Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 musical fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley and Adrian Hall. The film is based on the 1964 children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming, with a screenplay co-written by Hughes and Roald Dahl.

This article is about the 1968 film. For other uses, see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (disambiguation).

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Hughes
Screenplay by
  • Roald Dahl
  • Ken Hughes
Additional dialogue by
  • Richard Maibaum
Based onChitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
by Ian Fleming
Produced byAlbert R. Broccoli
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Challis
Edited byJohn Shirley
Music by
  • Songs:
  • Richard M. Sherman
  • Robert B. Sherman
  • Background Score:
  • Irwin Kostal
Production
companies
  • Warfield Productions
  • Dramatic Features
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • 16 December 1968 (1968-12-16) (London premiere)
  • 17 December 1968 (1968-12-17) (UK)
  • 18 December 1968 (1968-12-18) (US)
Running time
145 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million or $12 million
Box office$7.5 million (rentals)

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.

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