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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

  • 19711971
  • GG
  • 1h 40m
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Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Julie Dawn Cole, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
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A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
206K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,073
201
    • Mel Stuart
    • Roald Dahl(screenplay by)
    • David Seltzer(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Gene Wilder
    • Jack Albertson
    • Peter Ostrum
    • Mel Stuart
    • Roald Dahl(screenplay by)
    • David Seltzer(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Gene Wilder
    • Jack Albertson
    • Peter Ostrum
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 470User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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    Gene Wilder
    Gene Wilder
    • Willy Wonka
    Jack Albertson
    Jack Albertson
    • Grandpa Joe
    Peter Ostrum
    Peter Ostrum
    • Charlie
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Mr. Salt
    Julie Dawn Cole
    Julie Dawn Cole
    • Veruca Salt
    Leonard Stone
    Leonard Stone
    • Mr. Beauregarde
    Denise Nickerson
    Denise Nickerson
    • Violet Beauregarde
    Nora Denney
    Nora Denney
    • Mrs. Teevee
    • (as Dodo Denney)
    Paris Themmen
    Paris Themmen
    • Mike Teevee
    Ursula Reit
    Ursula Reit
    • Mrs. Gloop
    Michael Bollner
    Michael Bollner
    • Augustus Gloop
    Diana Sowle
    Diana Sowle
    • Mrs. Bucket
    Aubrey Woods
    • Bill
    David Battley
    David Battley
    • Mr. Turkentine
    Günter Meisner
    Günter Meisner
    • Mr. Slugworth
    • (as Gunter Meisner)
    Peter Capell
    Peter Capell
    • The Tinker
    Werner Heyking
    • Mr. Jopeck
    Peter Stuart
    • Winkelmann
      • Mel Stuart
      • Roald Dahl(screenplay by) (book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory")
      • David Seltzer(screenplay by) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The reactions of the actors and actresses in some scenes are spontaneous:
      • In the scene in which Wonka limps out of his factory to greet the Golden Ticket winners, everyone's reaction was genuine.
      • When the children first enter the Chocolate Room and see the candy gardens, their reactions are genuine.
      • When filming the tunnel scene, the actors' reactions to Wonka's singing were genuine; Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, and Denise Nickerson were all terrified and had thought Gene Wilder had gone into a psychotic meltdown.
      • In the scene where Wonka is screaming at Charlie and Grandpa Joe, Ostrum's and Albertson's reactions are real. Wilder actually wanted to tell Ostrum beforehand, but director Mel Stuart advised strongly against it, so as not to ruin the illusion of surprise.
    • Goofs
      When Wonka first allows the children into the chocolate room he makes an umbrella by sticking the bottom of his cane into a "mushroom" top and then holding the cane upside-down. As he twirls the umbrella you can see the stab holes in the Styrofoam bottom from prior takes (at around 18 mins).
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Gloop: Don't just stand there, do something!

      Willy Wonka: [unenthusiastically] Help. Police, Murder.

    • Crazy credits
      At the same time as the end credits are playing, the film shows the Wonkavator rising higher and higher.
    • Alternate versions
      The 1971 German version was cut down to 89 minutes, deleting the complete boat scene from the entering of the tunnel till the arriving and several other scenes, that might not be suitable for younger viewers (it was rated age 6) . There it now a complete version available, with the reentered scenes subtitled.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kidsongs: What I Want to Be (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      The Candy Man
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

      Performed by Aubrey Woods

    User reviews470

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    10/10
    So shines a good deed in a weary world.
    The world goes on chocolate overdrive when it's announced that famed candy maker, Willy Wonka, has put five golden tickets in his Wonka Bars. The lucky recipients of these tickets will be treated to a day out in the top secret Wonka factory, where they can see how the sweets are made, and if they are even luckier, they will get a lifetimes supply of free chocolate. Nobody wants a golden ticket more than Charlie Bucket, from a desperately poor family, Charlie has learned to accept his heritage with a grace and credibility not befitting most other children. So when a miracle upon miracles happens, and Charlie finds a golden ticket, it just may prove to be a turning point far beyond his wildest dreams.

    They say that true love lasts a lifetime, so shall it be the case with Willy Wonka and myself. As a child I was captivated by the colours, the dream of myself being able to visit a magical place where sweets and chocolate roll off the production line purely for my ingestion. Songs that I memorised back in my youth have never left me, and now as a considerably middle aged adult male, I can still embrace, and feel the magic, whilst enjoying the darkly knowing aspects of this fabulous and wondrous black comedy.

    Roald Dahl was quite a writer of note, and thankfully the makers here have brought his astute morality tale to vivid cinematic life. Director Mel Stuart, aided by his screenwriter David Seltzer, even manage to add to Dahl's wonderful story courtesy of a sinister outsider, who apparently in the guise of a rival corporation, will pay handsomely for a Wonka top secret, morality, greed and power all coming together in one big chocolate explosion. The greatest gift that Willy Wonka gives, tho, is that of the set designs and art direction, where in an almost hypnotically drug induced colourful world, Wonka's factory is a child's dream come true, however, peril is at every turn as life's lessons dolled out courtesy of the scarily cute Oompa Loompas.

    Songs are provided by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricuse, with the sumptuous art coming from Harper Goff. Gene Wilder takes the lead role of Willy Wonka, magnetic and bordering on clued in madness, Wilder takes his rightful place in the pantheon of memorable performances performed in fantasy pictures. But ultimately it's the story and the way it appeals to every age group that makes Willy Wonka a prize treasure, the kids love it, while the adults watching with them will be wryly nodding and trying to suppress the onset of a devilish grin.

    Pure magic is Willy Wonka, see it now in High Definition TV to fully realise the dream/nightmare on offer, oh oh I love it so. 10/10
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    FAQ17

    • While traveling through the tunnel, what were the images that appeared and scared everyone?
    • 5 continents instead of 7, how is that possible?
    • How did Wonka find out that Charlie and Grandpa Joe sampled the Fizzy lifting Drinks?

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    • Release date
      • June 30, 1971 (United States)
      • United States
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production company
      • Wolper Pictures
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Mono(original release)
      • (original & negative ratio, open matte)

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