Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
United States
1971
100 Min
Color
1.85:1
English, French, German
Synopsis
Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy, perversely faithful to the spirit of Roald Dahl’s original book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. –amctv
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Mel Stuart
Mel Stuart (born September 2, 1928) is an American film director and producer.
Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He has directed other features, including If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Two is a Happy Number (1972) and Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000).
Stuart also directed feature documentaries including Four Days in November and Wattstax.
In addition he has directed or produced over 180 films including movies of the week, The Triangle Factory Fire, Bill, The Chisholms, and Ruby and Oswald, the television series Ripley’s Believe it Not, and the documentaries The Making of the President 1960, 1964, and 1968, The Hobart Shakespeareans, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Man Ray – The Prophet of the Avant-Garde, George Plimpton and the Philharmonic and The Poet’s View. He has been awarded four Emmy awards, an Academy Award nomination, a Peabody and numerous other awards. He served as president… read more
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Michael Harbour
13May13
It's really kind of a sketch of a movie but maybe it's not such a bad thing to just hit the highlights. And Gene Wilder is a treasure. The movie would fail without him.
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
By Jason Miller on January 29, 2010
An eccentric entreperenuer in a purple suit, a little boy with dreams and scores of chocolate bars. This is the formula of success for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a 1971 movie recognized… read review
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RIP MEL STUART
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10 months ago
Its a kids film
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