Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

Roald Dahl (book), John August (screenplay)

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 50 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp	...	Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore	...	Charlie Bucket
David Kelly	...	Grandpa Joe
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Mrs. Bucket
Noah Taylor	...	Mr. Bucket
Missi Pyle	...	Mrs. Beauregarde
James Fox	...	Mr. Salt
Deep Roy	...	Oompa Loompa
Christopher Lee	...	Dr. Wonka
Adam Godley	...	Mr. Teavee
Franziska Troegner	...	Mrs. Gloop
AnnaSophia Robb	...	Violet Beauregarde (as Annasophia Robb)
Julia Winter	...	Veruca Salt
Jordan Fry	...	Mike Teavee
Philip Wiegratz	...	Augustus Gloop

Storyline

When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

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Plot Keywords:

caterpillar | psychiatrist | cannibalism | garbage | fight | 

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Taglines:

Augustus Is what he eats

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language

Details

Country:

USA UK Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$56,178,450, 17 July 2005

Gross USA:

$206,459,076

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$474,968,763

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, The Zanuck Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX SDDS Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) DTS (DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (5.1 Surround) Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital 5.1) (5.1 Surround) SDDS (8 channels) (5.1 Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During pre-production, director Tim Burton visited Roald Dahl's former house in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Missenden. Liccy Dahl remembers Burton entering Dahl's famed writing shed and saying, "This is the Bucket's house!" and thinking to herself, "Thank God, somebody gets it." Liccy showed Burton the original handwritten manuscripts, which Burton discovered were more politically incorrect than the published book. The manuscripts included a child named Herpes after the sexually transmitted disease.

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Goofs

The "Golden Ticket" is placed on the back side (smooth side) of the chocolate bar before the wrapping, however, when opened, the Golden Ticket appears on the top side (the "printed side") of the bar.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: This is a story of an ordinary little boy named Charlie Bucket. He was not faster, or stronger, or more clever than other children. His family was not rich or powerful or well-connected; in fact, they barely had enough to eat. Charlie Bucket was the luckiest boy in the entire world. He just didn't know it yet.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures logos appear to be made of gold and come out from behind white fog.

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Alternate Versions

When broadcast on itv2 on July 9th 2017. Mike teevee's line "a retard could figure it out" was edited out along with Mr teevee's line about modern day kids with their technology. And grandpa George's use of bu-- is muted out of the audio track.

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Connections

Referenced in Mr. Plinkett's Star Trek 2009 Review (2010)

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Soundtracks

Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs, and Orchestra
Written by György Ligeti
Performed by Das Symphonie-Orchester Radio Frankfurt (as hr-Sinfonieorchester), Frankfurt
Conducted by Michael Gielen
Courtesy of HR Media/Wergo
By Arrangement with Source/Q

User Reviews

Great Burton film, laughable musical numbers

Tim Burton did a great job with musical numbers in Nightmare Before Christmas, but the same isn't true in the live action Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. With the exception of the musical scenes, this film is a splendid film with imagery, characters, and a general mood characteristic of Burton's films.

Burton's version is a fresh retelling of the story and is a much different film than the 1971 version. (I never thought I'd say this, but I think I prefer the musical numbers in the '71 version, poor graphics and all!). It also includes new scenes at the end which are supposedly authorized by Rohd Dahl's widow. I think the story was better as it was, but the scenes do support the additional depth Burton injected into Wonka, so I do appreciate the scenes for what they do.

Depp was fabulous (look for at least one Edward Scissorhands reference) though at times reminded me of a modern Michael Jackson (shudder). The only miscast character, in my opinion, was Missi Pyle as Mrs. Beauregard. She does play a good witch, but I'd have preferred someone else in the role.

The opening sequence has some beautiful CG, though one of the final scenes has *terrible* character animation rotoscoped in a live action scene (the Violet Beauregarde character).

90% of the movie is true magic. The other 10% is ruined by the musical acts (and I LOVE musicals). By the third number I learned it was a great time to get a popcorn refill or hit the restroom...

The film is certainly appropriate for children and adults and both will enjoy it.