Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Director:

Mel Stuart

Writers:

Roald Dahl (screenplay)
Roald Dahl (book)
(more)

Release Date:

30 June 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

It's everybody's non-pollutionary, anti-institutionary, pro-confectionery factory of fun!

Plot:

A poor boy wins the opportunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all.

Plot Keywords:

Factory | Chocolate | Candy | Ticket | Chocolate Factory

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Gene Wilder	...	Willy Wonka
Jack Albertson	...	Grandpa Joe
Peter Ostrum	...	Charlie
Roy Kinnear	...	Mr. Salt
Julie Dawn Cole	...	Veruca Salt
Leonard Stone	...	Mr. Beauregarde
Denise Nickerson	...	Violet Beauregarde
Nora Denney	...	Mrs. Teevee (as Dodo Denney)
Paris Themmen	...	Mike Teevee
Ursula Reit	...	Mrs. Gloop
Michael Bollner	...	Augustus Gloop
Diana Sowle	...	Mrs. Bucket
Aubrey Woods	...	Bill
David Battley	...	Mr. Turkentine
Günter Meisner	...	Mr. Slugworth (as Gunter Meisner)
Peter Capell	...	The Tinker
Werner Heyking	...	Mr. Jopeck
Peter Stuart	...	Winkelmann
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dora Altmann	...	Grandma Georgina (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Rudy Borgstaller	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Tim Brooke-Taylor	...	Computer Operator (uncredited)
George Claydon	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Pat Coombs	...	Henrietta Salt (uncredited)
Frank Delfino	...	Auctioneer (uncredited)
Malcolm Dixon	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Stephen Dunne	...	Stanley Kael - Second Newscaster (uncredited)
Michael Gahr	...	Reporter in Germany (uncredited)
Rusty Goffe	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Kurt Großkurth	...	Mr. Gloop (uncredited)
Shin Hamano	...	Japanese Candy Store Owner (uncredited)
Ismed Hassan	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Jack Latham	...	First Newscaster (uncredited)
Franziska Liebing	...	Grandma Josephine (uncredited)
Gloria Manon	...	Mrs. Curtis (uncredited)
Norman McGlen	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Angelo Muscat	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Ed Peck	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Pepe Poupee	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Marcus Powell	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Bob Roe	...	Peter Goff (uncredited)
Madeline Stuart	...	Madeline Durkin (uncredited)
Albert Wilkinson	...	Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Ernst Ziegler	...	Grandpa George (uncredited)

Directed by
Mel Stuart

Writing credits
Roald Dahl		(screenplay)
Roald Dahl		(book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory")
David Seltzer		screenplay (uncredited)

Produced by
Stan Margulies	....	producer
David L. Wolper	....	producer

Cinematography by
Arthur Ibbetson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Saxon

Art Direction by
Harper Goff

Costume Design by
Helen Colvig

Makeup Department
Susi Krause	....	hairdresser
Raimund Stangl	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Pia Arnold	....	production manager
Renate Neuchl	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wolfgang Glattes	....	assistant director
Jack Roe	....	assistant director
Stefan Zürcher	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Hendrik Wynands	....	construction manager (as Hendrik G. Wynands)
Clarence Fay Konkel	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Charles L. Campbell	....	sound editor
Richard Portman	....	re-recording (as Dick Portman)
Karsten Ullrich	....	sound
Roger Sword	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Logan Frazee	....	special effects (as Logan R. Frazee)

Visual Effects by
Jim Danforth	....	model animator: Wonkavator (uncredited)
Jim Danforth	....	optical effects (uncredited)
Albert Whitlock	....	optical effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Wilson	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ille Sievers	....	wardrobe head

Editorial Department
Melvin Shapiro	....	associate editor (as Mel Shapiro)

Music Department
Leslie Bricusse	....	lyrics and music by
Howard Jeffrey	....	musical numbers staged by
Anthony Newley	....	lyrics and music by
Walter Scharf	....	conductor
Walter Scharf	....	music arranger
Jack K. Tillar	....	music editor (as Jack Tillar)
Diana Lee	....	singing voice: Diana Sowle (uncredited)

