When I was a kid, I really thought they were ACTUALLY playing those candies perfectly on pitch. It never occurred to me that there was a full orchestra playing flutes in the background. I miss being a kid.
The technicolour 60s depicting a brass metal classy sweet factory around 1915....they could never reproduce this atmosphere in modern movies.....never.
I do agree with you here, but I believe the movie is set between 1910 and 1913 (I personally believe it to be 1911) Because it has been stated that the film takes place is Pre-WW1 England, and the title card races take place from 1907 to 1909, and when the children found the car it must have taken a long time for it to have become such a wreck, even after being engulfed in flames,
Indeed. I don't understand how this film got eviscerated when it came out. I loved this movie when I was a kid, I love it now as an adult, and I can't wait to introduce it to my kids.
I grew up watching these kinds of movies on my parents VHS player in the basement with my older sister they childhood nostalgia I get from seeing anything in this style of film is something else
Modern actors couldn't keep up with Dick Van Dyke who's now 97 years old, and did all of his own dancing. He still believes in singing and dancing every day 👍
Yeah, I sometimes forget they go to a castle where the children get captured and they have to pretend to be toys to save them. The story took a massive turn right there XDDDDD
I’m more amazed they were able to pull off that whole musical number without any prior rehearsals. It’s almost like.....they’re not really factory workers. 🤔
They make them now! I think they are called ‘Melody Lollies’ or something along those lines, but they actually function like slide whistles. I wonder why they didn’t make real toot sweets to coincide with the film release?
0:36 love that one bit where Dick turns his head in confusion as he sings, as if suddenly realising everyone’s watching him, and then immediately gets back into character
I’ve always loved the shot of Lord Scrumptious with Jeremy and Jemima at 3:13 I like to imagine he would love and spoil them after Caractacus and Truly got married even though they weren’t his blood
Yeah, Mary Poppins was made in 1964. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in 1968. It's impressive that Van Dyke still remembered that move when he was performing this dance scene.
This is still the greatest movie ever. Brings tears when I rewatch this just remembering how much I loved this as a kid & still do today. Dick van dyke is incredible. ❤
I have always loved this clever and charming song! I like to sing it every once in a while. The little dog on the conveyor belt still makes me laugh after 50 years 😂
How time passes by so quickly. I was 8 when this came out ...... 60 now but when it's on I'll watch it for some peculiar reason . Great film with very talented performers !
@Becca Boo I love this film and I'm from this generation, but I get what you mean, a lot of my friends either haven't seen this film or wouldn't class it in on of their top 10 or 5 favourite musicals. For me this is number 1 on my list.. I think it was the first musical film I've ever watched.. Such a good film!
I remember driving into NY when I was young. My Dad was taking us to see Dr. Doolittle but could not find a parking space so we went to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang instead. Great memories. Thank you, Dad.
LMAO.... This is when people really had to act. Hardly any special effects, a movie was a story told by the actors and was rated on their believability.
Id would think it would be easier to act back then, now as you said there are special effects, but not on facial expressions and all, imagine having to act and react to something that isnt actually there but will be added in post. Plus, now in high budget films they dont even have a full script and hardly even know what the final product will be, yet they have to act as if they knew things about a scene they might film weeks later
@@Milamberinx NEVER!!;) I wish the dance more in movies now days. But what can I say I am a old soul. Born in the wrong era, but I guess some us us had to to keep it alive!
@@glorygracek.1841 But you have plenty of musicals without special effects though, whether they where better back then is mostly for nostalgia to decide i find, even though yes i agree films like this one or like the sound of music and shit are unbeatable they are some of the best movies ever written, but special effects are never really used in musicals today
I haven't watched this movie in like 15+ years but for some reason I woke up this morning singing this song. Super random... nice to listen to it again :D
I love how everybody’s clothes match, all gray and white, except for Mr. scrumptious. And I love Truly’s dress❤️ I hope they never try to remake this. It’s a classic❤️❤️
One of my all time favorite movies! I haven’t seen it in decades though. And of course I play it and the first line caused us all to laugh hysterically and request that line as a ringtone. 😆🤪
My older sisters (Born in the 90’s) and I (2000) had this film on VHS and we had one of those big vans that had a DVD/VHS player inside. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was one of the movie we would watch while we were on a long road trip to visit family in other states. I love this movie so much and it’s a movie that not many of my friends know which is sad.
