I can't believe this is 50 years old. I would watch this film countlessly on video and dvd. Gene was perfect as Willy Wonka. The songs and set design has aged like fine wine. Its nice to see that he loved working on it and that he sheds a tear when fans talked to him about it.
Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie, never acted again. His parents took his salary from the movie and created his college fund, which he used to become a veterinarian. Occasionally he'd be asked to speak about his experience in the movie, and would use it to educate children about caring for their pets.
When I heard what became of him after filming the movie I thought that it was wise of him to pursue a career in veterinary medicine away from show business. And that was wise of his parents to put away his earnings for college. From what I've seen in his interviews he seems to be happy in his life.
This movie helped bring me out of a severe depression twice in my life, once after my parents divorced and once during a year of living in a DV situation. Gene Wilder was a genius
I will never forget the scene where Wonka berated Charlie in his office. Yes Wonka was being harsh but he was in the right when he pointed out that Charlie and Grandpa Joe stolen the fizzy lifting drinks. Thereby violating their part of the contract. I believe the reason that Charlie decided to give Wonka back the gobstopper instead of listening to his grandfather was because he knew that Wonka was right. And ruining Wonka was not worth it.
It's weird that "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is mostly about Charlie, while "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is mostly about Willy Wonka.
Love this film so much. Varuca Salt is my favorite brat of all time! I used to howl with laughter every time the word BRAT would come up on the screen. Mostly bc when I was little I thought this was a very bad word. 🤷🏻♀️ 😂 thanks for covering this one. Made my day. Happy St Paddy’s day!!! ☘️ 🇮🇪 🥃 😘
RIP Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor! 2 Legends that made some Hilarious Movies! Grew up watching them. Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil are my two favorites with them.
The shaky walk to the gate, "Pure Imagination" and the boat scene from hell make this the top Wonka for me...and of course that Wonderful Wilder Wonka sealed it for me.
Great video Minty. Like you, part of my childhood. My grand kids a while back invited me to watch it with them. I told them I never saw this movie ever. Made it more of a adventure for them. :)
Thank you so much, Minty for giving light to this cinematic masterpiece again! Like you, I've watched this over and over over the past few decades and its quality has never wavered. One of my favorite films of all time that I can watch any day and make that day automatically better!
You've got the candy store sequence wrong. The candy man is throwing candy at the kids who are reaching greedily as if they are entitled to it. He shows more personal attention and concern for Charlie. Asking for payment is a test of his honesty which he passes. The candyman gives Charlie the final ticket on purpose. Wonka expected him to win from the beginning and says so near the end.
This is one of your BEST vlogs about a film which is deep in our hearts from from many a childhood!! I cries from laugther from a few things which I didn't know!! Its time to find Willy Wonka DVD...
Another few "Did you know"'s: The young actress Julie Dawn Cole who played Veruca Salt doesn't like Chocolate. she explained it herself in a reunion documentary, In the scene in the big chocolate river room where she had to dip into and taste chocolate sauce, she was trying very hard to get as little as possible on her tongue, and she's visibly flinching from it. Cole and actress Denise Nickerson both thought Peter Ostrum [Charlie] was a little hottie, and they took turns flirting with him. Michael Bollner [Agustus Gloop] didn't speak a word of english, and did all his lines phonetically. The other children tried to make him comfortable, but it was still pretty lonely for him, and it was a bit of a relief for him that Agustus was the first to leave.
@@cautionTosser No, there ARE people who don't like chocolate. there is no such thing as universal tatse. :) I couldn't live without my 80% dark, but there are people who can't handle it. Too much chocolate, not enough sugar.
