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 |
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| contentLocation | Europe |
| director | Mel Stuart |
| editor | David Saxon |
| genre | fantasy |
| keywords | build charlie bucket chocolate bar everlasting gobstopper expel factory fall gluttonous gluttony grandpa joe little people monetary reward mysterious man nothing 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 |