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Jun 30, 1971 · Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: Directed by Mel Stuart. With Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear. A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Mel Stuart
- 1971-06-30
It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket ( Peter Ostrum) who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.
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- He told the director he would only take the role on one condition. In a conversation at the 92Y in New York City in 2007, Wilder said he told the director of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” that he wanted to change something in the script.
- He helped design his costume. Wilder certainly had more sartorial opinions than fans could imagine. In a letter to director Mel Stuart, he requested a few changes be made to the original costume design for Willy Wonka.
- Wilder thought the Tim Burton remake was “an insult.” The actor was very unhappy with the 2005 remake of the film.
- Wilder hid his Alzheimer’s so children wouldn’t see an ill “Willy Wonka.” Wilder’s nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, said in a statement, “The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition wasn’t vanity, but more so that the countless young children that would smile or call out to him ‘there’s Willy Wonka,’ would not have to be then exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel to worry, disappointment or confusion.
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Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974 ...
More than 50 years before Timothée Chalamet donned the brown top hat and purple suit for Wonka, Gene Wilder was the first actor to become Roald Dahl's wildly eccentric candymaker in the 1971...
Sep 20, 2018 · Gene Wilder, who died in 2016, knew exactly how he wanted to play Willy Wonka from the get-go. As he recounted to Larry King on CNN in 2002, Wilder told Wonka director Mel Stuart he...
Gene Wilder: Willy Wonka. Showing all 152 items. Jump to: Photos (76) Quotes (76) Photos. 53 more photos. Quotes. Mrs. Gloop : Don't just stand there, do something! Willy Wonka : [unenthusiastically] Help. Police, Murder. Willy Wonka : Try some more. The strawberries taste like strawberries, and the snozzberries taste like snozzberries.