"Sir, the factory has run out of money. Its only February." "Why? What happened?" "I think its probably the fact you required every single person working there to be a professional dancer and singer, and spend 70% of their time working on their choreography."
One of the best musicals ever made. They just don't make them like this anymore. Now we get Snow Wrong and the 7 Whatchamacallits, and the Little HerMaid.
This was my favorite movie when I was an 11 year old boy. I fell in love with beautiful Truly Scrumptious and I’ve been looking for my Truly ever since.
Even for a "Bit Part!" The expressions on the faces of the chorus members that make up the factory workers!... Their reactions to what Caractacus, Lord Scrumptious & Truly are doing, saying and singing, and to what's happening all around the factory! For instance, the gentleman in the white lab coat, holding the tray for Lord Scrumptious to sample...The way is eyes bug out when Caractacus interrupts Lord Scrumptious to ply his wares...and the way the man elates at that last note! ...Very "realistic" acting!
In the olde days, one needed to be able to sing, dance, and act. Sometimes backwards and in heels (looking at you, Ginger Rogers). Whether by talent, hard work, gumption, or a combination of the three, you still needed to have the big three to be cast in anything. And while I am all for returning to that standard, at the same time I wouldn't say that there are no good actors or actresses (whichever term they themselves prefer) anymore. Just a shift in focus caused by a change in the times.
I've loved this film since I was a kid, and still do. The critic in me can't help but think though of the amount of confectionery that would've needed to be scrapped at the end of this scene due to animal contamination, and the dollar/pound value attached to that. Add the following scene where Caractacus advertises a service (hairdressing) and then gives a customer a haircut that makes the customer a laughing stock. In the real world and in today's age, Potts would've very likely been sued into the gutter by both the factory and the customer.
@Greg Schultz My apologies for the belated response, CZcams didn't give a notification for your comment. That use of the hair-cutting machine and ending in the musical sounds fantastic!
You know what? That actually makes sense in terms of the timing! Mary Poppins is, I believe, set in 1910, and Chitty is set in Pre-WW1 England, so it kinda makes sense?
When I was a kid, I really thought they were ACTUALLY playing those candies perfectly on pitch. It never occurred to me that there was a full orchestra playing flutes in the background.
I miss being a kid.
WHAT? ...... you mean they aren't REAL ......... dammit!
What!? 😨
I didn’t know that at all
I asked my grand parents to buy me some i was 7 at the time
Thought I was the only one. It had me looking at the screen in wonder thinking how amazing it was they pulled it off
1:57
Old man: *choking*
Everyone: HE LIKES IT!
😅😂
The technicolour 60s depicting a brass metal classy sweet factory around 1915....they could never reproduce this atmosphere in modern movies.....never.
@Jeff Webb yeah a better one
I do agree with you here, but I believe the movie is set between 1910 and 1913 (I personally believe it to be 1911)
Because it has been stated that the film takes place is Pre-WW1 England, and the title card races take place from 1907 to 1909, and when the children found the car it must have taken a long time for it to have become such a wreck, even after being engulfed in flames,
@Jeff Webb pretty sure it was filmed in Hungary or something like that
@@ce9110 England, France and Bavaria
yeah cuz if you tried to, people would get mad that people of color would inevitably get cast 💀
This movie has aged so well. Still a joy to watch
Indeed. I don't understand how this film got eviscerated when it came out. I loved this movie when I was a kid, I love it now as an adult, and I can't wait to introduce it to my kids.
It’s all thanks to the effort. It was a passion project and they put their all into every frame.
Few movies today can claim either of those things.
I can imagine even more so now. They don’t make them like they used to
well. the hitler spy didnt age very well 😭 but the songs, yes!
