Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) [DVD]

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Kids chose Charlie film for Bafta". CBBC. November 28, 2021. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017 . Retrieved November 19, 2021. Is Mira Sorvino pregnant?; Quentin & Sofia are an item; J.Lo's secret honeymoon". SF Gate. July 15, 2004. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021 . Retrieved December 6, 2021. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is visually stunning and cleverly written. The songs are remarkable. The whole movie is a fun journey through the chocolate factory. It is very enjoyable, fun, and clever. The scenery and props are eye candy.

Tim Burton avoided using too many digital effects to reflect the original book's emphasis on texture and because he wanted the younger actors to feel as if they were working in a realistic environment. [66] As a result, forced perspective techniques, oversized props and scale models were used to avoid computer-generated imagery (CGI) wherever possible. [20] Matte paintings were used during the Loompaland and Indian palace sequences. [67] However, several scenes were deemed impossible to achieve realistically without CGI. The Moving Picture Company was tasked with creating entire CG environments for sequences such as the boat ride and the glass elevator tour. [68] A practical method was initially used for Violet Beauregarde's inflation; however, Burton was not satisfied by the effects and decided the scene would be accomplished with CGI. [69] Colbourne, Scott (July 15, 2005). "How'd They Do It? The Oompa-Loompa Factor". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021 . Retrieved November 21, 2021. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". ScoreNotes. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012 . Retrieved January 19, 2022. a b Nathan, Ian (2016). "Just Desserts: Chocolate and Opera". Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work. White Lion Publishing. pp.132–137. ISBN 9781781319192.News: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory". DVDActive.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015 . Retrieved May 4, 2015. Ebert, Roger (June 19, 1998). "Out of Sight". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021 . Retrieved August 30, 2014. Johnny Depp's portrayal of Willy Wonka polarized critics and audiences. Critic Andrew Sarris, of The New York Observer, who did not enjoy the film's style in general, wrote "I wonder if even children will respond to the peculiarly humorless and charmless stylistic eccentricities of Mr. Burton and his star, Johnny Depp." [26] Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post also criticized Depp's acting; "The cumulative effect isn't pretty. Nor is it kooky, funny, eccentric or even mildly interesting. Indeed, throughout his fey, simpering performance, Depp seems to be straining so hard for weirdness that the entire enterprise begins to feel like those excruciating occasions when your parents tried to be hip." [27] Roger Ebert wrote "Depp, an actor of considerable gifts, has never been afraid to take a chance, but this time he takes the wrong one. His Willy Wonka is an enigma in an otherwise mostly delightful movie from Tim Burton." [28]

Past Saturn Awards". Saturn Awards.org. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008 . Retrieved May 7, 2008. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Filming Locations". The Movie District. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021 . Retrieved November 3, 2021. Actors were auditioned for the role of Willy Wonka in a suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York and by the end of the week Wilder had walked in. It was then Stuart and producer David L. Wolper realised that they could stop looking. [24] [23] Wolper remarked, "The role fit him tighter than one of Jacques Cousteau's wetsuits." Stuart was captivated by Wilder's "humor in his eyes" and said, "His inflection was perfect. He had the sardonic, demonic edge that we were looking for." [25] Wolper tried to suppress Stuart's eagerness for the actor as he wanted to negotiate the salary. Regardless, the director ran out into the hall as Wilder was leaving and offered him the part of Wonka. [26] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had its premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on July 10, 2005, where money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation was raised. [94] The film was released in the United States on July 15, 2005, in 3,770 theaters. [95] Additionally, the film was digitally re-mastered to simultaneously release in 65 North American IMAX theaters that same day. [96] [97] [98] In the United Kingdom, the premiere was held on July 17 at Leicester Square, only ten days after the July 7 London bombings. [99] It was released nationwide on July 29 in 531 theaters. [100] Probably the best film of its sort since The Wizard of Oz. It is everything that family movies usually claim to be, but aren't: Delightful, funny, scary, exciting, and, most of all, a genuine work of imagination. 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. [71]

In 2013, Wilder made further comments calling Burton's film an "insult". He continued, "It's probably Warner Brothers' insult, I think. I like Warner Brothers for other reasons, but to do that with Johnny Depp, who I think is a good actor and I like him. But I don't care for that director [Burton] and he's a talented man, but I don't care for him for doing stuff like he did." [149] Legacy A person cosplaying as Willy Wonka. The idea for adapting the book into a film came about when director Mel Stuart's ten-year-old daughter read the book and asked her father to make a film out of it, with "Uncle Dave" (producer David L. Wolper, who was not related to the Stuarts) producing it. Stuart showed the book to Wolper, who happened to be in the midst of talks with the Quaker Oats Company regarding a vehicle to introduce a new candy bar from its Chicago-based Breaker Confections subsidiary (since renamed the Willy Wonka Candy Company and sold to Nestlé). [8] Wolper persuaded the company, which had no previous experience in the film industry, to buy the rights to the book and finance the picture for the purpose of promoting a new Quaker Oats " Wonka Bar". [9] Ryan, Amy (June 30, 2005). " ' Charlie ' 's Chocolate Wars: Sweet tooth for cash?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021 . Retrieved December 13, 2021. Willy Wonka Film On TV Thanksgiving". Press and Sun-Bulletin. August 10, 1974. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021 . Retrieved June 16, 2020.