When I was offered to review one of my all-time favourite movies from my youth, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I jumped at the chance. The movie has been completely remastered and is released today on Blu ray. Me and my sister must have watched this movie 100 times and never got bored of it. How can a car that flies get boring?!
Chitty Chity Bang Bangs stars Dick Van Dyke, Lionel Jeffries, Adrian Hall and Hether Ripley in a film adaption of Ian Fleming’s book. The film was adapted for the sc reen by Roald Dahl and is directed by Ken Hughes and also stars Sally Ann Howes, and James Robert Justice.
Synopsis: Award-winning Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy, Night at the Museum) stars as eccentric widowed inventor Caractacus Potts in this magical tale set in early twentieth century England. Caractacus is poor but happy, living with his equally eccentric father Grandpa Potts (Lionel Jeffries; The Railway Children, The Amazing Mr. Blunden), and two adolescent children Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and Jemima (Heather Ripley).
Jeremy and Jemima grow fond of a wrecked racing motorcar, and successfully plead with their father to buy it before it is sold for scrap. One scheme to raise money involves the unexpected assistance of a pretty and wealthy young woman named Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes; Fools Rush In, The Admirable Crichton); the daughter of confectionary factory owner Lord Scrumptious (James Robert Justice; The story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Les Miserables). After various money-making attempts including trying to sell a whistling “Toot Sweet” to Truly’s father, Caractacus manages to afford the car, and using his inventive abilities, he transforms the piece of junk into a beautiful working machine, which the foursome aptly name Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!…
This marvellous motion picture based on Ian Fleming’s novel and adapted by Roald Dahl and director Ken Hughes will take you and your family on a magical, musical journey you certainly won’t forget when Chitty Chitty Bang Bang flies onto Blu-ray on 18 October 2010.
The conversion to blu-ray is just fantastic with the picture quality superb, little graining and a wonderful colour depth. Seeing such an iconic movie brought back to life was just wonderful. If you’ve never seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before, then this is your chance to see it in all it’s glory.
The movie is a musical with many songs in there that you’d recognise since the m0vie has been around for so long. If you’ve never seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and have children, then this movie is one they (and you) need to experience.
On the other hand if this is a movie you’ve seen 100 times, then the blu ray version is also for you. Watching them sing toot sweet in the factory with all the colours and choreography working so well together was spectacular and I’m so pleased that such an old movie could be remastered for a new generation to enjoy.
The movie is released today, 18th October and you can order your copy here.
It’s also packed full to the brim with extras which includes:
Special Features – New to Blu-ray:
- Sing-Along
- Music Machine
- Chitty Chitty’s, Bang Bang, Driving Game – new to Blu-ray
- Toot Sweet Musical Maestro – new to Blu-ray
- Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke
- A Fantasmagorical Motorcar
- Sherman Brothers’ Demos
- Vintage Featurettes:
o The Ditching Tinkerer
o Dick Van Dyke Press Interview
o The Pott’s Children’s Featurette
- Photo Gallery
- Vintage Advertising Gallery
- Trailers
- 5 TV Spots
