As the day winds down, Potts tells the children a story, in which the foursome embark on a great adventure in the resplendent Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which Potts as rigged to fly, float, drive itself, and perform other turn-of-the-century Batmobile-like functions. Soon thereafter in one of those Pipi Longstocking-esque child-arranged dates, Potts and his two children go on a picnic with local richgirl Truly Scrumptious - possibly the best Bond Girl name since Pussy Galore.
Caractacus rescues a junked motorcar from rusting in a field and restores it to new - meet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, named for the sounds the car makes. Caractacus Potts.wacky inventor,get it? Hoo hah! Potts and his two children (whose pictures may be seen in the dictionary next to the word "moppet") live with the senior Mr. Dick Van Dyke is Caractacus Potts, a wacky inventor who inexplicably lives in England with his two inexplicably English children. With a screenplay penned by Ian Fleming, this should come as no surprise. And I love it as an adult because it full of suggestive double meanings, much like the Warner Bros cartoons of the 1940s - the type of things that shoot straight over kids' heads and make adults snicker knowingly. I love it as a film student because it's a well-crafted, timeless fairytale. I loved it as a child because it's great cinema for children. Bit I still love this film on several levels.
To this day, I still feel an uneasy chill when I hear the words "kiddie-winkies". I'm one of many thirty-somethings that grew up on this movie and later suffered nightmares featuring the Child Catcher.
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