Uploaded by Adam F. Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. A poor little boy wins a ticket to visit the inside of a mysterious and magical chocolate factory.
When he experiences the wonders inside the factory, the boy discovers that the entire visit is a test of his character. Director :. Mel Stuart. Producer :. Stan Margulies , David L. Extras Previous. Locked video. Mel Stuart's Wonkavision. A World of Pure Imagination. Critics Consensus: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is strange yet comforting, full of narrative detours that don't always work but express the film's uniqueness.
Previous Celluloid Dreams. That's such a trivial little quirk of Wonka's whosterilizes their ceiling? Have fun inlife. Besides being absolutely mouth-watering to this day, I still fantasizeabout sinking my teeth into one of those gigantic gummy bears , the movie isan uplifting adventure that warms the heart and sends people of all agesaway with fairy tale candies dancing in their heads and wonderful songs justbehind their lips.
It is an always-welcome vacation from reality for peopleof all ages, and it should always be remembered and loved for that. Mar 3, - Charlie Bake's story, a child with no money and a good heart, who dreams that he can buy sweets that other children use. Charlie entered the. Willy Wonka is such a surely and wonderfully spun fantasy that it works on all kinds of minds, and it is fascinating because, like all classic fantasy, it is fascinated with itself.
Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times praised the film as 'lively and enjoyable' and called Wilder's performance 'a real star turn', but thought the songs were 'instantly forgettable' and that the factory looked 'a lot more literal and industrial and less empathic than it might have'. Sure enough there is a chocolate river, but it looks too much like the Chicago River to be appealing.
The quality of the color photography is flat. The other items in Wonka's factory — bubblegum trees and lollypop flowers — also look cheap. Nothing in the factory is appealing. Following a 25th anniversary theatrical re-release in , it was released on DVD the next year, allowing it to reach a new generation of viewers.
The film was released as a remastered special edition on DVD and VHS in to commemorate the film's 30th anniversary. Willy Wonka was ranked No. The site's critical consensus states: 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is strange yet comforting, full of narrative detours that don't always work but express the film's uniqueness. Dahl disowned the film, the script of which was partially rewritten by David Seltzer after Dahl failed to meet deadlines.
Dahl said he was 'disappointed' because 'he thought it placed too much emphasis on Willy Wonka and not enough on Charlie', as well as the casting of Gene Wilder instead of Spike Milligan. What makes Hollywood think children want the endings changed for a film, when they accept it in a book? In , an animated adaptation of the film with Tom and Jerry was released.
An episode of American Dad! The 'standard' version is an open matte print, where the mattes used to make the image widescreen are removed, revealing more picture at the top and bottom that was masked off from viewers.
A special edition DVD was released, celebrating the film's 30th anniversary, on August 28, , but in full screen only. Due to the lack of a letterboxed release, fan petitioning eventually led Warner Home Video to issue a widescreen version on November 13, It was also released on VHS, with only one of the special features a making-of feature. Several original cast members reunited to film documentary footage for this special edition DVD release.
The two editions featured restored sound, and better picture quality. In addition to the documentary, the DVD included a trailer, a gallery, and audio commentary by the cast. The set also included a variety of rarities such as a Wonka Bar-designed tin, four scented pencils, a scented eraser, a book detailing the making of the film, original production papers and a Golden Ticket to win a trip to Los Angeles.
The set is now out of print. The soundtrack was first released by Paramount Records in
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