Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Cast

Gene Wilder
as Willy Wonka
Peter Ostrum
as Charlie
Julie Dawn Cole
as Veruca Salt
Jack Albertson
as Grandpa Joe

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Genres & Description

Action Family Fantasy Musical

7.8 / 10

The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?

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The Film Expert

Do you think you could upload the Full Movie in 720p Quality and in Full-Frame Please? You know what I mean? You would if you had the 30th Anniversary DVD. I'd really appreciate it! - @Sunday, August 12, 2018 9:57 AM

Ląţïñã Băŕbïə

I was born in the late 80s so I grew up watching this on vhs but I heard that it kinda flopped in 71 and wasn't until the 80s when it was released on home video and aired alot on Tv that it became a hit..Anyone here old enough to remember possibly why it didn't do well? Honestly the trailer looks like something that would appeal to younger audiences and even adults. Was it not promoted enough? Or other reasons? It's amazing because if it had not blown up in the 80s it probably would have been more of a cult classic instead. - @Saturday, July 29, 2017 1:34 AM

Willy Wonka

Is this what it looked like in 1971? - @Saturday, April 8, 2017 4:14 AM

internet trash

the time when Tim Burton didnt make it look like shit - @Saturday, March 11, 2017 10:48 PM

GrahamChapman

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Antonio J. H Mantilla

Rest In Peace, Gene. - @Sunday, October 2, 2016 3:23 AM

Jeffrey Long

I have this movie on both VHS and DVD - @Thursday, September 29, 2016 3:55 PM

Morgan Bennett

RIP Gene Wilder - @Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:43 AM

Brandon Spain

R.I.P Gene Wilder: a legend in my childhood - @Tuesday, August 30, 2016 2:48 AM

Cameron Kenan

good - @Tuesday, April 26, 2016 8:16 PM

Blackjack115

Paramount selling the distribution rights to Warner turned out to be huge mistake. The latter ended up raking in the cable/home video gold. - @Sunday, February 14, 2016 3:01 AM

Jocelyne cupcake

Not saying this isn't the best movie ever, because it is, but why is it rated G? Remember the part where the girl and her father fall down the garbage disposal? And when the oompa loompas sing, they show the dead bodies laying at the bottom of the disposal (it's hardly noticeable, but not if you watch it in HD). - @Saturday, June 20, 2015 2:35 AM

Antonio J. H Mantilla

This Film was Released The Same year as when Idina Menzel, Johnny Knoxville, & My Mother were born! :D - @Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:29 AM

marissa pierce

I like this one much better than the remake. Gene Wilder made the best Willy Wonka. - @Friday, January 3, 2014 8:21 AM

Faith Perez

W... / Intel Inside 1991 Vista Special Effects - @Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:21 AM

Michael Sheldon Reed

That silence at the end is for the local announcer to say "now playing (or "starts friday") at _____ and _____". (the announcer would name two or three local theaters in town.) - @Sunday, October 6, 2013 3:33 AM

Johnathan O'Rourke

This movie (although it made everybody's childhood) was so far off from the book, it angered Roald Dahl which caused him to forbid a film adaption to Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator. Ironically, he wrote the screenplay for the movie and there's even behind the scenes footage of him talking to Gene Wilder. As someone whose read the book more than once, I gotta say that I prefer Tim Burton's version more because it was a more accurate adaption. - @Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:22 AM

Richard Canipe

you said it! - @Sunday, September 1, 2013 9:10 PM

Robbie Liccione

Er - @Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:54 AM

Raretelevisiondvds

I have a cap n' Crunch Commercial For The Willy Wonka Candy making Kit 1971 or 1972 on my 1970's cartoons with original commercials dvd. - @Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:36 AM

kirk1968

Agreed! I always look forward to robatsea2009's posts, they've brought back many memories. - @Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:44 AM

D Heine

Summer 1971. - @Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:13 PM

robatsea2009

thank you very much - glad you are enjoying it! - @Saturday, May 25, 2013 5:42 AM

mrgiosb123

In The Later Years, The Distribution Of Wonka, Changed From Paramount To Warner Bros. - @Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:49 AM

smichelle65

robatsea2009, you're one of the best nostalgia channels on Youtube--you find everything! Now, if you could only find the tv spot for 1971's "Scrooge"... - @Friday, May 24, 2013 7:53 PM

Rick Cortez

from either the spring, summer, or late fall from 1971?! - @Friday, May 24, 2013 1:56 PM