It has aged well. Its now not weird to call your kid Truely Scrumptious. (True Kardashian)
you know it is a true classic when the movie came out 31 years before you were born but it still became a favorite childhood memory
Hear, hear! This will always be a childhood favorite. 😌
I grew up watching these kinds of movies on my parents VHS player in the basement with my older sister they childhood nostalgia I get from seeing anything in this style of film is something else
I'm 18 and my English grandmother always bought me DVD's of old(ish) English movies. Disney princesses don't compare to these gems
@@RED-my9hlI'm 16 and revisiting it! Love it
25 years before I was born
Modern actors couldn't keep up with Dick Van Dyke who's now 97 years old, and did all of his own dancing. He still believes in singing and dancing every day 👍
He’s 98 now and I agree as a longtime fan since Mary Poppins
He said that even in his 90s he could still do all the dance routines…apart from Me Old Bamboo
“I could barely do it then!”
😂
Dancing and laughing keeps you young. Wish more people do this. Everyone can if you believe!!
@@pluise That's what he said on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.. that and having a wife ½ his age😁
Dick Van Dyke was a powerhouse entertainer. His head and his body were everywhere, sometimes going in 2 different directions.
Chitty chitty bang bang was such a surreal movie to me lol
Doubly funny when you realize it was written by the author of the James Bond books.
@@dianaprobst3157 The book though, not the film.
@@SPM0717 The book is Ian fleming and the movie is half written by Roald Dahl so it's basically James Bond meets Willy Wonka.
Yeah, I sometimes forget they go to a castle where the children get captured and they have to pretend to be toys to save them. The story took a massive turn right there XDDDDD
@@luminethetraveler8822 That part scared the $#!+ out of me as a little kid, lol.
Imagine walking home and looking at the sweet factory just seeing all the workers doing backflips
That guy walking by: what- oh thats amazing im just gonna watch for a while maybe I should be a candy factory worker
I'd honestly wonder what they're putting in the sweets haha
I use to adore this movie when I was little.
Don't lie, you still do! It's okay. I do too! Haha
Mack Frank he never said he doesn’t adore it anymore.
Me too, and I still do!
Same
i think its on netflix but im not sure last time i checked it was on it
Those catwalks were built by the same people who built the death star. No railings.
And look at those uncovered gears at the 3:24 mark. Imagine getting a limb caught in those!
I like the vats of boiling sugar liquids on the catwalks
The same people responsible for every uncovered vat under a catwalk in Gothem city
@Sheldon Cooper - so OSHA could have prevented the Joker?
@@mantislake4141 yes
So this is what they did in food factories before food hygiene standards...Wounderful song though.
I’m more amazed they were able to pull off that whole musical number without any prior rehearsals. It’s almost like.....they’re not really factory workers. 🤔
Upton Sinclair has a thing or two to say about that
@@temptep Be murder dancing on a floor slick with blood and cow guts. But if that's what the boss wants......
LOL
There’s also exposed gears and no hand rails on balcony
Truly Scrumptious actress gained her wings on Sunday. RIP Sally Ann Howes ♥️
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Requiescat in Pace
She did not die
Long life too, 91 years and seemed like a wonderful woman. RIP
You're joking I only just found out about this
I remember begging my grandma to take me to the store so we could buy toot sweets. We never found them
They make them now!
I think they are called ‘Melody Lollies’ or something along those lines, but they actually function like slide whistles.
I wonder why they didn’t make real toot sweets to coincide with the film release?
ArtBoy54 Productions NO WAY! Thank you so much
I’ve had sweets of the whistling variety. They were fun. Haven’t looked around for them recently.
I had them in the 90s. You could only buy them from the chemists
Chupachup melody pops are the closest ive found. I can play "Mary had a little lamb on them" 😅
0:36 love that one bit where Dick turns his head in confusion as he sings, as if suddenly realising everyone’s watching him, and then immediately gets back into character
I always thought he was looking around for Lord Scrumptious. 😅
I Didn’t Even Realize It, Until Now….
