A couple weeks ago, Amazon.com began taking pre-orders for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang starring Dick Van Dyke on Blu-ray. Today Fox made the release official in confirming a November 2 release date and detailing the specs and bonus features.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Blu-ray will be packaged with a DVD version of the film in two separate skus: one using the Blu-ray as a lead-in and the other the DVD. The contents and pricing of each will be identical with the only differences between discs one and two swapping places and a small tweak to the packaging.
Fox has remastered the video and audio for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Blu-ray, the latter of which has been bumped up to 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio for the first time. Also included will be new interactive games as part of the bonus features listed below.
Disc One (Blu-ray)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remastered feature film
- Newly upgraded 7.1 audio
- All-new “Toot Sweet Symphony” melody maker – the Toot Sweet Toots Musical Maestro
- All-new “Chitty’s Bang Bang Driving Game”
- Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke
- “A Fantasmagorical Motorcar” featurette
- Sherman Brothers’ Rare Demos of the film’s most popular songs
- Vintage Featurettes including, “The Ditchling Tinkerer,” “Dick Van Dyke Press Interview,” and “The Potts Children’s Featurette”
- Photo Gallery
- Vintage Advertising Gallery including English and French versions of the theatrical trailer and several television spots
- Sing-a-long version of the film
- Music Machine
Disc Two (DVD)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Sing-a-long version of the film
Pre-order Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Blu-ray for $31.49 at Amazon.com.
