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 12-year-old paperboy from a poor family, passes by Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where a tinker tells him that nobody ever enters or exits the building. His grandfather, Joe, reveals that Wonka once shut down the factory due to espionage from rival confectioners. Though production resumed three years later, the factory remained closed to the public and the identities of the new workers remain unknown.
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| author | David Seltzer Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Europe |
| director | Mel Stuart |
| editor | David Saxon |
| genre | fantasy |
| keywords | build charlie bucket espionage everlasting gobstopper expel factory fall follow gluttonous gluttony golden goose id industrial espionage joe mysterious man spoil tick tinker united kingdom 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 |