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  • 151 of 151 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 arnoldhenryrufus

    Member since 08/07/2005

    Reviews written: 137

    4 Stars A family classic - film and car Review with images 27/02/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A fun family film suitable for all ages young and old

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A required taste so my hubby says.

    ~~ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ~~ It is back to my collection of musicals and here I review the classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. When I started to think about the movie, I asked myself what comes to mind when I think about it, is it the characters, the silly jokes, all the production numbers. No; it is the car and that fun song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; I love you. Even now in my head I am singing away to that song. It will take me days to get it out of my head now, I know, I know I need to get a life, he, he. ~~ The Film ~~ You put your DVD in and start the film, but you are faced with a blank ... more
  • 57 of 58 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 dadmancat

    Member since 27/07/2000

    Reviews written: 170

    2 Stars A Load of Old Bamboo 03/05/2004
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Likeable lead, nice locations

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Long, flat, lifeless, packed with unmemorable tunes

    As another blustery bank holiday weekend scrapes by, so out come all the usual suspects, thrust upon us by unmerciful television executives with little regard for value for money in the licence fee stakes. 1968's 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' was adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl, he who had already mangled Ian Fleming's work with the film adaptation of 'You Only Live Twice'. The book was Flemings only literary departure from Bond, and while Bond took to the big screen with little difficulty, 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' is one big unwieldy mess of a picture. Receiving lukewarm to damning reviews ... more
  • 49 of 49 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 Louise90

    Member since 01/02/2001

    Reviews written: 544

    5 Stars Grow the roses of success Review with images 28/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good film. Good sing-a-long songs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Could be a bit long for some people. Not many extras on the DVD

    When it comes to musicals, you can guarantee I’ll be in front of the TV watching it! I love musicals, and have quite a few in my DVD collection. One of them is “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. I don’t think there’s many people out there who hasn’t seen it. It’s normally on every Christmas/New Year. (Perhaps I should have posted this review then!). Anyway, on with the show, as they say! Welcome to Ian Flemming's CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. The film starts with the car in question in a speedway race and the theme tune to the film. But, those days are long gone and the poor old car is now sitting in a ... more
  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Mauri

    Member since 24/07/2000

    Reviews written: 364

    4 Stars THE WORLDS FAVOURITE FLYING CAR 19/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Family fun

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Rather long for younger children

    An Ian Fleming novel produced by Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli featuring loads of gadgets and a flying car…you’d have to guess I was talking about one of the many James Bond movies but it fact and improbably it’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! From the first Bond film in 1962 to his last in 1989 ‘Cubby’ Broccoli devoted himself to producing what was to become the multi-million dollar James Bond movie franchise. However 1968 was a rare exception and sitting in between ‘You Only Live Twice’ (1967) and ‘On Her Majesty's Secret Service’ (1969) ... more
  • 39 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 LouiseA

    Member since 10/01/2003

    Reviews written: 15

    5 Stars Truly Scrumptious 10/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A classic in family entertainment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages A very long film, no thrills DVD

    An epic amongst children’s entertainment is a good way to describe the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, It is family entertainment at its very best. With a running time of 2 hours and 25 minutes it is extremely long for a children’s film. Remarkably however children as young as two or 3 will watch the entire film with interest such is the level of entertainment it provides. THE STORY: Dick Van Dyke takes the lead role as Caractacus Potts, an inventor whose enthusiasm is far greater than his level of success. He lives in a windmill with his children Jeremy and Jemima and his own eccentric ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    5 Stars A Car Tax Excempt Flying Wonder 15/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages everything

    Disadvantages Disadvantages whish i had this car

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Has got to go down as an all time favourite of mine, its been enjoyed in my family as far back as I can remember, and still just as popular today, The story is based on the Potts family, Father Caracatus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) his two children Jemima (Heather Ripley) Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and Grandfather Potts played by (Lionel Jeffries). Caracatus is an eccentric Inventor, who is trying to make ends meet, and support his family through his inventions, but to no avail. The children are enthralled with a rotting old race car, at the back of a nearby farm yard, they use it ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 deary_ma_leary

    Member since 25/10/2003

    Reviews written: 20

    5 Stars Chitty Chitty Wow Wow!! 21/11/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A classic film,a great trailer

    Disadvantages Disadvantages only special feature=original trailer

    This DVD was, I'm guessing, perhaps a rush job (hence a new special edition DVD now being released) because it includes only the film, the original theatrical trailer, and a information booklet (which, granted, is quite an interesting read) However the options presented on the DVD (the film, the trailer, scene selections and subtitles), though are few, are presented clealy and are easily navigated through. Now to deal with the film itself. I am sure that this film is viewed by most as a children's classic, a must-see. The MGM film was based on the Ian Fleming (writer of original Bond's) and ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 ladylip

    Member since 26/07/2000

    Reviews written: 45

    5 Stars I want all the toys 12/11/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages suitable for all the family

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was released in 1968. It was adapted from Ian Fleming's book by Roald Dahl and directed by Ken Hughes. The film starts with a collection of famous Edwardian motor races. This car wins them all, the driver crashes it in order to avoid killing a child. The wrecked car is then found in the junkyard of Mr.Coggins (Desmond Llewellyn, 'Q' of James Bond fame) where a couple of children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, are in love with it. They convince their father, an inventor named Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) to buy and repair it. Truly Scrumptious (Sally Anne Howes), an ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 jo_field26

    Member since 16/02/2008

    Reviews written: 339

    5 Stars magical car 25/08/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great classic film

    Disadvantages Disadvantages n/a

    Another classic film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, i loved this film when I was younger and as I have grown up I still love it and watch it when its on the telly at Christmas or on a bank holiday. It is cheesy and everything but you will be guaranteed to be tapping you toes and singing along to the classic songs from Truly Scrumptious, toot sweets and the chitty chitty bang bang but to name a few. The story is about Professor Potts played by Dick Van Dyke when his children Jeremy and Jemima found a rusty old banger in the scrap yard and they manage to convince they dad to buy it. Professor Potts ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 jcsymons

    Member since 29/10/2004

    Reviews written: 4

    4 Stars Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 28/05/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Clean family fun

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Slighty too long for the younger ones

    What can I say about this film, I think it is one of the film classics from the Sixties. My three year old daugher wants to watch it time and time again and I have also had to buy the soundtrack that goes with the film With the timeless classics including Truly Scrumptious and Toot sweets, but to name a few. The storyline is a bit farfetched at times, who's every heard of a car floating on water and starting to fly when it goes over the white cliff's of Dover, but with a little imagination little children think it's enchanting. With great cameo performances from the true master Benny Hill ... more
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