Roald Dahl’s adaptation of Ian Fleming’s ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ is coming to The Foxton Centre mini cinema tomorrow, Friday 9th September, 6 pm – 8.45 pm. £4 ticket fee on the door or FREE for Foxton folk!
This film is a part of British Film Institute’s #RoaldDahlonFilm season with Film Hub Wales.
Briefly about the film:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical adventure fantasy film directed by Ken Hughes and written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming’s 1964 novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car.
The film stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries,James Robertson Justice and Robert Helpmann as the main antagonist, the evil Child-catcher.
The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli (co-producer of the James Bond series of films, also based on Fleming’s novels).
The Plot:
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
Rated: Suitable for all audiences.