this is? This... thing? An invention of mine. All that to clean carpets? Away with sweeping and brushing and dirty carpets. Is that all you do? Invent things? - Is that all I do? - What's this gadget? That's not quite right yet, but I hope to transmit moving pictures by wireless. - Really? This is a sweet-making machine. - Is this one of the sweets? - Yes, it is.

Is it supposed to have holes in it? No. Actually, I think the problem... The boiling point of your sugar is too high. An expert on sweet-making, are we? - And an expert on child welfare. - I was only trying to help. Maybe my children like running wild. Did that ever occur to you? And how my children behave is frankly no concern of yours. So take off in your fancy automobile and go do good somewhere else. I've never been... Spoken to that way before? Maybe it's about time. Bring the bread, will you, Grandpa? - And the pepper and salt, please. - Right away, sir. Oh! Sausage and egg, my favourite. How was India? I got up this morning and I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. "How he got into my pyjamas I shall never know." - I wonder how that happened. - Daddy, could we ask you something? - It's about Mr Coggins. - The junkman wanted to take it away. But Mr Coggins says if we asked you... - Ask me what? - He's a horrid, mean, old man. - Mr Coggins?

He'll take it and burn it. What are you going on about? - Our car. Mr Coggins is selling it to the junkman. And the junkman's going to put it in the furnace and skwodge it all up till there's nothing left. We can't let that happen, Grandpa. No, definitely no. - We knew you wouldn't let him. - So we can have it for 30 shillings. - 30 shillings? - You can pay him tomorrow. Yes, well, I suppose we can work something out. - Good! You've done it now, haven't you? You think Coggins might do a deal? Him down the road? Sure. He's so mean he wouldn't light your pipe if his house was on fire. Did you hear that? You know what that means? I'll be up all night, rain pouring in. Why don't you sleep in the workshop? In the workshop? You promised to fix my bedroom roof. - I will. It's just... It's time you woke up. - At your age, I did a day's work... - For a day's pay, polishing boots.

I was the smartest batman in the army. When my brigadier went into action, the natives were so blinded by his boots, they couldn't see to fight. Catch me death of cold. He don't care. Nobody cares. Me own son. She was right. Who wants sweets with holes in them? Edison, stop that whistling. Hurry along now. These lovely toffee apples a ha'penny each. Any more for any more? Which one of you ladies and gentlemen would like an automatic haircut? I've stood in this marketplace for 25 years. I do not profess to make dead men talk. Hey, now, here you go there. Who's for an automatic haircut? Only threepence a time. You may have long, short or straight hair, it makes no difference to the automatic hair-cutting machine. Here, Cyril. You could do with an haircut. Cut me hair? That's where me strength is. Sir, you look like a man who could do with a haircut. Go on, Cyril.

## Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo ## You better never bother ## You can have me hat or me bumbershoot ## But you better never bother with me ol' bamboo - ## When punting on the beautiful Thames - ## You use a sturdy pole - ## To protect their fair complexion - ## Ladies use a parasol - ## It's useful in the underbrush - ## To have a hefty spear ## Right, but what we do with an old bamboo makes everybody cheer ## Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo ## You better never bother ## You can have me hat or me bumbershoot ## But you better never bother with me ol' bamboo - ## A flier in an aerial plane - ## He steers it with a stick - ## A collier in the pits of Wales - ## He leans upon his pick ## Now every wheel of an automobile revolves around the shaft ## But what we do with an old bamboo makes everyone go daft ## Me ol' bamboo, me ol' bamboo.

## You better never bother ## You can have me hat or me bumbershoot ## But you better never bother with me ol' bamboo ## Oh, what a lovely, lonely man ## I've met so many men ## So easy to forget ## I thought I'd grown immune to them ## And yet ## He's such a lovely, lonely man ## How did he touch my heart? ## How did this feeling start? ## This glow that feels so warm inside ## This sudden summer storm inside ## My life now has a plan ## To someday make him see ## That I need him as much as he needs me ## Oh, what a love ## Oh, what a lovely, lonely man ## My life now has a plan ## To someday make him see ## That I need him as much as he needs me ## Oh, what a love ## Oh, what a lovely, lonely man ## Oh, how I love ## This one and only man Quickly! Quickly! He can take care of himself.

