Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
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| Based on | Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming |
| Produced by | Albert R. Broccoli |
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| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Edited by | John Shirley |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million or $12 million |
| Box office | $7.5 million (rentals) |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 children's 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.
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. The film's title song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 41st Academy Awards.