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30 June 1971 (USA) moreTagline:
It's everybody's non-pollutionary, anti-institutionary, pro-confectionery factory of fun! morePlot:
A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
'Charlie' Knocks Off 'Sith' (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 November 2005)
Wilder Retracts Depp Criticism
(From WENN. 6 July 2005)
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"WE are the music-makers, and WE are the dreamers of dreams!" more (302 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
100 min | West Germany:89 min (theatrical version)Country:
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreCertification:
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:GFun Stuff
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The combination to the first door in the chocolate factory is 99-44/100% pure, which was an ad slogan for Ivory Soap. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Mike Teevee and Violet Beauregarde change positions when everybody leaves the crowded elevator. moreQuotes:
[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.
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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.