This is livin', this is style ## This is elegance by the mile ## Oh, the posh, posh travelling life, the travelling life for me ## First cabin and captain's table, regal company ## Whenever I'm bored, I travel abroad, but ever so properly posh with a capital P-O- S-H, posh We're losing height.

## The hands that hold the sceptres, every head that holds a crown ## They'll always give their all for me, they'll never let me down ## I'm on my way to far away, ta- ta and toodle-oo ## And fare thee well and bon voyage, arrivederci, too ## Oh, the posh, posh travelling life, the travelling life for me ## First cabin and captain's table, regal company ## Pardon the dust of the upper crust ## Fetch us a cup of tea ## Port out, starboard home, posh with a capital P-O- S-H, posh ## In every foreign strand I land, the royal trumpets toot me ## The royal welcome mat is out, they 21- gun salute me ## But monarchies are constantly ## Last month I missed a mufti, well, you can't oblige 'em all ## Oh, the posh, posh travelling life, the travelling life for me ## Rompity tompity We are still losing height. There must be something else we can throw out. Vat do you think, Professor? Everything you need. These will be your assistants. And this is the baronial car.

Can you make zis car float? Like ampfibial English motee car. Float over the cresty wave of the wart. It's not that easy without my laboratory. I have already thought of that. Here is your laboratory. If you succeed in making the car float, I will make you privy counsellor. But if you fail, I will stuff your head wiz sauerkraut and feed it to the dogs. Feedy dorribles, snarly snort horribold. You haf got 24 hours. Proper card, he is. Stuff me head with sauerkraut. The baron never makes jokes. Look at us. We've been here for years and years. I came here to repair the telephone. That was 24 years ago. They have terrible tortures. The thumbscrew and the rack. They stretch you and stretch you. When I first came here, I was a midget. Phaw! But, I mean, a floating car! That's impossible! - That's what my son's always saying. We'll help you, won't we, lads? Nil desperandum.

## From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success - But he wants it to float. - It will. ## For every big mistake you make, - ## Be grateful - ## That mistake you'll never make again - ## No, sir ## Every shiny dream that fades and dies ## Generates the steam for two more tries ## There's magic in the wake of a fiasco ## Correct ## It gives you that chance to second-guess ## Oh, yes - ## Then up from the ashes - ## Up from the ashes ## Grow the roses of success ## Grow the roses ## Grow the roses of success ## Grow the roses ## From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success - ## Disaster didn't stymie Louis Pasteur - ## No, sir - ## Edison took years to see the light - ## Right ## Alexander Graham knew failure well ## He took a lot of knocks to ring that bell ## So when it gets distressing, it's a blessing ## Onward and upward you must press, yes, yes ## Till up from the ashes ## Up from the ashes ## Grow the roses of success ## Grow the ro... Get down there and search the cellar. The baroness will have your teeth for a necklace and your eyeballs for earrings.

- Nobody down here. - Fool. Idiot. Out of my way. You have to know where to look. Like cockroaches they get under the floors, in the cracks in the walls, in the woodwork. I don't trust a man who makes toys in a land where children are forbidden. Every toy I make is exclusively for His Excellency the Baron. Captain, ze flying car. We've captured ze flying car. Fall in! Fall in! Take zis car to the castle. - They can't take Chitty. - What are you going to do? - I'm not just gonna stand here. Are you mad? Are you going to take on the whole army single- handed? What kind of a country is this? No children. Everybody terrified out of their lives. My friend, take some good advice. Take your children and your good lady and get out of Vulgaria. And leave Grandpa up in the castle? We need to get him out. - Just tell me how to get there. - I'm only a toymaker. If I don't finish this for the baron's birthday, I shall be a dead toymaker. I'll go myself.

