Musicals & Music Films > 1968 Musicals & Music Films

Chitty

Advantages: Will keep you entertained
Disadvantages: Some of the songs are a bit dull

...is great as Truly, however Chitty definitely steals the show, but my favourite character has to be Grandpa, Lionel Jeffries does a fantastic job in the role and the scene with "Roses of Success" is my favourite. I have the DVD which has special features and while this is good, what let me down with this is that they didn't use the actual kids they had in the film, instead it was two kids simultaneously reading out some kind of patronising script, ...

jenny-l-v 15.09.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (DVD)

The Greatest Film Disney Never Made

Advantages: classic family musical with magical sequences
Disadvantages: may be too kid orientated

...best film Disney never made, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is arguably one of the best-loved family musicals. When you consider the pedigree of the cast a crew a success was almost guaranteed. Based on a book by Bond author Ian Fleming and from the producer of the Bond films Cubby Broccoli Chitty is a charming family film full of memorable songs. With the music written by the Sherman Brothers (Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, The Aristocats amongst many) the ...
...who is determined to have Chitty for himself. This is when they discover that Chitty cannot only fly but travel on water and their adventures start….. The gadgets that littered their home fascinated me as a child and who wouldn't have wanted to live in a windmill as a child. Chitty is the type of film that you either love or will find too saccharine. I love it. Like many, I have very clear memories of being scared by the child catcher when little ...

pip1976 02.08.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Oliver! (DVD)

What, A Flying Car!!!

Advantages: A Disney Film
Disadvantages: None

...that the car makes a chitty chitty bang bang noise and this is where they decide to call the car Chitty. They all spend a wonderful day at the beach and as they are preparing to leave they start to hear a story from Potts. It is during this story where Chitty flies and floats. The story begins with a pirate ship coming to steal their car. The story takes the children, Potts and Truly to a magical place which is run by the Baron and Baroness Bomburst. ...
...phantasmagorical Motor Car Featurettes Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Band with Dick Van Dyke Vintage Featurettes The real Caractacus Potts Dick Van Dyke press Interview On Set With the Potts Children Sherman Brothers Demo Easter Eggs Sing along with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Read along with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Interactive Games One Persons junk is another persons Jalopy Toot Sweet Special Delivery Chitty Colouring Book There ...

sewbizzie 17.06.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Special Edition) (DVD)

Truly amazing performances by Elvis at his peak

Advantages: Incredible, passionate performances,a revelation
Disadvantages: too many out-takes, fluffs etc

...Elvis? Do you think young Elvis when he first became famous, recorded records like Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog and appeared on american tv shows such as the Ed Sullivan Show? Maybe you think of the rather wooden actor Elvis who starred in countless, often very mediocre movies? Or maybe you think of the older, increasingly overweight Elvis performing in Vegas wearing rhinestone studded white jumpsuits? To my mind none of these ...
...Here is Elvis no longer a boy but a man: healthy, happy, handsome, and with amazing vocal power. In these discs he gives renditions of all his best known classics, but he performs them with such passion, energy, sex appeal and charisma that if you have only ever heard the original recordings before you will be stunned. These must rank as some of the most charismatic, inspiring performances made by any performer in any genre of music or entertainment. ...

rox1 05.10.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of Elvis Presley - '68 Comeback Special (Deluxe Edition) (DVD)