Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [Blu-ray]

Director: Mel Stuart, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole

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:	11/16/2010
UPC:	0883929153978
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	3,966

Special Features

Delectable documentary Pure Imagination: the story of Will Wonk & the Chocolate Factory; Mouth-watering commentary with the Wonka Kids; 4 scrumptious sing-along songs; Tasty vintage featurette; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gene Wilder	Willy Wonka
Jack Albertson	Grandpa Joe
Peter Ostrum	Charlie Bucket
Michael Bollner	Augustus Gloop
Denise Nickerson	Violet Beauregarde
Ursula Reit	Mrs. Gloop
Leonard Stone	Mr. Beauregarde
Julie Dawn Cole	Veruca Salt
Roy Kinnear	Mr. Salt
Paris Themmen	Mike Teevee
Diana Sowle	Mrs. Bucket
David Battley	Mr. Turkentine
Gunter Meissner	Mr. Slugworth
Peter Capell	Tinker
Werner J. Heyking	Jopeck
Ernest Ziegler	Grandpa George
Dora Altmann	Grandma Georgina
Franziska Liebing	Grandma Josephine
Aubrey Woods	Bill
G?nter Meisner	Mr. Slugworth
Nora Denney	Mrs. Teevee
Victor Beaumont	Doctor
George Claydon	Oompa Loompa
Pat Coombs	Henrietta Salt
Frank Delfino	Auctioneer
Malcolm Dixon	Oompa Loompa
Walker Edmiston	Voices
Ismed Hassan	Oompa Loompa
Jack Latham	First Newscaster
Gloria Manon	Mrs. Curtis
Norman McGlen	Oompa Loompa
Angelo Muscat	Oompa Loompa
Ed Peck	FBI Agent
Anthony Newley	Composer
Leslie Bricusse	Composer
Walter Scharf	Composer

Technical Credits

Roald Dahl

David Seltzer

Logan Frazee	Special Effects
Stan Margulies	Producer
David L. Wolper	Producer
Roald Dahl	Screenwriter
David Seltzer	Screenwriter
Jim Danforth	Special Effects
Charles L. Campbell	Sound Effects
Richard Portman	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Theory and practice of continuous cultivation of microorganisms in industrial alcoholic processes.- Mechanism of liquid hydrocarbon uptake by microorganisms and growth kinetics.- Microbial production of hydrogen.- In vitro synthesis of enzymes. Physiological aspects of microbial enzyme production.

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. Lucia Bozzola