Other crew
Frawley Becker	....	dialogue coach
Trudy von Trotha	....	script supervisor (as Trudi Von Trotha)
Betty Walberg	....	dance arrangements
David L. Wolper	....	presenter
Walker Edmiston	....	voice dubbing: Gunter Meisner (uncredited)
Robert Newman	....	location finance advisor (uncredited)
Bob Roe	....	stand-in: Peter Ostrum (uncredited)
Marci Sperling	....	craft service (uncredited)

Production Companies

• David L. Wolper Productions (as A Wolper Pictures, Ltd. Presentation)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Cinéma International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (as Warner Bros. Pictures A TimeWarner Company)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2000) (Finland) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
• TV3 (1991) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Marion Dougherty Associates  casting by (as Marion Dougherty Associates - New York)
• Selway Baker  casting by (as Selway Baker Ltd.- London)
• Opticals West/N.J.S.  optical effects (uncredited)
• Pacific Title  optical effects (uncredited)
• Technicolor  color
• The Quaker Oats Company  funding (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min | West Germany:89 min (theatrical version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | France:U | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G (Approved No. 22687) | Canada:F (Ontario) (re-rating) (1996) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (original rating) | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:G (Ontario - 2006) | West Germany:6 | Germany:o.Al. (re-rating) (2005) | Finland:K-8 (1971) (uncut) | Finland:S (1971) (cut) | Peru:PT | Spain:T | UK:PG (video rating: additional material audio commentary) (2010)

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Trivia:

The film was originally financed by the Quaker Oats Company. They hoped to tie it to a new candy bar they intended to bring on the market. When the film was released, the company began marketing its "Wonka" chocolate bars. Unfortunately, an error in the chocolate formula caused the bars to melt too easily, even while on the shelf, and so they were taken off the market. Quaker sold the brand to St. Louis-based Sunline, Inc. (which later became part of Nestlé via Rowntree) not long after this; Sunline was able to make the brand a success, and Wonka-branded candy (most of which isn't chocolate-based) is still available in the USA. Although the book this movie was based on was called 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', the movie was renamed to promote this candy tie-in.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the start of the movie when all the children are in the sweet shop, Bill the shopkeeper lifts up a section of counter to go to the customer side of the counter (at around 52 mins) and does not put the section of counter back down. Bill returns to behind the counter through another section of counter (at around 5 mins), and then re-opens the first section of counter to let the kids behind the counter (at around 50 mins). Also, when he lifts up the counter the second time, a girl by the counter with a white ribbon in her hair clearly gets smacked on the chin by the rising counter.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bill, candy store owner:All right, all right, all right, what's it going to be? A Triple Cream Cup for Christopher. A Sizzler for June Marie. And listen!
[the children fall silent]
Bill, candy store owner:Wonka's got a new one today.
Children:What is it?
Bill, candy store owner:This is called a Scrumpdiddlyumptious Bar.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Video Days (1991) (V)

Soundtrack:

I Want It Now!

"WE are the music-makers, and WE are the dreamers of dreams!"

When I was a kid, my mom made me sit through this a trillion and one times. It's one of her favorites. I liked it well enough back then, but it's only now that I'm older that I can appreciate the true sinister glory of this movie. It's so deliciously creepy! For those who have to whine about how messed up it is, consider the original "Cinderella." Now that was awful. Willy Wonka is the stranger with a bag of chocolate that parents are always warning their kids about, but what he's really offering is a seductive nightmare in a kaleidescope of candy colors, a cautionary tale told with fairy story whimsy. I got it when I was 5, but the thrill didn't register. "A dirty trick on innocent children?" Some people out there obviously don't remember what it's really like to be a kid. Childhood is full of booby traps and the allure of the forbidden, and that which is evil frequently looks divine. "Willy Wonka" is about giving in and seeing the horrors and delights, the choices and pratfalls on the other side. It's disturbing because it strikes a certain primal chord: freedom and danger are entwined, and people have never wanted to associate children with either.