Did the Writers of BTTF Get Some Ideas from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

I was watching the Kenneth Branagh movie 'Belfast' on Amazon Prime the other night and there was a scene where Ken and his family go to the cinema to see 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and they act like they are seeing it in an IMAX theatre.

And while I have never seen that movie on the cinema screen, I had seen bits and pieces of the movie on TV over the years and the flying scenes didn't seem too impressive to me.

The Belfast family viewing 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'

With today's movie technology they could make a pretty good IMAX experience with a 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' re-boot, but those songs would have to go ... at least most of them I reckon or replace them with better ones.  

Maybe get Hugh Jackman to play the Dick Van Dyke role?

I bought a copy of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' on DVD years ago for the kids to watch, but I could never get into the movie to be honest with all of those stupid songs to sit through.

But after seeing the movie featured in 'Belfast' I watched the DVD right through mainly to see just how good the flying car scenes were, and just how different the movie was from Ian Fleming's children's novel.

I read the novel years ago, but have since given the book away since mentioning the book in this old post -

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Apart from realizing the Dame Judi Dench/James Bond/Bang Bang/Ian Fleming connection as I sat watching 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' I couldn't help thinking that the makers of the BTTF movies had pinched some ideas from the Bang Bang movie.

There's the sheep dog named Edison in Bang Bang, as opposed to the sheep dog named Einstein in BTTF, and the flying cars, mad inventors with Rube Goldberg like machines, and even a helmet that gives wild haircuts instead of reads minds unsuccessfully:-)

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Professor Butts and the
Self-Operating Napkin (1931)

I can't help but see the influence Bang Bang has had on the makers of BTTF as more than just coincidence.

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I wonder if Peter Jackson drives around in CCBB trick or treating on his birthday of October 31st?-)

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