Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [WS]

Director: Tim Burton

Overview

Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is famously closed to visitors, the reclusive candy man decides to give five lucky children a chance to see the inside of his operation by placing "golden tickets" in five randomly selected chocolate bars. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), whose poor but loving family lives literally in the shadow of the Wonka factory, is lucky enough to obtain one of the tickets, and Charlie, escorted by his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly), is in for the ride of a lifetime as he tours the strange and remarkable world of Wonka with fellow winners, media-obsessed Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), harsh and greedy Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), and ultra-competitive Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb). Over the course of the day, some of the children will learn difficult lessons about themselves, and one will go on to become Wonka's new right hand. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also stars Christopher Lee, James Fox, and Noah Taylor; the book was famously adapted to the screen before in 1971 under the title Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy tycoon.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2011
UPC:	0012569593374
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX]
Language:	English
Time:	1:55:00
Sales rank:	14,252

Special Features

Closed Caption;Becoming Oopma-Loompa: How they turned one man into hundreds of Ooompa-Loompas!; Oompa-Loompa Dance; Theatrical trailer; Languages & Subtitles: English, Fran?ais (Dubbed in Quebec( & Espa?ol (Feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Johnny Depp	Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore	Charlie Bucket
David Kelly	Grandpa Joe
Helena Bonham Carter	Mrs. Bucket
Missi Pyle	Mrs. Beauregarde
Deep Roy	Oompa Loompa
Christopher Lee	Dr. Wonka
Adam Godley	Mr. Teavee
Franziska Troegner	Mrs. Gloop
AnnaSophia Robb	Violet Beauregarde(as Annasophia Robb)
Julia Winter	Veruca Salt
Jordan Fry	Mike Teavee
Philip Wiegratz	Augustus Gloop
Blair Dunlop	Little Willy Wonka
Liz Smith	Grandma Georgina
Eileen Essell	Grandma Josephine
David Morris	Grandpa George
Nitin Ganatra	Prince Pondicherry
Shelley Conn	Princess Pondicherry
Chris Cresswell	Prodnose
Philip Philmar	Slugworth(as Phil Philmar)
Phil Philmar	Slugworth
Tony Kirwood	Fickelgruber
Todd Boyce	TV Reporter
Nayef Rashed	Moroccan Market Vendor
Menis Yousry	Moroccan Market Trader
Harry Taylor	Mr. Gloop,Mr. Bucket
Hubertus Geller	German Reporter
Francesca Hunt	Mrs. Salt
Garrick Hagon	Denver Reporter,Denver Reporter
James Fox	Mr. Salt
Kevin Eldon	Man With Dog
Mark Heap	Man With Dog
Roger Frost	Tall Man
Oscar James	Shopkeeper
Stephen Hope-Wynne	Museum Guard
Colette Appleby	Customer in Shop
Annette Badland	Jolly Woman
Geoffrey Holder	Narrator
Danny Elfman	Oompa Loompa,Composer
Rick Wentworth	Conductor

Technical Credits

John August

Bruce Berman	Executive Producer
Graham Burke	Executive Producer
Liccy Dahl	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Brad Grey	Producer
Lorne Orleans	Producer
Richard D. Zanuck	Producer
Patrick McCormick	Executive Producer
Michael Siegel	Executive Producer
John August	Screenwriter
Susie Figgis	Casting

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Charlie and the Choclate Factory
1. Candy-Coated Credits [4:13]
2. Years Ago [3:40]
3. Chocolate Palace [1:59]
4. It's a Mystery [3:38]
5. Golden Ticket Maia [3:13]
6. Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt [3:06]
7. Birthday Boy [2:08]
8. Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee [2:48]
9. A Setback and a Fling [2:48]
10. Finding Gold [3:47]
11. Are You a Dummy? [1:37]
12. Really Willy Wonka [5:01]
13. Let's Be Friends [2:20]
14. Everything's Eatable [3:51]
15. Loompaland [2:41]
16. Clog and Song: Augustus Gloop [1:16]
17. Pink Sugar Boat [5:49]
18. Dr. Wilbur Wonka [2:29]
19. Chocolate River Rapids [2:29]
20. Turning Violet [2:11]
21. Song: Violet Beauregarde [5:55]
22. First Candy Flashback [2:23]
23. Squirrels and Bad Nuts [2:00]
24. Song: Veruca Salt [5:15]
25. Glass Elevator Flashback [2:55]
26. Chocolate Transmission [3:39]
27. Song: Mike Teavee [4:13]
28. Up and Out [5:09]
29. Winner's Choice [3:29]
30. Charlie's Advice [4:15]
31. Something Even Better [3:13]
32. End Credits [4:28]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Charlie and the Choclate Factory
Play
Scenes
Features
Becoming Oompa-Loompa
Oompa-Loompa Dance
Learn
Dance 1
Dance 2
Dance Forever
Play
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages
English 5.1 Ex
Français 5.1 Ex (Doublé au Québec)
Español 5.1 Ex
Subtitles
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

There was trepidation in cinema circles when quirky filmmaker Tim Burton announced that he intended to adapt Roald Dahl’s charming children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, especially among fans of Mel Stuart’s 1971 take on the text, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. But that trepidation turned to intense, even feverish anticipation once it was revealed that longtime Burton collaborator Johnny Depp would play the eccentric chocolatier. Happily, the resulting film is an absolute joy from first frame to last. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has its dark moments, just as one would expect in a Burton adaptation of Dahl; yet the movie’s brilliant design and execution grounds it much more in the fantasy realm than within black comedy. Depp’s characterization of Wonka as socially maladjusted and delightfully daft accounts for much of Charlie's effectiveness, and he gets solid support from a well-chosen supporting cast. His youthful costar from Finding Neverland, Freddie Highmore, is letter-perfect as Charlie, the impoverished but good-hearted lad who wins a tour of Wonka’s fabled factory after finding one of five golden tickets packaged in candy bars. The boy brings along his aged but excited grandfather (David Kelly) and experiences all the technological marvels Willy Wonka has developed over the years. Burton presents those marvels with the visual flourish we’ve come to expect: He is a gifted artist whose technicians bring his designs to life with uncanny skill and coordination. The factory is a child’s paradise, a cornucopia of confectionary delights manufactured in a manner so complex as to make Rube Goldberg blush. The film’s episodic plot structure allows for frequent musical transitions: Working, as usual, with composer Danny Elfman, Burton stages these in the fashion of Busby Berkeley production numbers peopled by Wonka’s diminutive employees, the Oompa-Loompas (all played by Indian actor Deep Roy, whose countenance and movements are multiplied a hundredfold by computer animation). Although Burton has rarely exhibited much grasp of simple, sincere human emotions, he invests Charlie with genuine feeling and powerfully conveys a pro-family message that makes this movie one that can -- and should -- be enjoyed by parents and children together.