Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Fun Facts
Posted on January 14th, 2009DID YOU KNOW…
- Chitty and James Bond have more in common than just sharing Ian Fleming as their author. The film of Chitty was produced by Albert R. (Cubby) Broccoli, as were all the first seventeen Bond films. Desmond Llewelyn who played Q in the Bond films until his death in 2000 played the scrap dealer Coggins and Gert Frobe was the villain Goldfinger as well as Baron Bomburst. Also every Bond film features a car with some extra special built in gadgetry to help 007 in his quest.
- 13 Dogs travel in their very own custom-made tour bus!
- There are over 500 remarkable costumes and hats in this production.
- Brand-new, cutting-edge, custom technology allows Chitty to fly all over the stage and save the day with the shows’ scene stealing actors aboard!
- There is a Trivial Pursuit game card that asks ‘Which British spy novelist wrote the children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?’
- The film screenplay was written by prolific children’s author Roald Dahl and the film’s director Ken Hughes.
- The song “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was nominated for an Oscar in 1968.
- The Sherman Brothers also wrote the songs for Disney’s Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book as well as countless other films including The Slipper and the Rose.
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was originally published as separate adventures in three separate volumes over 1964 and 1965. It was not published in a single volume in England until 1971.
- Some of Rowland Emett’s strange and wonderful inventions for the film are housed and on show at the Mid-America Science Museum.
- The films cast included many British comedy favorites in supporting roles including Benny Hill as the toymaker, Barbara Windsor, Arthur Mullard, Bernard Spear, Stanley Unwin, Davy Kaye, Max Bacon, Kenneth Waller and Max Wall.
- Empire magazine rated the film’s child catcher scenes amongst the 100 most frightening ever filmed.
Thank you!
Posted on January 13th, 2009To all that came out to see Sweeney Todd. What an outstanding show with some great talent. We can’t wait to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in a couple of weeks. Be sure and get your tickets today!
BTL Staff