| Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Gene Wilder |
Willy Wonka
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| Jack Albertson |
Grandpa Joe
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| Peter Ostrum |
Charlie
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| Roy Kinnear |
Mr. Salt
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| Julie Dawn Cole |
Veruca Salt
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| Aubrey Woods |
Bill
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| Michael Bollner |
Augustus Gloop
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| Leonard Stone |
Mr. Beauregarde
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| Diana Sowle |
Mrs. Bucket
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| Paris Themmen |
Mike Teevee
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| Denise Nickerson |
Violet Beauregarde
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| Nora Denney |
Mrs. Teevee (as Dodo Denney)
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| Ursula Reit |
Mrs. Gloop
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Family; Musical; Fantasy; Comedy |
| Director |
Mel Stuart |
| Producer |
Stan Margulies |
| Writer |
Roald Dahl; David Seltzer |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
G |
| Running Time |
98 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.5 |
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| Plot |
| Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy, perversely faithful to the spirit of Roald Dahl's original book Charley and the Chocolate Factory. Enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charley Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather (Jack Albertson). In the course of the tour, Willy Wonka punishes the four nastier children in various diabolical methods — one kid is inflated and covered with blueberry dye, another ends up as a principal ingredient of the chocolate, and so on — because these kids have violated the ethics of Wonka's factory. In the end, only Charlie and his grandfather are left. Ostensibly set in England, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was lensed in Germany (as revealed by the film's final overhead shot). — Hal Erickson |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
41 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
All Movie Guide
IMDB
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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