This remastered, pan-and-scan 30th-anniversary edition of that kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs--including the title tune--are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is extremely appealing as an eccentric inventor around the turn of the century. With nimble fingers and a unique way of looking at the world, he invents for his children a magic car that floats and flies. The special effects are tame by today's standards, but its enthusiasm charms.
year: 1976, 1989, 1964, 1994, 1968, 1998
call number/section: 1000
subjects: automobiles, fiction, fantasy, fantasy fiction, england, fiction, automobiles fiction
Editions
Fleming, Ian
?onian Press (1976)
Two children persuade their inventor father to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
Schools: 2
Fleming, Ian
(1989)
Schools: 1
Fleming, Ian
Random (1964)
Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
Schools: 0
MGM / UA Home Video (1994)
This remastered, pan-and-scan 30th-anniversary edition of that kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs--including the title tune--are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is extremely appealing as an eccentric inventor around the turn of the century. With nimble fingers and a unique way of looking at the world, he invents for his children a magic car that floats and flies. The special effects are tame by today's standards, but its enthusiasm charms.
Schools: 0
(1968)
Schools: 0
Fleming, Ian
Random House (1968)
The Potts family and Miss Scrumptious embark on an exciting and dangerous adventure in their versatile flying car.
Schools: 0
IAN FLEMING
RANDOM HOUSE (1994)
Schools: 0
Fleming, Ian
MGM Home Entertainment (1998)
An eccentric inventor designs a car which takes him, his two children and a lady friend into a fantasy world of chocolate factories, castles and child-catchers.
Schools: 0
Fleming, Ian
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1968)
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts creates an extraordinary car called Chitty chitty bang bang. It not only drives--but also flies and floats--as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious into a magical world of pirates, castles and adventure.
Schools: 0
Van Dyke, Dick
A daydreaming inventor, Caractacus Potts, creates a car that delivers him, his two children, and a female companion to a kingdom cluttered with chocolate factories, castles, and child-catchers.
Schools: 0
(1968)
Schools: 1
Fleming, Ian
Random (1964)
Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
Schools: 0
Fleming, Ian
Random House (1968)
The Potts family and Miss Scrumptious embark on an exciting and dangerous adventure in their versatile flying car.
Schools: 0
Van Dyke, Dick
A daydreaming inventor, Caractacus Potts, creates a car that delivers him, his two children, and a female companion to a kingdom cluttered with chocolate factories, castles, and child-catchers.
Schools: 1