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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [2015]

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It was Depp's intention to portray the character in a completely different way from Gene Wilder in the 1971 film adaptation. Meanwhile, Wonka reminisces on his troubled past and how his dentist father, Wilbur, strictly forbade him from consuming any candy. We have listed the best selling ones below (most popular first) so you can quickly find the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD / blu-ray / box set you're after. With the winners to receive a tour of the factory plus chocolate forever, chaos ensues as the children scramble to get the tickets.

Note: Our refurbished grades - Pristine, Very Good and Good - are solely based on the cosmetic condition of the phone. Forbes hypothesized that the film's success could be attributed to Depp and Burton being at the height of their popularity in 2005. Elfman recounted, "my original approach was to find a style of music and apply that to all the songs. As an enthusiastic fan of the book, he intended to remain more faithful to Dahl's vision than the 1971 film had been.For the film's HD DVD release in October 2006, all the behind the scenes featurettes from the two-disc edition were included. Despite not caring for the overall film, Coleman praised Burton for applying his own vision to the story rather than imitating the 1971 adaptation. We've listed all the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVDs and blu-rays below, too, in case you want to see the titles a bit more clearly. Burton was having trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on Finding Neverland (2004), suggested Highmore for the part.

Dahl's estate championed Lurie after being impressed with her work on another Dahl adaptation, a live-action adaptation of The BFG, for Paramount Pictures, which was never made (Paramount distributed the earlier 1971 film version of Charlie, and later sold the rights to Warner Bros. In addition to those tracks, instrumentals of "Wonka's Welcome Song" and the Oompa-Loompa songs were included, as well as several demos.Paul King and Timothée Chalamet, who respectively directed and starred in Wonka (2023), a prequel to Dahl's story, stated that they were fans of Burton's adaptation. Synopsis: Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka and Charlie Bucket, a good-hearted boyfrom a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka’s extraordinary factory.

Burton and August incorporated many parts of the book that were absent from the 1971 film adaptation, including the construction of the Indian Prince's chocolate palace, the inclusion of Charlie's father, and Veruca Salt's attack by squirrels. Every night, the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside. This marked the first time Burton did not face pushback from the studio for wanting to cast Depp, as the blockbuster success of Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) had Warner Bros. After overhearing that the final ticket was found in Russia, Charlie finds a banknote and purchases a third Wonka Bar. In 2004, during on-set interviews while filming, Burton criticized the 1971 film adaptation, [10] [150] while Depp paid homage to Gene Wilder's portrayal and praised it as "brilliant but subtle".

During the reunion, Charlie notices newspaper clippings of Wonka's success which Wilbur collected, while Wonka realizes the value of family as he and Wilbur finally reconcile. The town, whose design was shaped by the black and white urban photography of Bill Brandt, as well as Pittsburgh and Northern England, is arranged like a medieval village, with Wonka's estate on top and the Bucket shack below.

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