Even Jim Carrey would not remake this movie as it is perfection!
Please never remake this
Dick Van Dyke is too old! Although I won't lie I wouldn't mind seeing how they would pull it off.
Mack Frank it doesn’t have to have Dick van Dyke! But seriously... they shouldn’t remake it.
@@jackdonohue7893 I'd like to see a more faithful adaptation of the original book.
They never would dare.
@@julianregis8608 Unless it was closer to the book
I’ve always loved the shot of Lord Scrumptious with Jeremy and Jemima at 3:13 I like to imagine he would love and spoil them after Caractacus and Truly got married even though they weren’t his blood
James Robertson Justice often played grouchy authority figures with an unexpected soft side
I honestly love how Truly helps him advertise the candy instead of discouraging him or just watching him.
I wanted to have one of those so badly. They looked so tasty.
RIP and long live Sally Ann Howes (July 20, 1930 - December 19, 2021), aged 91
You will always be remembered as a legend.
2:52 Dick Van Dyke bringing back the STEP IN TIME hop from Mary Poppins for a second!! 😄❣️
Yeah, Mary Poppins was made in 1964. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in 1968.
It's impressive that Van Dyke still remembered that move when he was performing this dance scene.
R.I.P. James Robertson Justice (1907-1975) and Sally Ann Howes (1930-2021).
Happy belated 98th birthday Mr Van Dyke! Years ago I never imagined I would love this classic!
This is still the greatest movie ever. Brings tears when I rewatch this just remembering how much I loved this as a kid & still do today. Dick van dyke is incredible. ❤
Dick Van Dyke is still alive today and he outlived a lot of younger celebrities that passed away.
I just can’t believe it
Here after finding Sally Ann Howes (Truly Scrumptious) has passed; this movie was my childhood so it’s hit me hard. Rest in peace Sally ❤️
R.I.P Sally Ann Howes you were amazing as Truly Scrumptious ❤
I have always loved this clever and charming song! I like to sing it every once in a while. The little dog on the conveyor belt still makes me laugh after 50 years 😂
All I've seen in this scene for the last 30 years is the falling dog in the background
Where?
@@katelittlewood-tribe17 4:56
Oh my!
Holy crap lol I never saw that before
I've never noticed that before. Thanks for the head's up
0:23 I like how his voice changes.
Hiatt Grey went from the camera audio to the studio audio it does this in all songs in most movies these days it is just better blended in
Dick Van Dyke ages so well over the years & he’s handsome.
I can only hope I’m as handsome when I’m in my 90s 😂
I freaking loved this movie when i was a kid.
My favorite childhood movie 🥺 even if I wasn’t born in those day I still love it💗💗
If Hollywood ever remakes this Imma throw hands
How time passes by so quickly. I was 8 when this came out ...... 60 now but when it's on I'll watch it for some peculiar reason . Great film with very talented performers !
Happy 90th birthday Sally Ann Howes!!
It always blows my mind that this was conceived by the same man who made James Bond. lol
This has the merriment of the Chimney Sweep dance of Mary Poppins!
The sad thing is that they can’t remake this cause in 2019 this mean farting candy
I hate that you're right.
I mean they could change it to flute sweets?
LMAO
@Becca Boo I love this film and I'm from this generation, but I get what you mean, a lot of my friends either haven't seen this film or wouldn't class it in on of their top 10 or 5 favourite musicals. For me this is number 1 on my list.. I think it was the first musical film I've ever watched.. Such a good film!
@Becca Boo thanks! Glad you have good taste also! :D
2:52. Dick Van Dyke. A chimney sweep before it was cool.
BRILLIANT! Why am I in tears?! This takes me back to my childhood. 🥲
They don’t make movies like they used to anymore. Such a classic. 🥲
I remember driving into NY when I was young. My Dad was taking us to see Dr. Doolittle but could not find a parking space so we went to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang instead. Great memories. Thank you, Dad.
Amen
LMAO.... This is when people really had to act. Hardly any special effects, a movie was a story told by the actors and was rated on their believability.