@@dhenderson1810 If you do a search, you'll find the documentary here on RUclips, it's a reunion of all the kids touring the town where Willy Wonka was filmed. it's a sweet little nostalgic piece, about an hour long. No, she quite clearly states she just doesn't like chocolate. I find it amusing that the idea of not liking chocolate is so unfathomable. I felt the same way when she said it... "Who doesn't like Chocolate?!" As an aside, this idea of universal tastes has always interested me. I used to work in an art school, and I was chatting with the students and teacher in an art history class, and I posed them a question. There MUST be someone out there who thinks Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa is utter cr*p AND has legitimate arguments to back it up. Taste is not universal so no, NOT everyone thinks the Mona Lisa is a masterpiece. It's just not possible. Anyway, That's a way off point tangent, but I was reminded of it.
@@cautionTosser chocolate makes me sick to my stomach rather easily, so it's easy for me to imagine that it could be just an averse reaction. My guess is that she genuinely just dislikes the taste though. It's not impossible.
Julie Dawn Nicole (Veruca Salt) and Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee) were going to Alamo Drafthouses around the country, and maybe world i dont remember, doing like a sing along with the movie. The last one before covid Peter Ostrum came and I am now honored to say I met thee Charlie Bucket
What do you get when you gobble up vids? Watching every vid that Min-ty ever did. Watching all his vids sitting 'round getting fat. What do you think will come of that? I don't like the look of it.
Roald Dahl was a big fan of the animated version of his story the BFG staring David Jason. Apparently he saw it on the big screen and when it ended he stood up and clapped. 😊
IIRC Gene's explanation for wanting to do the tumble at his first appearance was "...from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth."
11:44 It would have indeed have been much better if Sammy Davis Jr. played the candy store man. I mean watching Sammy sing that song, it was obvious he was born for that part.
Though that would have made for an interesting film... *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* Select children have won a contest to inherit a chocolate factory deep in the heart of South-Eastern Asia from an insane French man... little do they know, but NVA troops are working their way to the factory. Who will survive, and what will be left of them?
The funny thing about mentioning "Willy Wonka" in the title is that the character doesn't make an appearance until just under halfway through the film.
My favourite movie of all time, always has been and always will be. I met Roald Dahl in the 70’s he read some of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to us in the local library, it was a magical experience and something I will always remember😬
This is and always has been my absolute #1 favorite movie. I have watched it more times than I can count, and will still watch it again and again, willingly. (I’m 45, btw.) I just love it, and so so all of my “kids”. 💗
I always believed that Willy never actually intentioned any specific child to be bumped off at any given point, but knew that at least one child in each section of the chocolate factory would give in to temptation for one reason or another, starting from the chocolate room. At least that's my though on it
EXCELLENT job, Minty! This was a WONDERFUL video! I saw this movie with my family in the theater 50 years ago when it first came out. My sister and I grew up watching it! This was DEFINITELY one of the highlights of our childhoods. You brought back A LOT of memories! Thanks, Minty, so VERY MUCH! 😁
I get that the family is so poor, all the adults share the only room in the house, and they're old so they can't contribute. But how do they bathe or go the bathroom? The stench must be overpowering! And they probably need regular penicillin shots to keep their bedsores from getting infected
Great Video, as usual, Minty. I think that Gene Wilder was so brilliant as Willy Wonka, that, Johnny Depp, who is also a Great Actor, was doomed from the start, especially when your last name is Wilder & you have Wild Hair. So sad that Gene Wilder passed away, even if at a decent age.
They would show this movie in the 70s when I was a kid around easter with the wizard of oz and chitty chitty bang bang. I even saw a christmas display of the movie at one of the big department store downtown.
I don't know, man. He definitely hard-balled Charlie after giving out a lot of candy. He didn't have to do him like that. A Wonka bar doesn't even cost that much.
it's also not like he had a sign out front saying "No Poor Kids". Charlie was watching everything play out through the window. Their was nothing stopping him from going inside once he saw free candy being given out. The second scene at the candy shop is different. He's probably gotten more business in the past month than he had in his store's entire history, but now he decides to start getting stingey?
