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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Mel Stuart
Writers:
Roald Dahl (screenplay)
Roald Dahl (book)
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Release Date:
30 June 1971 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical more
Tagline:
It's everybody's non-pollutionary, anti-institutionary, pro-confectionery factory of fun! more
Plot:
A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
'Charlie' Knocks Off 'Sith'
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 November 2005)
Wilder Retracts Depp Criticism
 (From WENN. 6 July 2005)
User Comments:
A Good Message In Which Goodness Prevails 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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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
100 min | West Germany:89 min (theatrical version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | German
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
David L. Wolper Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Peter Ostrum, who plays Charlie Bucket, made no other films. He later became a veterinarian. In fact, of all the Wonka kids, Julie Dawn Cole is the only one still acting. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Willy Wonka plays the piano lock to enter the chocolate room, Mrs. Teevee misidentifies Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Overture to the Marriage of Figaro as something by Sergei Rachmaninoff. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "American Dad!: The Most Adequate Christmas Ever (#3.8)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Oompa-Loompa-Doompa-De-Do more

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23 out of 27 people found the following comment useful.
A Good Message In Which Goodness Prevails, 14 June 2006
10/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

When I first saw this movie on VHS in the late '80s, I was shocked. A '70s movie with a GOOD message?? I couldn't believe it. The message: kids - be honest and be trustworthy and don't be obnoxious; parents - don't spoil your kids or they'll quickly turn out to be brats.

Wow, no wonder liberal critics like Leonard Maltin trashed this film. It was not the normal message being delivered in movies, which usually trashes the good and glorifies the bad. That's what makes this story refreshing, and the same goes for the re-make that was released in 2005.

Peter Ostrum plays the likable Charlie and is very good. He's one of the nicest kids ever put on screen and was a fine actor. It's kind of surprising this was the only film he ever did! Jack Albertson does a nice job of Charlie's loving grandpa and so do the bratty kids, especially the English girl who is so bad you have to laugh at her.

The first part of the story was a good satire on how people sometimes make trivial things so important and how the news media gets carried way with stupid issues. (Wow, look at it now!) The second half of the story is intriguing because of the co-star of the film: Willy Wonka - a no-nonsense candy maker who doesn't put up with the brats - was fascinating to watch. (The critics thought he was too nasty.) Gene Wilder is excellent as Willy. Yes, he has a bit of a mean streak to him but his comments are fun to hear and on the money despite his lack of verbal tact. Most people prefer Wilder's version of "Wonka," by the way, over the bizarre-but- talented Johnny Depp's.

This was an entertaining film that should keep your interest. It's also an interesting comparison to the 2005 movie. Frankly, I enjoyed both.

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