Rather too much dancing though.
Id would think it would be easier to act back then, now as you said there are special effects, but not on facial expressions and all, imagine having to act and react to something that isnt actually there but will be added in post. Plus, now in high budget films they dont even have a full script and hardly even know what the final product will be, yet they have to act as if they knew things about a scene they might film weeks later
I personally (along with my family) think there is way to much special effects in movies now days. This to be is what actually is supposed to be like.
@@Milamberinx NEVER!!;) I wish the dance more in movies now days. But what can I say I am a old soul. Born in the wrong era, but I guess some us us had to to keep it alive!
@@glorygracek.1841 But you have plenty of musicals without special effects though, whether they where better back then is mostly for nostalgia to decide i find, even though yes i agree films like this one or like the sound of music and shit are unbeatable they are some of the best movies ever written, but special effects are never really used in musicals today
I absolutely adore Truly's dress! Although I'm not a fan of that hat.
Adelaide Beeman-White q
Well it is a period film set in the early 1900s or 1910s. No lady was complete without her hat!
Jacob Cannon - I believe it is set in 1909. I’m fine with hats in general, but that one is designed to look like whipped cream.
@@AdelaideBeemanWhite hey to each their own. I love it!
SAMEEEE
I haven't watched this movie in like 15+ years but for some reason I woke up this morning singing this song. Super random... nice to listen to it again :D
RIP : Sally Ann Howes
Such a fun movie, and most importantly- some of the greatest music ever!
I actually had the candy whistles.... they were fun :3 and now I feel old
RIP Sally Ann Howes
(1930-2021).
I legitimately want a candy that makes a noise that I can use to accidentally annoy people with while I’m eating
I love how everybody’s clothes match, all gray and white, except for Mr. scrumptious. And I love Truly’s dress❤️ I hope they never try to remake this. It’s a classic❤️❤️
One of my favorite movies ever
RIP Sally Ann Howes 1930-2021
Beautiful, my childhood right there... and it never stops.
Brilliant films love him in Mary Poppins too
saw this when I was five or six, forgot it for a decade and a half, now it's back
Old style "Pressure Sales," LOL 😂 😂😂
I generally hate musicals, but this is truly a fantastic and timeless film!
I recommend you watch the Greatest Showman
I always loved how so much effort is put into these musical pieces before the story of the film even starts properly
More than 10 times I watched this movie already, never bored with it. What a classic
One of my all time favorite movies! I haven’t seen it in decades though. And of course I play it and the first line caused us all to laugh hysterically and request that line as a ringtone. 😆🤪
I haven’t watched this film in like 7 years
This movie came out 41 years before I was born but I still watched this so many times as a kid
R.I.P. Sally Ann Howes
I remember when I watched this movie I really wanted a Toot Sweet just so I could blow on it and make that sound
There is some similar candy that you can blow like a whistle .
I forget what they are called tho
I love this movie so much my mom is the reason i love Musicals. This movie is a MASTERPIECE.
I consider her side of the family why I love musicals too
My older sisters (Born in the 90’s) and I (2000) had this film on VHS and we had one of those big vans that had a DVD/VHS player inside. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was one of the movie we would watch while we were on a long road trip to visit family in other states. I love this movie so much and it’s a movie that not many of my friends know which is sad.
RIP Truly ❤️❤️
Watching this again for the first time while stoned to the bone is absolutely wonderful
hearing this song for the first time in forever has literally brought me to tears, I miss being a kid
Has anyone noticed the dog that falls in the background at 4:56?? Check this out and let me know
Wow can't believe I've never noticed that
Holy shit lmfao
Anthony Lawson oh my god poor pooche
Ahh!
I see no dog falling
"Sir, the factory has run out of money. Its only February."
"Why? What happened?"
"I think its probably the fact you required every single person working there to be a professional dancer and singer, and spend 70% of their time working on their choreography."
And Lord Scrumptious had to call the dog catcher.
One of the best musicals ever made. They just don't make them like this anymore. Now we get Snow Wrong and the 7 Whatchamacallits, and the Little HerMaid.
