Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.
Plot
Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where a tinker tells him that nobody ever enters or leaves the building. Charlie's Grandpa Joe reveals that Wonka had shut down the factory due to espionage from rival confectioners; production resumed three years later, but the factory remained closed to the public and the new workers are unknown.
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| author | David Seltzer Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Europe |
| director | Mel Stuart |
| editor | David Saxon |
| genre | fantasy |
| keywords | build chocolate bar everlasting gobstopper expel factory fall little people mysterious man one by one paperboy spoil tick tinker violate whisper willy wonka wonka bar |
| musicBy | Anthony Newley Leslie Bricusse |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Song Score |
| producer | David L. Wolper Stan Margulies |
| productionCompany | The Quaker Oats Company Wolper Pictures |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Germany |
| theme | children's musical psychedelic sponsored |