Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Broccoli, Albert R. (1909–1996)". Screenonline. London: British Film Institute . Retrieved 8 May 2012. The audiobook I listened to is narrated by Andrew Sachs. It is unabridged and runs just shy of 2.5 hours. Sachs did a wonderful job...he reads at an even pace, and did great sound effects and voices for the characters. I have hearing loss, but was easily able to hear and understand every bit of the story.

The edition I read had some cute, whimsical illustrations. I'm told that the original publication (and early reprints) had tons of absolutely wonderful illustrations. I certainly can't discount the fun pictures in the version I read, but I am interested in finding some of the original illustrations, just for enjoyment sake. My daughter loved keeping an eye out for the pictures and made sure I paused and gave her time to study the images intently when they showed up. As he wrote the novel, Fleming used aspects of his life to flesh out the details, much as he did with many of his Bond stories. [7] Thus, in the novel, one of the children was called Jemima, after the daughter of his previous employer, Hugo Pitman; [5] the advice Pott gave to his children also echoed that of Fleming: "Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life." [5] Ian Fleming and the British Heart Foundation". About Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming Publications. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011 . Retrieved 15 December 2011. Giovetti, Al. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Adventure in Tinkertown". thecomputershow.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021 . Retrieved 17 December 2018. Did You Know?". Ian Fleming: The Books. London: Ian Fleming Publications . Retrieved 28 April 2012.Weiler, A.H. (10 July 1966). "Pint-Sized Bonded Stuff on Tap: More About Movies". The New York Times. p.81 . Retrieved 8 November 2022. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music for the film based on songs written by the Sherman Brothers, Richard and Robert, and the musical numbers were staged by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. At the 41st Academy Awards, the film's title song was nominated for Best Song – Original for the Picture. [6] Plot [ edit ] Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London.

Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: the company that changed the film industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p.133. Fuller, Stephanie (22 December 1968). "2 Young Thespians Truly Scrumptious". Chicago Tribune. p.f14. The Story: So much fun and very charming! The car? Broken down but repaired by Potts and a little from Chitty herself with added nuances all her own. Once complete a trip in this car is nothing like you could ever imagine. Yes anything can happen and it does keeping the thrill going. As in any good tale there is adventure and mortal danger! The Illustrations: Are wonderful and help with the imagination in your own movie form as you go along. Even a supernatural vehicle can't bestow immortality on its passengers, and the Potts get into trouble when they stumble upon the hideout of a notorious gang in a cave near the English Channel. Fearsome Joe the Monster and his mobster minions won't let the Potts off easy for interfering with their business, and when Jeremy and Jemima get separated from their parents, it's up to CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG to keep the exciting adventure from ending tragically. Will the Potts mourn the day they ran afoul of Joe the Monster...or will he regret crossing them?

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I grew up with this so my liking of it is nostalgia based for a large part. But saying that, it is still a great story with a lot happening. Renata Adler of The New York Times wrote that "in spite of the dreadful title, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [...] is a fast, dense, friendly children's musical, with something of the joys of singing together on a team bus on the way to a game." She called the screenplay "remarkably good" and said the film's "preoccupation with sweets and machinery seems ideal for children", and ended her review on the same note as Time saying: "There is nothing coy, or stodgy or too frightening about the film; and this year, when it has seemed highly doubtful that children ought to go to the movies at all, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sees to it that none of the audience's terrific eagerness to have a good time is betrayed or lost." [30] Box-office [ edit ] Nichols, Lewis (30 August 1964). "IN AND OUT OF BOOKS". The New York Times. p.BR8 . Retrieved 8 November 2022.

The film did not follow Fleming's novel closely. A novelisation of the film written by John Burke was published at the time of the film's release. It basically followed the film's story, but there were some differences in tone and emphasis; for example, the novelisation mentioned that Caractacus had difficulty coping after the death of his wife and made it clearer that the sequences including Baron Bomburst were fantasy. [40] Comic book adaption [ edit ]The World's Top Twenty Films". The Sunday Times. 27 September 1970. p.27 – via The Sunday Times Digital Archive. I had a lot of fun with this book. I listened to the audiobook of this story and I believed that helped my enjoyment. It was read by David Tennant and he is terrific as a narrator of audiobooks. He has done a lot of them with the Doctor Who novels. Seriously, I think he could read the instructions of how to put a bureau together and I would give it four stars. As for the story it was fun. We get the magical car that transforms itself into whatever apparatus to bring the family into the next adventure. I thought the characters were colorful too especially the villains of the story. Yes, the story is pretty simple and pretty much straight forward but this was meant to be just a good time and it was. This can be enjoyed by all age groups also. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the Musical". Eon Productions. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009 . Retrieved 14 November 2009. Lewis, Andy (16 May 2011). " 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'Car Undersells at Auction". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014 . Retrieved 16 April 2014.