Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory [40th Anniversay]

Director: Mel Stuart Mel Stuart

Overview

Young Charley finds a golden ticket and wins a tour of the Willy Wonka candy company, hosted by the enigmatic Mr. Wonka himself. The tour soon becomes a colorful and surprisingly dangerous adventure in this deliciously dark-humored classic inspired by the Roald Dahl book.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2011
UPC:	0883929174423
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	3,118

Special Features

Closed Caption; Scrumptious documentary Pure Imagination: The Story of Wily Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Mouthwatering commentary with the Wonka kids; 4 sing-along songs; Stills gallery ; Vintage 1971 featurette; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Technical Credits

Stan Margulies	Producer
David L. Wolper	Producer

Editorial Reviews

As dark and sweet as the titular confection, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) overcame a lackluster theatrical release to become an adored black comedy/musical and family classic. Scripted by Roald Dahl from his children's book (with an uncredited rewrite by David Seltzer), director Mel Stuart and set designer Harper Goff rendered the adventure a psychedelically colored trip through a candy factory that was equal parts children's paradise and creepy funhouse. Even as Gene Wilder's mysterious, purple-clad candy man Wonka extols the whimsical possibilities of "pure imagination," the orange-faced Oompa Loompas tunefully back up Wonka's message about the evils of parent-enabled gluttony, greed, and TV sloth. Though Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was greeted with audience indifference in 1971, Leslie Briscusse, Anthony Newley, and Walter Scharf's song score earned an Oscar nomination, and Sammy Davis Jr.'s version of "Candy Man" became a 1972 chart-topper. Given new life by TV and home video, legions of music makers and dreamers of the dreams have since succumbed to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory's wicked charms, leading to a 25th anniversary theatrical re-release in 1996.