Charlie and Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Bucket is a poor paperboy. On his way home he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. shut down the factory,
but resumed production years later. The gates remained locked and the original workers never returned to their jobs.
Wonka announces globally that he has hidden five Golden Tickets in chocolate Wonka Bars. Charlie is on his way home
from school when he buys q chocolate bar, finding the final ticket. Returning home with the Golden Ticket, Charlie
chooses Grandpa Joe as his adult chaperone. Wonka greets the ticket winners at the front gates of the factory and
leads them inside. The factory includes the Chocolate Room, a candy land with a river of chocolate and other sweets.
The contestants meet Wonka's workforce, little people known as Oompa-Loompas. At the end of the tour, Charlie and Grandpa
Joe, are the only remaining guests. Willy Wonka tells Charlie that he created the contest to find someone worthy enough
to inherit his factory, so when he retires he will give it to Charlie and his family.
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The Cast
- Gene Wilder ... Willy Wonka
- Peter Ostrum ... Charlie
- Jack Albertson ... Grandpa Joe
- Julie Dawn Cole ... Veruca Salt
- Denise Nickerson ... Violet Beauregarde
- Paris Themmen ... Mike Teevee
- Michael Bollner ... Augustus Gloop
- Günter Meisner ... Mr. Slugworth