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Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his family near the Wonka Factory. The company's owner, Willy Wonka, has long closed his factory to the public due to problems concerning industrial espionage, which also caused all his employees, including Charlie's Grandpa Joe, to lose their jobs.
The logo for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is a list of characters in the 1964 Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, his 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the former's film adaptations, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017), and Wonka (2023).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise based on the 1964 novel of the same name by British author Roald Dahl.It includes two novels, three live-action theatrical films, three video games and miscellaneous other properties, such as touring musicals and theatrical adaptations, various merchandise and defunct amusement park ride.
The original “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” film, which starred Gene Wilder and was released in 1971, sought to bring Roald Dahl’s 1964 book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ...
[9] [10] Upon leaving Dark Shadows, she appeared in the 1971 television movie The Neon Ceiling. [11] [12] That year, she appeared in her signature role as gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, based on Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. [9] [10] [13] Nickerson at Wizard World Chicago in 2011
Wonka is currently being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the movie studio that also produced the 2005 film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Michael Böllner (born September 14, 1958) is a German former child actor known for playing Augustus Gloop in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.He was one of two child actors from the film who never acted in another production afterwards, the other being Peter Ostrum who played Charlie Bucket.
To commemorate the film's 50th anniversary, the cast of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory revealed some lesser-known stories about the beloved Gene Wilder.