Truly, you stay here with the children. All right, all right. what you're letting yourself in for. - Here's one for you, one for you. - Thank you, toymaker. Keep them out of sight, please. You be good and do what Truly tells you. - We will. You're sure they can't get out? No, Your Highness. would care to examine them. Nasty little creatures. - Wait till our daddy hears about this. - He'll blow up the whole castle. Take them away to the tower. You're a nasty, horrid, mean old lady. And very ugly. is the castle of Baron Bomburst. These are our children. For five years, we have hidden them here. They don't know what a tree looks like or what it is to run in the sunshine. Food. Like little rats, they run up and down the sewers, stealing food from the kitchens. Here, catch! I think my children are up there in the castle with their grandfather. - Have you seen them? - A little boy and girl? - Yes. They're locked up in the tower. - And the grandfather? Sir, have you come to help us?

Are you going to take us out of here? - What's your name, son? Peter, you shouldn't be afraid, even in a terrible place like this. Because there's always hope. That's what I always tell my children when they're afraid. What a rotten birthday party. Never mind, my little Bombie. I have a surprise for you. Surprises! Oh, I love surprises. Sit down quickly. Hurry up. Don't waste time. Your Excellency, may I wish you all you wish yourself on this happy occasion. Never mind that. What have you made me for my birthday? What have I made you? Such a toy. A work of mechanical perfection. Where is it? Bring it in. Right away. I'll get it for you. Bring in the baron's birthday present. This year, Your Excellency, I have surpassed even myself. Put it down there. Careful with it. For months I have been working night and day perfecting every little detail to bring you this. I have hundreds of dolls. But this is not just an ordinary doll, Your Excellency. You see?

you people gazing at me ## You see a doll on a music box that's wound by a key ## How can you tell ## I'm waiting for love's first kiss ## You cannot see how much I long to be free ## Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key ## Yearning, yearning ## While I'm turning around and around - ## What do you see - ## You people gazing at me - ## You're truly, truly scrumptious - ## You see a doll on a music box - ## Scrumptious as... ## That's wound by a key ## How can you tell I hope the children didn't embarrass you. - In what way? - That silly joke about us getting married. - You know what kids are like. - I understand. I don't think they realise how ridiculous that would be. - Ridiculous? I mean, you live in that big house, and your father, and the factory and all. It's a different world. If I said something like that, you'd call me a snob. - I didn't mean... Well, don't you want to ride up front? Well, that was a fine picnic, wasn't it?

- Shall we have another one tomorrow? - With Truly? Well, Miss Scrumptious has a lot of social engagements, you know. Are we ever going to see Truly again? Well, we'll see. - Why, I believe it is. - I wonder what it's doing here. - I don't know. - I've been waiting for you, young Potts. - And that wiped out your artillery. - You're a cad, Potts. - What is going on here? - Fancy you being old Bungie's son. - Best batman I ever had. - Thank you, sir. My boy, allow me to introduce to you my brigadier. - Potts, how about some more tea? - Right away, sir. As for you, there's a good chance you may be very rich. What do you mean? Those confounded sweets of yours. Useless for humans, wonderful for dogs. Woof Sweets, that's what we'll call 'em. Canine candies. Dogs love 'em. Make a fortune. - You've done it, Daddy. It's the posh life for us all now. We're going to be rich.

I invented something I wouldn't be offering you a contract otherwise. - Now you'll have to marry me. - So dreams can come true. - Yes, they can. But you have to be practical too. You have to face the facts. A man has to see things as they really are. A man with responsibilities can't have his head in the clouds all the time. A man should keep his feet solidly on the ground. Oh, a man should have his dreams, but he has to put them to some practical use, not just sit around and think about 'em all the time. ## Oh, you pretty Chitty Bang Bang ## Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, ## And our pretty Chitty Bang Bang ## Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ## High, low, anywhere we go, on Chitty Chitty we depend ## Bang bang, Revenance's Profile - IMDb IMDb Change Your Image Upload An Image By uploading this image, you agree to IMDb's Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy , including the provision granting IMDb a license in the uploaded image. Pick File... Upload By uploading this image, you agree to IMDb's Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy , including the provision granting IMDb a license in the uploaded image.

