As the family start making use of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, they realise that it possesses magical properties. The name is based on the noises it makes when it starts. The family fall in love with the car instantly and give it a name. After an unexpected windfall, Caractacus Pott uses the money to buy a second-hand car. The original book by the James Bond writer is a short but charming story about a family who inherits a magical automobile. Now that’s what I call stretching a definition. The Wikipedia page for the film describes it as being “loosely based” on the Ian Fleming book. After that, it seems as though all bets were off. You’ve got the ritual car, obviously, and the inventor father and his two children. I mean, I get the original would never have made a full feature-length film but there really isn’t a lot of the book that made it to the film.
thought of the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang story but they certainly went out of their way to strip it to the bare bones for the film version. Still, I was sure that his children’s book wouldn’t suffer from quite the same issues as his spy novels. I’ve got a bit of a fascination with them but it’s hard to forget how inherently sexist and troubling they are.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Bond films but I’ve never got on with the books. I can’t say I’m the biggest Ian Fleming fan. I do enjoy the film but I’ve never read the book before. A flying car will always be an exciting creation but add the ghoulish child catcher into the mix and you have a great story.
The film version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an absolute classic that everyone will remember from their youth. What happens when you take a book written by Ian Fleming, add a script co-written by Roald Dahl, and finish it off with Dick van Dyke? One of the greatest children’s films of all time that’s what.
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