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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 .
Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He directed other features, including If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), One Is a Lonely Number (1972) and Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000).
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 book was first made into a feature film as a musical, titled Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), directed by Mel Stuart, produced by David L. Wolper, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, character actor Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe, and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket, with music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.
"Wonka," directed by Paul King, is meant to be set about 25 years before the 1971 movie. “This is how Willy Wonka would have been before he’s sort of this mysterious, crazed figure in the ...
Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker.He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
Wonka, directed by Paddington film-maker Paul King, focuses on Willy Wonka's early life and stars Chalamet, Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins and Hugh Grant, who appears as ...
When “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” hit theaters in 1971, it barely broke even. ... The film was directed by Paul King, the filmmaker behind “Paddington,” and co-stars Olivia Colman ...