Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination...” No sentence that could better summarize Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by famous children’s author Roald Dahl, the film follows the poor yet pure of heart Charlie Bucket, who receives the opportunity to visit the infamous Wonka Chocolate Factory. During his visit, he encounters many the bizarre, wonderful, and disturbing under the watchful eye of the mysterious Willy Wonka played to perfection by Gene Wilder. This movie truly is scrumdiddlyumptious!!!

Production

Screenplay by Roald Dahl, David Seltzer

Based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Starring Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen

Music by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf

Cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson

Edited by David Saxon

Production company: Wolper Pictures, The Quaker Oats Company

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release date: June 30, 1971 (United States)

Running time: 100 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $3 million

Box office: $4.5 million