![]() ![]() ![]() Jason Manford makes a perfect Caractacus, and is well supported by Charlotte Wakefield as Truly Scrumptious and, last night, Henry Kent and Lucy Sherman as his children. Caractaus accompanied by his children and Truly Scrumptious, a lady he has helped following problems with her motorcycle, set off to rescue him and the rest of the story is what happens when they reach the baron’s castle. The baron dispatches two emissaries, Boris and Goran, to buy the old racing car for him as yet another toy, but beaten to it by Caractacus they cover their failure by kidnapping Grandpa Potts believing him to be the inventor. Vulgaria is a land where children are no longer allowed – and any that do exist are soon trapped by the evil childcatcher while those who have escaped him live out their lives hidden in a cellar beneath the castle. Word of the availability of the old car has reached the Baron of Vulgaria, a man who is apparently only happy when playing with his toys, indeed his chief assistant is his toymaker. The story centres round a less than successful widowed inventor, Caractacus Potts, who is persuaded to buy the wreck of an old racing car, which his children play in, for thirty shillings and then sees his luck change as he converts it into a car that can fly. It certainly happened last night as the current touring production started an extended 10-day visit to the New Victoria leaving an audience of all ages with a definite feel-good factor.įor the tour, Simon Higlet has produced a fascinating set combining a multi-scene backcloth that incorporates video projection with real time action and even allows the famous car itself to fly. Well, based on the evidence of music and lyrics and the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that’s exactly what happens. Take a children’s story, get the Sherman brothers to write some memorable music and lyrics and then introduce some sophisticated choreography from Stephen Mear and you’ve got yourself a hit that appeals to all ages. Thanks again.Jason Manford as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Photograph: Alastair Muir Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Awesome job, and well done too for keeping the cover descriptions the same as the original releases. Your Disney uploads keep having me keep track of your page here on Internet Archive. Also, if you happen to have the UK VHS of Disney Sing Along Songs: From Hercules, please upload this too as all the other versions I have found online appear to be from the same low quality source. I may have missed it, but if you have the US laserdisc of Very Merry Christmas Songs/The Twelve Days of Christmas, I look forward to seeing it. Personally I prefer MKV over AVI (MPG is also preferred over AVI because I can use Quicktime Player on the Mac to trim off the opening and closing of your laserdiscs without quality loss)- the ISO and MKV provide me with a master backup, and the MKV allows me to make a higher quality MP4 version with better quality settings in Handbrake than the MP4s you upload- I can then use the MP4 for general use in iTunes where I can use other software to add a full range of metadata. A few other notes on your other releases. I hope that you are able to do this with your other DVD uploads (I'll keep checking back) because the other Video-ts folder way you have been doing it doesn't appear to work as perhaps you intend. I knew because I used to own it on DVD before I sold my old DVDs. Maybe you can create an ISO version in the future direct from the DVD? AUGUPDATE: Thank you so much for newly uploading the ISO Elijah. UPDATE: Despite your new instructions Elijah, it didn't work- it was still in the wrong order. ĭownloaded the files, created an ISO but it appears to be in the wrong order. ![]()
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