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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Nora Denney
- Mrs. Teevee
- (as Dodo Denney)
Günter Meisner
- Mr. Slugworth
- (as Gunter Meisner)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPeter Ostrum and the other child actors have stayed close over the years, and regularly attend fan conventions together.
- GoofsWhen 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 creditsAt the same time as the end credits are playing, the film shows the Wonkavator rising higher and higher.
- Alternate versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kidsongs: What I Want to Be (1987)
- SoundtracksThe Candy Man
(uncredited)
Lyrics and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Performed by Aubrey Woods
Featured review
All the ideas that Rould Dahl puts into his book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" are here in an imaginative visual form appropriate to the time it was made. A lot of attention was paid to the sets and visual effects, clever special effects such as a trap door and miniturization testify to the care that the producers put into making this movie. The theme of the movie is difficult for adults. There are bad children in the world. They come from bad parents, they're not created by emulation, but rather the parents "produce them", much like chocolate is produced in a factory. The factory is populated by miniature people named oomphaloopas that remind the listener at intervals of Dahl's moral points: Too much TV is bad for children, books should be read instead, and children need to adhere to an ethical code of some sort in order to grow up strong. And who knew Gene Wilder had such a beautiful singing voice! The music is some of the best show music of it's time, including "The Candy Man".
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Willy Wonka y la fábrica de chocolate
- Filming locations
- Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany(town at the end of the film)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $573,368
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $526,633
- Sep 4, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $670,213
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