Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Mel Stuart

Writers:

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

Release Date:

30 June 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Musical | Fantasy | Comedy

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Factory | Chocolate | Candy | Chocolate Factory | Children

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Gene Wilder	...	Willy Wonka
Jack Albertson	...	Grandpa Joe
Peter Ostrum	...	Charlie Bucket
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)
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	...	Girl in Classroom (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

Art Department
Hendrik Wynands	....	construction manager (as Hendrik G. Wynands)

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

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

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

Animation Department
Jim Danforth	....	animator (uncredited)

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

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

Music Department
Howard Jeffrey	....	musical numbers staged 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)
Marci Sperling	....	craft service (uncredited)

Production Companies

• David L. Wolper Productions (as Wolper Pictures Ltd.)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1971) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• 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: New York
• Selway Baker  casting: London
• The Quaker Oats Company  funding (uncredited)

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | Dolby Digital (DVD Release)

Certification:

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-7 (1971) (uncut) | Finland:S (1971) (cut) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | France:U | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

David L. Wolper Productions

Trivia:

Most of the chocolate bars were actually made of wood.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Willy Wonka is in his office, the light bulb in the half lamp on the desk is whole; breaking the trend of everything being cut in half.

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:

Spoofed in "What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Recipe for Disaster (#2.9)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

(I've Got a) Golden Ticket

"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.