| Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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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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| Dodo Denney |
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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; David L. Wolper |
| Writer |
Roald Dahl |
| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
G |
| Running Time |
98 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.6 |
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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 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085393893422 |
| Release Date |
6/21/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish; French; Portuguese |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
PORTUGUESE: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Pure Imagination: The Story of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Documentary
Commentary with the Wonka Kids
4 Sing-Along Songs
Vintage 1971 Featurette
Stills Gallery
Theatrical Trailer |
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