Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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Actor: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Julie Dawn Cole, Peter Ostrum, Roy KinnearDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
Published: 2001-11-01
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
DVD Review: If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1971, Mel Stuart directed a hilarious musical fantasy entitled "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", based upon the 1964 children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" written by Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who also wrote "James and the Giant Peach" in 1961. The story is about a little boy named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who works as a paperboy to help his impoverished & widowed mother (Diana Sowle) pay their expenses by working as a paperboy. Living with Charlie and his mother are all four of his grandparents: Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson, 1907-1981), Grandma Georgina (Dora Altmann, 1881-1971), Grandpa George (Ernst Ziegler, 1895-1980) and Grandma Josephine (Franziska Liebing, 1900-2000); none of which have gotten out of bed for twenty years. In the same town where Charlie lives is the famous chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder). One day while Charlie is in school with his strange schoolteacher, Mr. Turkentine (David Battley, 1935-2003), a momentous announcement is made: Willy Wonka has started a contest to win a lifetime supply of chocolate. The entire world becomes crazed with finding the five hidden golden tickets that are hidden in five Wonka chocolate bars. Only the bearer of a golden ticket will have the opportunity to enter the mysterious chocolate factory and obtain the lifetime supply of chocolate. Various children from around the globe find the golden tickets, including Charlie to the amazement of his family. The winning children, and their accompanying adults, enter the most fantastic place that any of them have ever seen; but none of them could have imagined what their actions could merit. The other four children and their accompanying adults include the selfishly whiney Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), Mr. Henry Salt (Roy Kinnear), the conceited Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Mr. Sam Beauregarde (Leonard Stone), the television-addicted Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen), Mrs. Teevee (Nora 'Dodo' Denney), the gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner) and Mrs. Gloop (Ursula Reit).Memorable scenes in the film include children enjoying the delights of Bill the Candyman's (Aubrey Woods) candy store, Henry Salt's employees searching for a golden ticket, Willy Wonka's first appearance, the edible fantasy room, the invention room, the soda pop room, the golden geese room, the events in Willy Wonka's office and the amazing Wonka-vator. Other memorable characters include Arthur Slugworth (Günter Meisner, 1926-1994), The Tinker (Peter Capell, 1912-1986, newspaper-stand owner Mr. Jopeck (Werner Heyking) and the many Oompa Loompas played by several actors including George Claydon and Marcus Powell, who respectively played "Strutter" and "Horseflesh" in the 1981 film "Time Bandits". The film's very memorable songs were nominated for Best Original Music by the Academy Awards. Each of the songs, along with with my ranking for each, are listed below:
* "The Candyman" (5, performed by Aubrey Woods).
* "Cheer-up, Charlie (5, performed by Diane Sowle).
* "(I've Got a) Golden Ticket" (5+, performed by Peter Ostrum & Jack Albertson).
* "Pure Imagination" (5++, performed by Gene Wilder).
* "Oompa Loompa" (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonderous Boat Ride" (5+, performed by Gene Wilder)
* "Everlasting Gobstoppers/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by the Oompa Loompas).
* "I Want It Now/Oompa Loompa", (5, performed by Julie Dawn Cole and the Oompa Loompas).
* "Wonkamobile, Wonkavision/Oompa Loompa", (4.5, performed by Gene Wilder and the Oompa Loompas).
Overall, I rate the classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with a resounding 5 out of 5 stars. It's a wonderful film that both children and adults alike can watch many times without becoming tiresome, and the film itself is by no means dated. Both the dialog and plot were brilliantly executed and each of the many actors in the film did superb jobs in their roles, especially Gene Wilder. If any producer attempted to film a remake of this film, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Gene Wilder in the role of Willy Wonka.
Description of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Having proven itself as a favorite film of children around the world, "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is every bit as entertaining now as it was when originally released in 1971. There's a timeless appeal to Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, which was playfully preserved in this charming musical, from the colorful carnival-like splendor of its production design to the infectious melody of the "Oompah-Loompah" songs that punctuate the story. Who can forget those diminutive Oompah-Loompah workers who recite rhyming parental warnings ("Oompah-Loompah, doopity do...") whenever some mischievous child has disobeyed Willy Wonka's orders to remain orderly? Oh, but we're getting ahead of ourselves ... it's really the story of the impoverished Charlie Bucket, who, along with four other kids and their parental guests, wins a coveted golden ticket to enter the fantastic realm of Wonka's mysterious confectionery. After the other kids have proven themselves to be irresponsible brats, it's Charlie who impresses Wonka and wins a reward beyond his wildest dreams. But before that, the tour of Wonka's factory provides a dazzling parade of delights, and with Gene Wilder giving a brilliant performance as the eccentric candyman, "Wonka" gains an edge of menace and madness that nicely counterbalances the movie's sentimental sweetness. It's that willingness to risk a darker tone--to show that even a wonderland like Wonka's can be a weird and dangerous place if you're a bad kid--that makes this an enduring family classic. "--Jeff Shannon"![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
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