Crop And Save IMDb member since October 2012 IMDb Member Surprisingly effective horror gimmick! 19 April 2015 - 81 out of 136 users found this review helpful. "Never Have I Ever"...seen something so innovative in a long time. Unfriended, a new found footage horror film, is about a group of older teenagers whose normal social life on Skype turns in a nightmare when a supposedly possessed Skype account begins making threats. Exactly one year earlier, a girl named Laura Barns committed suicide after an embarrassing video of her was anonymously posted on YouTube. These friends discover that the account belongs to the late Laura herself. After making some threats, "Laura" warns that she'll begin killing people if secrets aren't revealed and justice isn't served. Unfriended takes a whole new approach to horror storytelling with the entire film being "set" on Blaire Lily's (Hennig) computer screen, and it works incredibly well. It's a very gripping concept, and while we're all expecting jump scares, which do happen about once or twice, the scares build up like all good horror films should...slowly and naturally.

The tension is truly built off of the genuine feeling of a supernatural presence as well as some well-constructed creepiness, including Laura possibly being in one of the friends' rooms. Laura's threats progress into a game that brings up and reveals all kinds of rumors and secrets that this close group of friends have kept from one another, which include cheating and ripping off money. Although these characters aren't too thickly drawn, watching the truth break is truly sad, especially to one main male character in particular. The fear is further heightened with some terrific acting by a wide range of unknowns, with the best performance being from Hennig, of course. I didn't find any big flaws with this movie besides character depth, but some of the scares could've just been a wee better. Overall, I walked out of the theater terrified but not enough to have trouble sleeping or fear going on the computer. Why else am I here typing this review? Prepare for something new. See more▼See less▲ An imaginative musical brought down by a seriously mediocre second half. 18 April 2015 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, an imaginative musical based on Ian Fleming's novel, stars Dick Van Dyke as a widowed inventor known as Caractacus Potts who tries to give him and his two children a better living through inventions, including a reworked motorcar called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, mirroring the car's unusual noises. After Potts meets the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Howes), a tyrannical foreign ruler named Baron Bomburst (Fröbe), who despises children, concocts a plan to steal the car for himself. The first half of this film is a genuinely excellent stretch of charm and music. It isn't difficult to sympathize for Potts, an inventor who gives it his all to put his family in better financial standing, although he sacrifices his attention for his children's whereabouts, as they are truant for school quite often.

Potts's children are ecstatic over a wrecked motorcar at the junkyard and encourage him to buy it; so during several humorous attempts at collecting some extra dough, including an amazing musical scene at the Scrumptious candy factory featuring "Toot Sweets" as well as a hilarious incident at the fair featuring "Me 'Ol Bamboo", the film has the makings of a pure classic. As the car is bought and remade to a stunning piece of work, its theme song is introduced, marking the most catchy tune of the film. But, alas, as soon the evil Baron Bomburst takes the screen, the film's overall tone begins to erode into unfunny and forgettable territory. Ken Hughes's lighthearted execution on Chitty Chitty is clear throughout, but it's when that same mind hits the scenes in Vulgaria when the rest of the film, no matter how frightening with the inclusion of the Child Catcher, becomes more for little kids than a family film. Even the grown-ups won't find much to savor in this stretch of slapstick sequences, dimwitted characters, and mediocre songs which include "Lovely Lonely Man", "The Roses of Success", and "Chu-Chi Face".

However badly the second half comes up to be, it is saved by some remarkable performances and state-of-the-art visual design. Ann Howes is dramatically terrific but shows off her comedic side in her amazing music box scene. Fröbe only comes off as mildly humorous since he's stuck in over-the-top and repetitive direction. Helpmann keeps the ridiculous land of Vulgaria terrifying as the Child Catcher, calling the children he catches "rats", with that fact being visualized remarkably further into the film. Ken Hughes could've worked wonders with a sincerely imaginative premise, but he gets a little too full of himself in the second half, creating a toddlers' playfest rather than a completely fun-for-all musical. Either way, Chitty's long moments of honest creativity manage to somewhat shadow this problem. It's a solid family film with a musical soul and heart, and that's all that matters. See more▼See less▲ Spectacular look at racism in the '60s! 16 April 2015 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful. The Help is directed & written by Tate Taylor and features an A-list ensemble led by Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer.

