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1971 | Fantasy | Musical
99 mins
Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner of a magnificent and mysterious chocolate factory, places five Golden Tickets in five of his famous Wonka chocolate bars, which will allow five children from around the world a tour of the amazing factory.
| Produced by | Paramount Pictures |
| Director | Mel Stuart |
| Writer | David Seltzer |
| Cast | Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Michael Bollner, Denise Nickerson, Ursula Reit, Leonard Stone and Julie Dawn Cole |
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Wilder has some fantastic one liners and the children are brilliant, playing the obnoxious winners of the Golden Tickets. Charlie Bucket is very likeable and you feel for him, as he and family struggle to survive.
The only part of the film which I don't particularly care for, is the 'Wonkatania' boat scene, I found this particularly disturbing as a child.
The songs in this are very memorable. Considering the fact that I have probably watched this film 100's of times, I could sing all of them at the drop of a hat! This film has been a part of my life for so long, that most of my family could recite most of the film too!
This is one of my all time favourite films and a guilty pleasure. I have watched the Tim Burton adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel this film is based on and, although it had some nice additions from the original text, which did not feature in this version of the story, I much prefer this version.
If you want to watch a film full of magic and wonder, I suggest watching this film.
Erika (17789 KP) rated
Sep 24, 2019 (Updated Sep 24, 2019)
Gene Wilder was perfect as Willy Wonka, his sarcasm is tops. The songs are one of the best parts, accept Cheer Up Charlie, that song is boring. I always fast-forwarded the video tape to pass over it.
I believe this movie has held up through the ages, and will always be superior.
Sometimes it seems as if they go out of their way to make sure we know how poor Charley is, and how much better off everyone else is, and how spoiled and entitled they are. It works, especially with the Oompa Loompas to point out how absurd their behavior is, but sometimes it just seems kind of much.
The road to the ending is hard, but well worth it.
It's a wonderfully story and contains some great musical numbers and Gene Wilder was nothing short of amazing bringing the titular character to life.
Not sure if it will ever be bettered, I dont think they should try..classic!
Elli H Burton (1288 KP) Jun 14, 2019
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