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The logo for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is a list of characters in the 1964 Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, his 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the former's film adaptations, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017), and Wonka (2023).
Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his family near the Wonka Factory. The company's owner, Willy Wonka, has long closed his factory to the public due to problems concerning industrial espionage, which also caused all his employees, including Charlie's Grandpa Joe, to lose their jobs.
The book was first made into a feature film as a musical, titled Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), directed by Mel Stuart, produced by David L. Wolper, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, character actor Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe, and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket, with music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.
Gene Wilder first stepped into the role as Wonka in 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” while Johnny Depp led Tim Burton’s 2005 adaptation. “Wonka” will make its theatrical ...
The movie, titled Wonka, is Willy Wonka’s origin story and will hit theaters on December 15, 2023. To tide you over til then, here’s everything we know so far about Wonka. Wonka trailers are ...
Willy Wonka debuted in Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which follows Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who wins a golden ticket to tour Wonka’s famous ...
His Willy Wonka is an enigma in an otherwise mostly delightful movie from Tim Burton." [28] Positive reactions to Depp's performance include Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, who wrote that "Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka may be a stone freak, but he is also one of Burton's classic crackpot conjurers, like Beetlejuice or Ed Wood."
The movie's trailer suggests some existing trauma from Wonka's childhood, and there are some brief scenes of violence throughout the film as Wonka takes on the chocolate cartel, with help from his ...