The film is set in Jackson, Mississippi during the early '60s of the U.S., back when the country was still segregated, and follows avid college graduate Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan who earns a job as a columnist for a local newspaper to fulfill her aspirations of becoming a writer. However, as she comes to know the black household maids belonging to her closest friends, including friendly Aibileen (Viola Davis) & sassy Minny (Octavia Spencer), as well as the lives they have to deal with every day, she decides to do something incredibly important yet out of law: publish a book consisting of stories from the largest number of negro maids she can. Along the way, unlikely friendships are made, some bonds are broken, and the truth will inspire. The poppy poster for this film screams "chick flick!", but do not let it mislead you like it did for me. This is a film I implore you to watch. What we have here is an very underrated, truthful, smart, emotional showcase that is handled with such vivid beauty by everyone involved. I can safely say this is one of the most well-executed & well-written films I've come across in some years.

Tate Taylor's last film was this largely ignored indie, but this one will truly bring him to light. Why? Because he brings the troubled and evocative experiences of all parties to light magnificently.They can come from something as anger-inducing as a racist bridge club's bill preposition for a separate bathroom in every white home to something as raw as a white 4-year-old thinking of her maid as her mother. In fact, that strong but risky relationship is such a solid and emotional drive for the story as well as a flesher. When Skeeter is devastated to learn that her lifelong maid Constantine was fired by her prissy mother because of old age, it immediately follows with a flashback that establishes the special connection that they shared. When the maid's fate is presented later, it is arguably one of the most emotionally powerful "quiet" scenes I've seen. Even Aibileen finds it hard to think of leaving her master's little daughter, Mobley Mae.

Aibileen's true character compared to Mae's mother is breathtakingly established with Mae's words to the maid, "You are my real mom." Many people are criticizing how the majority of characters here are stereotypical; yes, they're all different people common in a segregated society, but thanks to the creative and acting department, each one of these people, even the ones that start out hackneyed, are given layers of flesh and depth that makes each one of their stories a thoughtful yet entertaining journey. Both Viola Davis and Emma Stone are pushed to their respective powers, exhibiting quiet courage and fierce respect for one another. Bryce Dallas Howard, portraying a racist club leader, makes her Hilly Holbrook such a clever and hateful antagonist. The elderly black who plays Constantine shines in her short scenes. But Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain's work has got to be the most intriguing and interesting relationship in the film. Spencer lends a cautious wit and an unstoppable comedic spark to Minny, an already well-realized character, and it's amazing to watch her entire perspective & approach towards whites change during her service for kind but social outcast Celia Foote (Chastain).

A particular scene where Foote willingly sits at the same makeshift table with Minny establishes that there's soul to be found in both races, absolutely true. My only real problem with the film is that its sense of realism is slightly off. Certain situations that are overly racist seem too evil to be true. Tech-wise, Thomas Newman delivers a perfect score as always, having delved into my soul in 2013's Saving Mr. Banks. It takes a little more time than usual to be fully immersed into the American life of segregation, but once racism and all of those issues are realized on screen, then the film will have you on a hook. I was honestly adamant about seeing this movie, thinking it would be this sappy boring drag made for young ladies, but, man, there was not one dull moment of screen-time wasted here, everyone was perfect in the role, and it hits just the right mark on heartfelt impact. I can see why it got that Best Picture nod in 2011...it's one of the best of that year. See more▼See less▲ An overly faithful epic for the overly faithful. 16 April 2015 - 0 out of 1 users found this review helpful.