First of all I’m glad we agree this is a great movie. Secondly I’m actually cautiously looking forward to the new Snow White
Does not matter how old i get, i grew up on this movie and i still love going back to it.
This was my favorite movie when I was an 11 year old boy. I fell in love with beautiful Truly Scrumptious and I’ve been looking for my Truly ever since.
Back when you needed to have talent to be an actor or actress.
Even for a "Bit Part!" The expressions on the faces of the chorus members that make up the factory workers!... Their reactions to what Caractacus, Lord Scrumptious & Truly are doing, saying and singing, and to what's happening all around the factory! For instance, the gentleman in the white lab coat, holding the tray for Lord Scrumptious to sample...The way is eyes bug out when Caractacus interrupts Lord Scrumptious to ply his wares...and the way the man elates at that last note! ...Very "realistic" acting!
The same decade that Mickey Rooney played a racist Japanese stereotype in Breakfast at Tiffany's
In the olde days, one needed to be able to sing, dance, and act. Sometimes backwards and in heels (looking at you, Ginger Rogers). Whether by talent, hard work, gumption, or a combination of the three, you still needed to have the big three to be cast in anything. And while I am all for returning to that standard, at the same time I wouldn't say that there are no good actors or actresses (whichever term they themselves prefer) anymore. Just a shift in focus caused by a change in the times.
Go audition for a lead role in a hollywood movie right now. Prove you don't need talent.
I do love, your correct usage of the word, "gumption". Never let a good, arcane or archaic, word die.
I've loved this film since I was a kid, and still do. The critic in me can't help but think though of the amount of confectionery that would've needed to be scrapped at the end of this scene due to animal contamination, and the dollar/pound value attached to that. Add the following scene where Caractacus advertises a service (hairdressing) and then gives a customer a haircut that makes the customer a laughing stock. In the real world and in today's age, Potts would've very likely been sued into the gutter by both the factory and the customer.
To be fair though the whole story is presented in a not so ground in reality almost fairy tale like theme.
@Greg Schultz My apologies for the belated response, CZcams didn't give a notification for your comment. That use of the hair-cutting machine and ending in the musical sounds fantastic!
@@SammEater That is very true, and I love that about the film also.
James Robertson Justice. What an actor he was.
Love love love this movie
Imagine the fun of filming from 3:16
Bert moved to another part of England and started inventing
And wisely dropped that ridiculous accent.
You know what? That actually makes sense in terms of the timing!
Mary Poppins is, I believe, set in 1910, and Chitty is set in Pre-WW1 England, so it kinda makes sense?
This film actually takes place one year before Mary Poppins.
“HE LIKES IT” could’ve fooled me, it looked like he was choking on it 😂
Crazy how with time this becomes a relic. And how this new generation will never know what chitty chitty bang bang was.
Not if I can help it
I like how this is in a movie about a flying car lol
This is great music! The lyrics are creative and fun and great harmonies
I still have the VHS, I still watch it till this day!
Spotlight 808 I used to have a VHS that had this movie and willy wonka on the same video!
We still have the VHS but not the VHS Player :( I love this movie!
Oh boy, that was awesome, it's been so long since I've heard of this one, its a great old classic.
My great grandad was part of the music crew
The two children in this movie are so cute and lovely❤️❤️
Ok this is weird because I was singing this whilst cleaning my shower and now, three days later, it’s on my reccomended.
This entire movie was a fever dream
That’s how you sell a product
The nostalgia it sweet.
I had forgotten how much I love this movie.
This is one of my favorite movies. Thanks.
This scene used to make me desperately crave sweets as a kid 😅
Rest In Peace Sally Ann!
I was so disappointed when these didn’t actually exist
For a while there where Whistle Pops. Same concept. Late 70s.
I've been singing this song ever since Dick Van Dyke got the Kennedy Center Honor. This is one of my favorite movies, starring my favorite actor!
I watched this movie 6 years ago and this song gets stuck in my head every few weeks