A wry and amusing musical about a world famous candymaker who hides five golden tickets in candy bars for five lucky children. Young, good-natured Charlie (Peter Ostrum) wins one of the tickets hidden amongst thousands of Wonka chocolate bars. What have Charlie and the other four kids won? A tour through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, led by the loveable, eccentric, but often mean-spirited Wonka (Gene Wilder) himself. The factory itself is like a fantasy world: crazy color schemes, wild inventions, secret rooms, busy oompa-loompas, and lots and lots of delectable sweets. But Wonka has a hidden agenda, and during the tour he tests each child's character and honesty. Based on Roald Dahl's children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Rating: G (MPAA) Rating Reason: n/a Runtime: 100 minutes DVD Code: Region 1 US, CA Genre: Childrens Color: Color 30th Anniversary Edition; Full Frame Rating: HD-DVD Features:
Elite Red HD Case
Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 1.0 - French
Mono 1.0 - Latin Spanish
Subtitles - English SDH, English, French, Spanish - Optional
Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Commentaries - 1. "Mouth-Watering Commentary with the Wonka Kids"
Featurettes - 1. "Pure Imagination: The Story of WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY"
2. Vintage Featurette
Interactive Features:
Sing-Along Songs (4) Gene Wilder, Jerry Silberman, Gerald Silberman, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Michael Bollner, Ursula Reit, Denise Nickerson, Leonard Stone, Julie Dawn Cole
Mel StuartDavid L. Wolper, Stan Margulies
"...For every dulcet song, there's an unsettling side, uttered with a wide-eyed manic energy..."
Entertainment Weekly (08/24/2001) "[The] psychedelic factory tour is a sugary version of Dante's inferno."
Premiere (04/01/2004) |