Intentions were heavily noble for George Stevens' biblical epic, but the outcome doesn't entirely succeed at striking the heart or stirring the soul. The Greatest Story Ever Told stars Max von Sydow as Jesus Christ of Nazareth (von Sydow) in a feature-film chronicle of Jesus's birth by Mary (McGuire) all the way to his death on the cross & rising from the dead. The film starts with a reading from the Book of John, giving us a rather joyful start to Christ's life, but as the runtime continues, the frequent dullness of this film's events begins to take its toll on viewers. Why? Because this film suffers from utter faithfulness to the Book it's based on, never once showing any sign of creative liberty or inspiration. Unlike 1956's magnificent The Ten Commandments, Greatest Story fails to heighten the tension that would have come in reality for such amazing events and doesn't take any risks. For instance, after Jesus's baptism, he runs into Satan in the mountains and is tempted by a supposedly menacing figure. All of Satan's taunting fails to reveal pure soulless evil in him, even though he is the Devil.

Even some better camera-work, lighting, and direction on Stevens's part would have made it seem like a heated argument rather than a dull bickering in the dark. Truly, the lighting often makes it incomprehensible to see who is talking or even where people are. But there are moments when the actors' and score's work alone create some charming scenes, such as Jesus healing a cripple, entering the temple, and dying on the cross. While the camera-work is mediocre in many eventful moments, relying on long unedited shots for comprehension, it truly succeeds on landscape shots, giving the Jordan River and the capital of Jerusalem a true sense of grandeur. Sadly, the film also relies on overly preachy segments for grandeur, especially a couple of overlong scenes of prayer from Jerusalem's men & women. What mainly saves Greatest Story are its main all-star performances. Max von Sydow gives Jesus the spiritual mentality he needs to appear wise and kind to all. Charlton Heston, who starred as Moses in The Ten Commandments, brings back the same authoritative attitude and vigor to steal whatever scene he's in as John the Baptist, elevating interest where it couldn't have existed.

Other supporting standouts are David McCallum as Judas Iscariot and Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene. The Greatest Story Ever Told doesn't make much impact with its 3-hour runtime like Commandments did; in other words, it's an overly faithful biblical epic for the overly faithful. See more▼See less▲ The Golden Bond entry of the '60s. 14 April 2015 - 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful. James Bond (Connery) takes aim for the third time in Goldfinger. The film centers on special agent Bond's efforts to stop a powerful business tycoon known as Auric Goldfinger (Fröbe) from raiding the United States Depository in Fort Knox to take hold of the vast amounts of currency there and destroy the world's economy. Upon meeting Goldfinger's vigilant but graceful personal pilot Pussy Galore (Blackman), Bond may have not only found a love interest, but a key to changing the future occurrence of events. Like the other Bond films before it, Goldfinger sports a hell of a start, showing Bond destroying a Latin drug factory as part of routine, and also relies on its exhilarating action for assured intensity.

However, unlike the others, Goldfinger adds an appealing complexity to the villain, revealing his true character as he's having drinks and playing golf with 007 himself. Fröbe greatly portrays a man that isn't plain ruthless like Dr. No or Colonel Klebb, but one that is welcome to a battle of wits with his nemesis. Connery's clearly got the hang of Bond's character, so no further praise is needed. Blackman presents the right amount of beauty & acumen to be another worthy lady for the part. Harold Sakata, as Goldfinger's lethal manservant Oddjob, is a colossal menace that gives the film's action scenes tremendous power as well as creates a new cliché for years to come. The action sequences are evenly spread out, with the well-executed fights at Goldfinger's plant and the U.S. depository packing the most punch. The settings are lush, immersing us into the film with Bond whether he be foiling a Miami card game or playing with Pussy in a haystack. Goldfinger lacks the peak action that Russia had but improves on the sporadic set Dr.