I don’t say he is a jerk. That’s part where he hits the little girl by opening the counter door, that was a on set accident that was not part of the script. If you watch the bloopers for Terminator 2; in that scene where the T-800 save John Conner from the T-1000 by blowing up the big truck and then the T-800 put the shotgun back in the compartment of the motorcycle. In one take as Arnold was putting the shotgun in the compartment, he accidentally hit Edward Furlong
I heard that the reason they changed the name was because the Vietnam War was going on and they didn't want to have the film associated with the enemy which had been nicknamed Charlie. I am glad you mentioned Sammy Davis Jr. though, because that became his signature song and he even sang a bar in the Cannonball Run.
Slugworth was in the book, only cited as a competitor, with his sluworth sizzler chocolate bar. He wasn’t a character that interacted with any of the main characters during the story though. He was mentioned along with other candy competitors who would try to steal Wonka’s ideas, and so Wonka shut down for a while
Grandpa Joe Benefits cheat, 20 years bed ridden watching his family struggle hard times and sponging from them, and yet is up and dancing at the prospect of a day out with Charlie.
Not to mention that he encouraged Charlie to steal the fizzy lifting drinks after Wonka told everyone no. And he also encouraged Charlie to give Slugworth the gobstopper to spite Wonka!
When Wonka does that forward roll, I always think Gene Wilder leaves it too late to actually go into the roll and he's going to fall flat on his face !
I loved the old version more than Johnny Depps, but I still liked it too and how they turned the elevator glass. Ty for sharing the information some of your bits I didn't know 😉😊💋
Also, it's worth noting all the parodies and references over the years, my favorite being the Slurm factory episode of "Futurama." "Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis, The secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis"
@@eclipsehorse8693 it's been done to death, but the scene where Peter runs home to the "golden ticket" music and then falls and scrapes his knee always makes me laugh.
Didja know? The girl who played violet actually turned blue in school after the movie, because her skin absorbed the paint and so she "relapsed" in school. She said she couldn't get a date to the school dance because she was a blueberry, for Real. Violets evil ruined another innocent life.
Some other random facts: 1. There were a total of ten actors playing Oompa Lumpas. Nine men and one woman. 2. In her adult years, the actress that played Veruca admitted she took a few props and still has them (such as a Golden Egg). They were forbidden from doing this but she got away with it. 3. The puff of steam that Mike exhales after eating the explosive candy was made by a tube connected to the side of his face.
I was amazingly lucky and honored to meet all five of the kids, 10 years ago in Chicago, at Wizard World ComiCon. It was the first time all five of them were together since shooting the movie. All five of them were incredibly friendly and kind, but Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen went above and beyond, engaging me in conversation...not just shaking hands, saying hello and signing an autograph. One of my best friends is beyond words obsessed with Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, so I got an 8X10 of the kids and Gene Wilder standing on the steps inside the Chocolate Room and had them sign it to her for her birthday and Christmas present and Julie and Paris were asking me questions about her and how long we've been friends and giving me kudos for getting her the picture since she couldn't be there herself. Till the day I leave this blue marble, I'll always consider myself every kind of lucky that I got to actually meet all five of them, especially and sadly now that Denise Nickerson isn't with us anymore (I did get to tell her how much of a Dark Shadows fan I am. I use to watch it with my Mom when I was a kid.). We are the makers of the music and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Yeah, some people just don't understand that some movies are _complete,_ with nothing left hanging and needing continuation or clarification. But you know Hollywood: "We've got to keep this cash cow alive," seems to apply all too often.
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 except, it wouldnt be called that...because the guy who we all think of as slugworth, wasnt actually slugworth, he was wonkas only non oompa loompa employee
My favorite scene was where the guy is using a computer to calculated the location of the golden tickets. The contest was definitely rigged. The fake Slugworth was able to confront both Veruca and Charlie before the discovery of their tickets were made public. Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen. We dare not go a-hunting, for fear of little men.
