< Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang/Trivia
- Based on a True Story: The car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was inspired by several real race cars, and the start-of-film sequence showing the car and its crash are loosely based on elements of the first Chitty's history.
- Hey, It's That Guy!:
- Bert the Sweep apparently stopped even pretending to have a British accent.
- Auric Goldfinger is a toy-craving, child-hating manchild?
- Benny Hill is the Toymaker.
- Phil Collins (a Former Child Star) has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role.
- Millie the stage hand has done well for herself, marrying a baron and all.
- Q apparently got his start as a junkman.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: Robert Helpman, who played the Child Catcher, was actually extremely kind, especially towards the children.
- Not Even Bothering with the Accent: After taking a lot of criticism for his phony Cockney in Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke completely dispensed with a British accent in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite the fact that his character's father and two children all had one.
- Sibling Team: The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the film's songs.
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