Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (DVD) (Widescreen Edition) [1971]

0085393893422. New condition. DVD. Run time: 98 mins. Language: English. Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy, perversely faithful to the spirit of Roald Dahl's original book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather (Jack Albertson). In the course of the tour, Willy Wonka punishes the four nastier children in various diabolical methods -- one kid is inflated and covered with blueberry dye, another ends up as a principal ingredient of the chocolate, and so on -- because these kids have violated the ethics of Wonka's factory. In the end, only Charlie and his grandfather are left. Ostensibly set in England, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was lensed in Germany (as revealed by the film's final overhead shot). Hal Erickson, Rovi

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (DVD) (Widescreen Edition) [1971]

• New condition DVD
• Run time of 98 minutes
• Language: English
• Family musical with elements of black comedy
• Faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl's original book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Features enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka, played by Gene Wilder
• Contest involves five golden tickets hidden in candy bars
• Winners receive a tour of the Wonka factory and a lifetime supply of candy
• Four of the winning children display poor behavior, while Charlie Bucket is a likable character
• Charlie is accompanied by his grandfather during the factory tour
• Willy Wonka punishes misbehaving children in creative ways
• Set in England but filmed in Germany