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 candymaker 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 is a poor paperboy who often looks inside a candy shop but cannot afford to buy sweets. Going home one evening, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where a tinker tells him that nobody ever goes in or comes out. Charlie's bedridden Grandpa Joe reveals that Wonka had shut down the factory because rival confectioners sent spies to steal his recipes. Production resumed three years later, but the gates remained locked, and to prevent more sabotage, the original workers were not rehired, leaving their replacements a mystery.
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| author | David Seltzer Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Europe |
| director | Mel Stuart |
| editor | David Saxon |
| genre | fantasy |
| keywords | ceiling chocolate bar discover end even everlasting gobstopper factory fall first time little people lock news report obsess on tour paperboy spoil tick tinker violate walk 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 |
| recordedAt | Germany |
| theme | children's musical psychedelic sponsored |