Willy wonka and the chocolate factory album cover

Willy wonka and the chocolate factory album cover movie#

After eating it, he uses the change that he has left to buy another one for his Grandpa Joe. The next day, Charlie finds some money in a gutter and uses it to buy a Wonka Bar. Then, the fifth ticket is found by a millionaire in Paraguay, South America, much to the dismay of Charlie and his family. As each winner is heralded to the world on TV, a sinister-looking man whispers to them. Four of the tickets are found by Augustus Gloop, a gluttonous German boy Veruca Salt, a spoiled British girl Violet Beauregarde, a gum-chewing American girl and Mike Teevee, a television-obsessed American boy. The finders of these tickets will be given a tour of his factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Wonka announces to the world that he has hidden five 'Golden Tickets' in his chocolate Wonka Bars.

Wonka disappeared, but three years later began selling more candy the origin of Wonka's labor force is a mystery.

After he tells Grandpa Joe about the tinker, Joe tells him that Wonka locked the factory because other candy makers, including his arch-rival Arthur Slugworth, sent in spies disguised as employees to steal his chocolate and candy recipes. A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem 'The Fairies', and tells Charlie, 'Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out.' Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother and his four bedridden grandparents. On his way home, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The newsagent for whom Charlie works after school gives him his weekly pay, which Charlie uses to buy a loaf of bread for his family.

Charlie Bucket, whose family is poor, can only stare through the window as the shop owner sings 'The Candy Man'. In an unnamed European town, children go to a candy shop after school. currently owns the copyright to this film it had gained copyright ownership through its acquisition of Wolper Pictures in November 1976. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.

Willy wonka and the chocolate factory album cover movie#

The movie introduced the song The Candy Man, which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to Fiddler on the Roof. The film has since developed a cult following, especially due to its repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. under the Family Entertainment banner in 1996. It then made an additional $21 million during its re-release by Warner Bros. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received moderate reviews and performed well in 1971, earning about $4 million at the end of its original run. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum, in his only film appearance) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world.Р”Р‡ilming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 British-American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. $21 million (1996 re-release) External links Official website