Caractacus Pott Caractacus Pott Caractacus Potts is one of the main characters in Ian Fleming's novel "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" and its film adaptation. The film version of the story makes several changes to Pott's character. In the original 1964 book, "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car", Pott is a Royal Navy Commander and eccentric inventor who lives with his wife Mimsy and their twin eight-year-old children, Jeremy and Jemima, on their hilltop farm. The filmmakers, including screenwriter Roald Dahl, altered a good deal of the book's details when crafting the 1968 film musical version of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", in which Caractacus is portrayed by Dick
Gillian Lynne In 2002, along with Keith Rosenberg, Lynne choreographed the Sherman Brothers' stage musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (based on the 1968 film). It played in London, and later on Broadway in 2005, both times successfully. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" brought her back to the London Palladium after 50 years and she rehearsed cast changes for the show's National UK Tour. Lynne choreographed the 90 Minute Las Vegas Production of "The Phantom of the Opera" which opened in the Summer of 2006, directed "I Want to Teach the World to Sing!" Gala at Her Majesty's Theatre and musically staged "The Imaginary