*** Welcome to piglix ***

Michael Bollner

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
WillyWonkaMoviePoster.jpg
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by Mel Stuart
Produced by
Screenplay by Roald Dahl
Based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by David Saxon
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • 30 June 1971 (1971-06-30) (United States)
  • 18 November 1971 (1971-11-18) (United Kingdom)
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3 million
Box office $4 million

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, who himself wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world.

Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. It then made an additional $21 million during its re-release by Warner Bros. under the Family Entertainment banner in 1996.

The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to Fiddler on the Roof. The movie introduced the song "The Candy Man", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr.. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".


...
Wikipedia

...