No had, throwing in tension-laden dialogue, thanks to a cleverly devious villain, and a perfect set of action. See more▼See less▲ Amazingly expands what the first sets in stone. 13 April 2015 - 1 out of 2 users found this review helpful. From Russia with Love, the second film in the James Bond franchise, improves upon its kickoff predecessor in every way. Sean Connery returns once again as Agent 007 and takes his first big case against SPECTRE, a secret crime organization. Two Russian SPECTRE operatives are assigned to retrieve a decoding device known as the Lektor using Soviet Embassy clerk Tatiana Romanova (Bianchi) to secretly lure Bond into retrieving the device and passing it over to them. For Bond, getting to and protecting such device sparks a long line of deadly brawls and gunfights that once again test his wit with fancy new gadgets at hand. Just a year after Dr. No was made, Connery hasn't lost any of the essential charisma and vigor to perfectly carry on this role as the first James Bond.

This time around, he is a given a much more sophisticated story to have fun with, as well as an alluring young lady played marvelously by Bianchi. Having station chief Ali Kerim Bey (Armendariz) as a sidekick for Bond adds the right amount of clever, humorous banter that this franchise needs. The pace isn't as brisk and straightforward as the first film, due to the film's comparable complexity, but when the action hits, it hits hard, especially in the second half when a fight between gypsies and gunmen ensues, SPECTRE agent Grant (Shaw) goes cameo, and when a claustrophobic train-car fight occurs. Kudos to Mr. Young and cameraman Ted Moore for avoiding the choppy editing and constant close-ups that would've robbed these superb scenes of any of their tension. Next to its slight unevenness, my only little problem with the film is Lotte Lenya's exceedingly over-the-top performance as a SPECTRE officer. All in all, Bond's second go-around takes what the first film set and expands it for one of the most engaging experiences in the franchise. From MovieScope with Love. See more▼See less▲ Perfectly sets the standard for the rest to come.

13 April 2015 - 1 out of 1 users found this review helpful. Dr. No is the first film in the infamous James Bond (007) franchise and stars Sean Connery as the quick-witted agent. For his first case, Bond investigates the sudden murder of a fellow British operative, which ultimately leads him to Jamaica; after a series of close encounters and murderous undercover agents he learns there is a bigger problem brewing besides finding the killers...Bond travels to an isolated Jamaican island, where he meets shell diver Honey Ryder (Andress), to confront Dr. No (Wiseman), a radioactive scientist bent on toppling the entire U.S. space program. I wouldn't consider this Bond kickoff a shining marvel, but more like an engaging showcase to what Bond is all about. As soon as our eyes are laid on him, we're hit with his trademark line & drink, his pleasure in gambling, and his diversions with women.

Connery has both the charming looks and the required brains and brawn to become James Bond himself and be nearly excellent with any woman he's thrown next to; particular scenes involving a tarantula on the bed and a seductive Asian lady are quite entertaining and further establish 007's unstoppable ingenuity. Young executes the film with an occasionally silly tone, but that just adds to the fun of Bond's consistently entertaining encounters with sly women and subtle attempts by the enemy. Just watching Bond almost always being one step ahead of enemy, such as taping a string between the doors and bringing along a spare shot of booze, is both exciting and intense. The tension is cranked up even further when we're introduced to the menacing doctor, whose calm demeanor and jeopardizing appearance are more than enough to suspect the worst. It all excellently culminates in a control room, featuring Bond in disguise alongside an unaware Dr. No, where a desperate fight over the controls is the perfect wrap-up. Bond will definitely set higher bars further on, especially in the humor department, but Dr. No is a great signal as to what's come for this one hell of an agent.

See more▼See less▲ An overrated money-grabber that's as dull as the period it's set in. 13 April 2015 - 1 out of 3 users found this review helpful. I can guess there was a big creative downfall for Disney right between the '50s & '60s, because it shows once again here just like Sleeping Beauty. The Sword in the Stone, based on T.H. White's novel, centers on King Arthur's (Sorenson) beginnings as a scrawny young boy, nicknamed Wart, working in his family's kitchen and learning from the wise and amusing wizard Merlin how to achieve greatness in life. Disney thought the pitch for this movie was "s*it" when he saw it, and he was almost right. Writer Bill Peet decided to be as incredibly faithful to the novel as possible, covering the basics like Arthur's dismal status as a servant and Merlin's tutoring through animal transformations, but filling the gaps with repetitive slapstick humor that lacks any real thought or contribution to the already thin narrative.

