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Sir Kenneth Adam OBE RDI (born Klaus Hugo George Fritz Adam; 5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) was a German-British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove and Salon Kitty.
Ken Adam designed the film's titular car [22] and six Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs were created for the film, though only one was fully-functional. At a 1973 auction in Florida, one Chitty sold for $37,000, [ 23 ] equal to $253,952 today.
Ken Adam, Frederick Rowland Emett: Body and chassis ... Engine: 2,994 cm 3 (182.7 cu in) Ford Essex V6: Transmission: automatic: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the ...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang also received a theatrical adaptation, premiering first in London in 2002 and again on Broadway in 2005. Broccoli's wife, Dana, also produced the Tony and Olivier-nominated ...
A “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” remake is in the works from Amazon MGM Studios and “James Bond” backers Eon Productions. The film is in early stages of development with executives at Eon and ...
The forthcoming remake of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” prepares to take flight with director Matthew Warchus (“Matilda the Musical,” “Pride”) boarding the production. Tony and Olivier ...
The semi-rigid airship, whose appearance was designed by Ken Adam, was an approximate replica of a 1904 Lebaudy airship. [2] The envelope was symmetrical fore-and-aft and short and deep compared to typical rigid airships , with pointed ends above the centre of the envelope that gave it the distinctive Lebaudy "hooked" appearance. [ 3 ]
Chitty 1 was fitted with four seats and a crude, oversized exhaust pipe, in order to mislead the handicappers and spectators. Its top speed on the day was 100.75 miles per hour (162.14 km/h). For its next outing, Chitty 1 was refitted as a two-seater with a cowled radiator and a properly plumbed exhaust. It attained nearly 120 mph (190 km/h) on ...