He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with James and the Giant Peach (1996), and, like Roald Dahl, disliked the 1971 film because it strayed from the book's storyline. Echoing the central storyline of the film, Wonka candies introduced their own Golden Ticket contest in Wonka products, including Wonka Bars, Donutz, Laffy Taffy, Nerds, and SweeTarts. We will process the refund due to you as soon as we possibly can and within 30 days of the day you have given notice of your cancellation within the cooling off period.

It was Depp's intention to portray the character in a completely different way from Gene Wilder in the 1971 film adaptation. Richard Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra plays during a sequence in the film as a direct reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). This dazzling musical, filled with incredible chocolate waterfalls, Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections, never fails to enchant both young and old. million of the opening weekend gross was from 65 IMAX theaters, [120] marking the widest domestic IMAX opening ever at the time.Sections of artificial grass were laid upon blocks of polystyrene foam that formed the shape of the landscape. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory represents the first musical film directed by Burton and the first time since The Nightmare Before Christmas that Elfman contributed to a film score using written songs and his vocals. According to Tim Burton, "the important thing for me was that we wanted to give the chocolate river a really chocolatey feel, give it a weight, not just brown water.Rob Minkoff entered negotiations to take the director's position in October 2001, [19] and Gwyn Lurie was hired to start from scratch on a new script in February 2002. Michael Jackson actively sought the role and secretly recorded an original soundtrack for the film at a small studio in Los Angeles. Charlie's remaining grandparents, Grandma Georgina, Grandma Josephine, and Grandpa George, are portrayed by Liz Smith, Eileen Essell, and David Morris. As a result, forced perspective techniques, oversized props and scale models were used to avoid computer-generated imagery (CGI) wherever possible. And how about that army of Oompa-Loompas, all played by Deep Roy, in musical numbers that appear to have been choreographed by Busby Berkeley on crack.