B08MSGQRX8

883929718849

1971

1971-06-30

100

1h 40min

Nominated for 1 Oscar, 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Mel Stuart

Roald Dahl, David Seltzer

Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum

Stan Margulies, David L. Wolper

Arthur Ibbetson

David Saxon

Marion Dougherty

Harper Goff

Helen Colvig

Susi Krause, Unnamed Person, Raimund Stangl

Pia Arnold, Renate Neuchl

Wolfgang Glattes, Jack Roe, Stefan Zürcher

Hendrik Wynands, Clarence Fay Konkel

Charles L. Campbell, Richard Portman, Karsten Ullrich, Don MacDougall, John L. Mack, Roger Sword, Thomas Ubelacker

Logan Frazee

Jim Danforth, Richard Kuhn, Dennis Muren, Albert Whitlock

Paul Wilson

Ille Sievers

Melvin Shapiro

Robert Newman

Leslie Bricusse, Howard Jeffrey, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf, Jack K. Tillar, Diana Lee, Arthur Morton, Richard Nash, Ethmer Roten, Louise Di Tullio, Dan Wallin

Trudy von Trotha

Frawley Becker, Betty Walberg, David L. Wolper, Walker Edmiston, Bob Roe, Marci Sperling

Family, Fantasy, Musical

Wolper Pictures

USA

English, French, German, Italian

G

7.8

200452

67

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket who, after finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, visits Willy Wonka s chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.

Filming took place in Munich from August to November 1970. Dahl was credited with writing the film s screenplay; however, David Seltzer was brought in to do an uncredited rewrite. Against Dahl s wishes, changes were made to the story and other decisions made by the director led Dahl to disown the film. The musical numbers were written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score.

The film was released on June 30, 1971 by Paramount Pictures. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. 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. The film also introduced the song The Candy Man , which went on to be recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. and become a popular hit. The film remained in obscurity until the 1980s where it gained a cult following and became highly popular due to repeated television airings and home video sales. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

$3,000,000 (estimated)

$526,633

$573,368

$616,173

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