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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419802300
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419802305
Label: Warner Bros. Pictures
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros. Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 08, 2005
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 4229
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 2005
Editorial Review:
Description:
Fantasy Adventure. Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Depp) and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing andenduring story.
Amazon.com:
Mixed reviews and creepy comparisons to Michael Jackson notwithstanding, Tim Burton's splendidly imaginative adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would almost surely meet with Roald Dahl's approval. The celebrated author of darkly offbeat children's books vehemently disapproved of 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (hence the change in title), so it's only fitting that Burton and his frequent star/collaborator, Johnny Depp, should have another go, infusing the enigmatic candyman's tale with their own unique brand of imaginative oddity. Depp's pale, androgynous Wonka led some to suspect a partial riff on that most controversial of eternal children, Michael Jackson, but Burton's film is too expansively magnificent to be so narrowly defined. While preserving Dahl's morality tale on the hazards of indulgent excess, Burton's riotous explosion of color provides a wondrous setting for the lessons learned by Charlie Bucket (played by Freddie Highmore, Depp's delightful costar in Finding Neverland), as he and other, less admirable children enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime tour of Wonka's confectionary wonderland. Elaborate visual effects make this an eye-candy overdose (including digitally multiplied Oompa-Loompas, all played by diminutive actor Deep Roy), and the film's underlying weirdness is exaggerated by Depp's admirably risky but ultimately off-putting performance. Of course, none of this stops Burton's Charlie from being the must-own family DVD of 2005's holiday season, perhaps even for those who staunchly defend Gene Wilder's portrayal of Wonka from 34 years earlier. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An overdue review by an impartial viewer
Having seen both versions several times I have to say I like both. Yes there are stark differences in the main character Willy Wonka and there were some other minor differences in the characters of the children and their parents. Actually, there are a great many differences between Tim Burton's version and the original Mel Stuart version. Mel Stuart's version was more like a musical, highlighted with several musical interludes presented by Gene Wilder and his portrayal of Willie Wonka and one other ... Read More
Rating:  - Reimagination of a classic
HUGE fan of Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, love Johnny Depps commitment to character. You don't have to like it, and you are free to express that, but one thing you should get right is... Roald Dahl was a dark intense writer, anyone who has read his collection of classics would know that (Matilda's horrible parents, James' awful, ugly aunts) and tho I loved the Gene Wiler version as a child, and still enjoy it, it wasn't what the Dahl estate expected (notice that it became Willy Wonka and the Chocolate ... Read More
Rating:  - Burton misses the point again
Lame. Successful movies and stories are all about characters. Burton should have yielded to Dahl's successful version of Wonka than his own creepy recluse who, beyond all the other lame issues, is not believable as the creater inventor of this Chocolate empire.
Mr. Willy Wonka as Dahl introduces him from the book, has "marvelously bright" eyes "twinkling and sparkling at you all the time" in a face "alight with fun and laughter." Dahl rhapsodizes about "how clever he looked," how "quick ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie!
This movie is heartwarming, exciting, funny, and good for a whole family, but I think the best actress in the movie had to be Julia Winter who played the role of the sassy, spoiled princess Veruca Salt. I am a big Julia Winter fan. Although, this was her only film, she was awesome! She is great friends with AnnaSophia Robb who played Violet Beeauregarde. I loved the movie and I love Julia!
Rating: - No morals here. Just an explosion of Tim Burton cliche's and colors
Inevitably it's going to be compared to the 1971 musical which while a classic on its own, was indeed very little like the book.
I only read the book as a child and I can't remember much except the scritchy little drawings and the fact that Squirrels attacked Veruca Salt instead of Geese (though they didn't attack her, she just fell down the chute).
If this movie is close to the book, then I must have read a wrong version of the book, or else the 1971 musical is an improvement ... Read More
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