| | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka) | |
Description
Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative
style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket
(Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the
shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory.
Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup,
which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) and
father (Noah Taylor) and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny,
tumbledown, drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every night, the last
thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory, and he drifts off to
sleep dreaming about what might be inside.
For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out
of the factory, or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself, yet, mysteriously,
great quantities of chocolate are still being made and shipped to shops all over
the world.
One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement. He will open his famous
factory and reveal "all of its secrets and magic" to five lucky children who
find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars.
Nothing would make Charlie's family happier than to see him win but the odds are
very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year,
for his birthday.
Indeed, one by one, news breaks around the world about the children finding
golden tickets and Charlie's hope grows dimmer. First there is gluttonous
Augustus Gloop, who thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all
day, followed by spoiled Veruca Salt, who throws fits if her father doesn't buy
her everything she wants. Next comes Violet Beauregarde, a champion gum chewer
who cares only for the trophies in her display case, and finally surly Mike
Teavee, who's always showing off how much smarter he is than everyone else.
But then, something wonderful happens. Charlie finds some money on the snowy
street and takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious
Fudgemallow Delight, thinking only of how hungry he is and how good it will
taste. There, under the wrapper is a flash of gold. It's the last ticket.
Charlie is going to the factory! His Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is so excited by
the news that he springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger, remembering a
happier time when he used to work in the factory, before Willy Wonka closed its
gates to the town forever. The family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one
to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
Special Features
- Chocolate Dreams: Learn about Tim Burton's vision for the film and how he adapted the story
- Different Faces, Different Flavours: Meet the actors and learn about the characters they play
- Designer Chocolate: Learn about the film's production design
- Under the Wrapper: Go behind-the-scenes to see how the film's special effects were created
- Sweet Sounds: Watch the creation of the 4 Oompa-Loompa songs by composer Danny Elfman
- Attack of the Squirrels: See how real squirrels were trained to perform in the film
- Fantastic Mr. Dahl: Learn about author Roald Dahl's life story and extraordinary body of workBecoming an Oompa-Loompa: See how one actor, Deep Roy, was turned into a multi talented army of Oompas
- DVD-Rom features: PC game demo, web links
Technical Details
Region 2
Main Language: English
Genre: Family
Certificate: PG Parental Guidance
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