This could've easily been condensed into a 30-minute short film, but we're expected to watch some monotonous animal chases, a clever yet tedious "wizard war", and some out-of-place points of drama. Why out-of-place? Because the film doesn't set up to have us care about Arthur any more than the cute female squirrel that chases him, even in the two times he breaks into tears. It's not an absolute catastrophe, however; at least one of the Sherman-written songs, "That's What Makes the World Go Round", is catchy, the animation is adequate, although it lacks the depth & beauty of previous Disney efforts, including Beauty. Sadly, Disney was obviously in its own Dark Ages, because this film is as dull as the time period it's based on. It should've been put straight back onto the drawing board. See more▼See less▲ A dated but enjoyable look at the remake's roots.

13 April 2015 California girl Susan Evers & Bostonian girl Sharon McKendrick (Mills, both) meet each other at summer camp and realize they're twins and their divorced parents are the same, so in the hope of them and their parents staying together, they devise a plan to switch places and try to bring them back in love again. However, Mr. Evers's (Keith) new fiancée Vicky (Robinson) may prevent that from happening. Considering the required contributions Mills had to bring to this part, she's perfect at it; she's got the comedic timing down, especially during some sweetly awkward conversations between her parents, and she injects plenty of spirit into an otherwise mediocre role. As for O'Hara & Keith, their chemistry combined with their strong representation of the nitty-gritty in grown-up relationships is also what makes the film shine. Separate them, however, and Keith turns into quite the unlikable parent; it's hard to tell whether to blame the writer (Swift) or the actor, but it's simply a role that could've gone into someone else's more energetic hands.

I can only imagine the challenge it took for the filmmakers to make two Hayleys in one shot, but when invisible lines aren't the solution, they turn to backwards angles and shots involving either fast pace or natural shadow...clever work there, Swift. Although I prefer the 1998 remake, this original version of The Parent Trap is an overall enjoyable look at the roots. See more▼See less▲ An exceedingly mediocre film curiously gone iconic. 13 April 2015 - 0 out of 3 users found this review helpful. Want an example of a mediocre film that's curiously gone iconic? Sleeping Beauty. The story, based on a classic fairytale by Charles Perrault, revolves around Aurora (Costa), a princess cursed by the evil witch Maleficent (Audley) as a baby to die on her sixteenth birthday. Aurora is sent by her parents, the King & Queen, to live with three guardian fairies who will protect her should the curse hit and put Aurora to an endless sleep. When Aurora meets young Prince Philip (Shirley), she may have just discovered the key to breaking the curse...true love.

It's a certainty that the little kids are going to eat this one up, since we have an adorable dreaming princess, silly supporting characters, plenty of cute animals, and a scary baddie. It's a simple story that could've been given much more dramatic heft, wit, and overall sense of purpose if these characters were given any depth at all. The problem with Beauty is that it expects us to instantly have some sort of connection with Aurora, but what do we get from her? A pretty young girl with an outstanding singing voice. What do we get from her loyal fairies? Three silly old fairies that sport authority and clumsiness. What do we get from Maleficent? A witch filled with jealousy. To sum it up, they're all cardboard, and makes for a tedious movie experience that adults are very likely to yawn through. It ensures that no tension is to come when a character is caught or wounded. However, the whole film boasts some impressive animation and at least one memorable song. The opening sequence with the casting of spells on Aurora is a beautiful combination of magic visuals and gorgeous singing. The whole palette that makes up King Stefan's kingdom looks like something out of an ancient medieval book and it fits the setting quite well.

What also fits well is Mary Costa's voice to Aurora. However bland it is in a speaking range, it soars in the singing range, making her song Once Upon a Dream significant to the film. However this movie's various problems became muted over the last 50 years, I don't know, but they haven't to me. Sleeping Beauty is a disappointing convention targeted specifically for kids less than ten. All others need not apply. See more▼See less▲

Question: In the 1968 feature film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, of what country is Baron Bomburst the tyrant ruler?
Answer: Vulgaria