Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory on DVD (1971)

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Average rating: (76%)

Starring:	Gene Wilder \| Jack Albertson \| Roy Kinnear
Director:	Mel Stuart
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time:	76 mins
Certificate:
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Genres:	Family
Languages:	English
Dubbed:	Dutch, French
Hearing-impaired:	English, Italian
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
Released:	09/05/2005

Brief synopsis of Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

The story of Charlie Bucket, a little boy with no money and a good heart, who dreams wistfully of being able to buy the candy that other children enjoy. Charlie enters into a magical world when he wins one of five 'Golden Tickets' to visit the mysterious chocolate factory owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka and run by his capable crew of Oompa-Loompas. Once behind the gates, a cast of characters join Charlie and Grandpa Joe on a journey to discover that a kind heart is a far finer possession than a sweet tooth.

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Critics Reviews

Radio Times

Adults might view Roald Dahl's musical fantasy as a grim fairy tale, with wild-eyed candy-maker Gene Wilder ruthlessly sorting out the honest from the two-faced among the child winners of a tour of his sweetmeat depot. But a child's-eye view usually sees through the sadistic coating — Dahl adapted it from the even more cruel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — to realise there's a happily soft centre to all this black magic. Whether they enjoy it depends on the child.

Rating of 1
stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Semi-satiric Grimms Fairy Tale pastiche which looks good but never seems quite happy with itself.

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The Running Man - with sweets

Dean Cook from London , 14/11/2003

This often masquerades as a 'children's' film. Make no mistake the themes are dark and adult. Basically, an industrial espionage scheme is cleverly disguised as a children's competition, the prize being a tour of the famous Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. Inside the slave labour driven factory we are treated to an unimaginable spectacle of beauty and madness. We are then subjected to a series of child murders/mutilations that are as brutal as they are deserved, as the 'winners' run Wonka's psychedelic gauntlet of killer confectionary.

No review of CATCF would be complete without an account of the scene in the tunnel. This is truly one of the most terrifying moments in modern film history. Wonka?s victims are trapped with him on a boat in a tunnel. The scene has a sinister rhythm punctuated by a monologue nonchalantly delivered by Wonka predicting impending doom. A real sense of claustrophobia, disorientation and loss of control is masterfully achieved. This combined with the horrific, intrusive visuals really thrusts the viewer into the heart of Wonka?s madness. DO NOT WATCH THIS SCENE ALONE.

The madness, awe, beauty, and danger are sustained right up to the joyous climax as Roald Dahl?s macabre genius is wonderfully transformed onto the screen.

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