Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Prepare for a taste of adventure.
Country
Production
Budget
$150 000 000
Box office
$474 968 763
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck, Brad Grey, Lorne Orleans, Bruce Berman, Michael Siegel, Patrick McCormick, Graham Burke, Liccy Dahl
Camera operator
Philippe Rousselot
Composer
Artist
Alex McDowell, Anthony Caron-Delion
Audition
Susie Figgis
Editing
Short description
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Roald Dahl’s novella, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (1964).
- Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Nicolas Cage, Michael Keaton, Adam Sandler, and Jim Carrey all auditioned for the role of Willy Wonka at one time.
- This film became the second “chocolate” role for Johnny Depp, the lead actor (in 2000, “Chocolat” was released). Johnny himself admitted that he doesn’t like the taste of good chocolate, preferring cheaper varieties, similar to those used to make Easter bunnies.
- Renowned Martin Scorsese was considered as a director for the project.
- This work was the fifth collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Previously, “Edward Scissorhands,” “Ed Wood,” and “Sleepy Hollow” had been released. Shortly after, “Charlie” another project called “Corpse Bride” would be released.
- Screenwriter John August had never seen the film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (1971) until Tim Burton approached him with a request to write a screenplay. John only began watching it after finishing work on the storyline and was greatly surprised to find that the 1971 film was much harsher and angrier than his own draft, despite the film being nominally considered family-friendly.
- Johnny Depp was so impressed by young Freddie Highmore’s performance in “Finding Neverland” (2004) that he was able to convince Tim Burton to cast him as Charlie Bucket.
- The lyrics to four out of five musical numbers featured in the film were written by the author of the original fairy tale, Roald Dahl.
- Actor Deep Roy played all the Oompa-Loompa characters single-handedly. He had to repeat the same movements hundreds of times. In recognition of his outstanding work ethic, the actor's fee was increased to one million dollars.
- Around 40 animals were used and trained for the squirrel attack scene.
- The scene in which Willy Wonka recalls his childhood was not present in the original work.
- Screenwriter Scott Frank wrote two versions of the script before leaving the project. He was subsequently replaced by John August.
- Approximately 207,000 gallons of fake chocolate were used to create the chocolate river, while 38,500 gallons were used for the chocolate waterfall.
- The main sponsor of the film was the chocolate corporation Nestle, which provided approximately 1,850 bars of real chocolate for filming. At the same time, 110,000 bars of fake chocolate were made, wrapped in original Nestle packaging.
- The lollipops on the trees, giant plantations of pink sugar cane, and peppermint candies are all real confectionery products.
- The segment featuring the Indian prince was included as a tribute to Indian cinema, at Burton's insistence – a passionate fan of Bollywood.
- In the episode with the chocolate bar being moved “by television,” footage from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” is shown on a small monitor on the wall, followed by the main theme from that film. And the enormous chocolate bar itself is reminiscent of the mysterious monolith from the same film.
- Marilyn Manson expressed great interest in the role of Willy Wonka.
- At the 28th minute of the film, a VAZ-2104 car with right-hand drive passes by in the frame.
- During filming, AnnaSophia Robb made a ball of chewing gum the size of a softball.
- At the very beginning of the film, Willy Wonka places tickets on the backs of still-unwrapped chocolate bars. Later, Charlie gets his ticket from the top, on the front side.
- A camera lens worth around $540,000 was not properly secured while attempting to get a shot of chocolate boiling in a cauldron. As a result, the camera fell into the cauldron and was, naturally, rendered unusable.
- The film is based on the novella 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (1964) by Roald Dahl.
- At one time, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Nicolas Cage, Michael Keaton, Adam Sandler, and Jim Carrey were all considered for the role of Willy Wonka.
- This film marked the second 'chocolate-themed' project for lead actor Johnny Depp (the movie 'Chocolat' was released in 2000). Johnny himself admitted that he doesn't like the taste of high-quality chocolate; he prefers cheap chocolate, like the kind used to make Easter bunnies.
- The renowned Martin Scorsese sought to direct the project.
- A camera lens worth approximately $540,000 was not properly secured during an attempt to capture a shot of chocolate boiling in a vat. As a result, the camera fell into the vat and, naturally, was rendered unusable.
- This work was the fifth collaboration for the Tim Burton and Johnny Depp duo. Their previous films included 'Edward Scissorhands', 'Ed Wood', and 'Sleepy Hollow'. Shortly after 'Charlie', another project titled 'Corpse Bride' would be released.
- Screenwriter John August had never seen the movie 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' (1971) before Tim Burton approached him to write the script. John only watched it after completing the storyline and was extremely surprised to find that the 1971 film was much harsher and meaner than his own draft, despite the film nominally being considered a family movie.
- Johnny Depp was so impressed by young Freddie Highmore's performance in the project 'Finding Neverland' (2004) that he managed to convince Tim Burton to cast him as Charlie Bucket.
- The lyrics for four of the five musical numbers featured in the film were written by the author of the original fairy tale, Roald Dahl.
- Actor Deep Roy played all the Oompa-Loompa characters single-handedly. He had to repeat the same movements several hundred times. In honor of his outstanding work ethic, the actor's fee was increased to one million dollars.
- Screenwriter Scott Frank wrote two different versions of the script before leaving the project. He was subsequently replaced by John August.
- The segment featuring the Indian prince was inserted as a tribute to Indian cinema at the insistence of Burton himself, who is a passionate fan of Bollywood.
- Marilyn Manson showed a great interest in the role of Willy Wonka.
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