Along with the boat seat theory showing that Willy Wonka had a master plan, I think the Candy Store Guy was a bit of a jerk to Charlie because he was working for Wonka as well. His job was to show Charlie that distribution of resources will often overlook the lower classes, to pace himself when presented with excess, and consideration for others will be rewarded (he gave Charlie the bar with the Golden Ticket after asking for one for his grandfather). As for the little girl who got knocked by the counter lid, that's just a young extra who wasn't on her mark.
1: as a kid I always thought the chocolate river was chocolate milk...not just chocolate. Looks like I'm right! Lol 2: the scene with the candy man singing and tossing candy to the kids, I figured was just Charlie fantasizing what being a "rich" kid was like. The next time we see the candyman is how he actually is without the filter of Charlie's imagination over top. Imo
I heard the original last line was actually Grampa Joe (not Charlie) yelling "Yippee," and the director called the writer while the guy was on vacation to make him write a better ending. And if I'm not mistaken, the writer admitted that what he wrote was cheesy as hell, but still better than Grampa yells, "Yippee?" LOL
A few years ago I was falling asleep with the movie playing in the background. I started to dream out the scenes as the audio was heard but the dream changed. I saw the entire layout of the chocolate factory that wasn't shown in the movie or written in the book. In the basement were Oompa Loompas that we didn't see, and they all looked like John Malkovich. They were fueling the entire factory with coal as coal was being mined.
can never get enough of this movie. its on every christmas easter and any other chance they can to get it shown. gene wilder is just of the wall in it. this and blazing saddles are my two favorite wilder films
Oh, the insanity! Love this crazy movie. Possibly my favourite Gene Wilder performance, though I did enjoy See No Evil, Hear No Evil with Richard Pryor a lot, too :-)
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I can't believe this is 50 years old. I would watch this film countlessly on video and dvd. Gene was perfect as Willy Wonka. The songs and set design has aged like fine wine. Its nice to see that he loved working on it and that he sheds a tear when fans talked to him about it.
I had the VHS double feature with The Witches and this on one tape. Watched it so much it wore out and broke
Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie, never acted again. His parents took his salary from the movie and created his college fund, which he used to become a veterinarian. Occasionally he'd be asked to speak about his experience in the movie, and would use it to educate children about caring for their pets.
Smart parents
When I heard what became of him after filming the movie I thought that it was wise of him to pursue a career in veterinary medicine away from show business. And that was wise of his parents to put away his earnings for college. From what I've seen in his interviews he seems to be happy in his life.
Minty says part of that in the video - It's nice to know Dr. Ostrum includes it when he talks to kids. Good on him!
Gay
@@devinwatson4594 You're happy about this too? Cool!
"The suspense is terrible! I hope it'll last."
The suspense did not last
@Dayton Green Studios you lose! good day sir!
I saw it when it first came out when I was a kid back in 1971 and even got the candy. Classic.
This movie helped bring me out of a severe depression twice in my life, once after my parents divorced and once during a year of living in a DV situation. Gene Wilder was a genius
I hope you are doing much better
Sorry to hear about your parents divorce
Watching this is taking me back through time to my childhood
"YOU STOLE FIZZY LIFTING DRINKS! YOU BUMPED INTO THE CEILING, AND NOW IT HAS TO BE WASHED AND STERILIZED! SO YOU LOSE! YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY SIR!"
"WRONG, SIR!!!! WRONG!!!!"
I SAID GOOD DAY!!!
I can't believe Minty didn't mention this wasn't how they rehearsed the line, and Wilder was actually trying to make Peter Ostrum cry
I wasn't aware of a lot of this, but it rather shows Wilder's genius. Generally speaking... he made it a great movie.
Read this right at the moment it shows the scene. Amazing coincidence!!
I had a chance to visit these filming locations a couple years ago. It was awesome!
The 1971 film is a classic. Gene Wilder was perfectly cast as Willy Wonka.
honestly the only thing that freaked me out for a time, was veruca, i didnt like that she was always shouting
I agree Gene Wilder was the best Willy Wonka.
71?? Shit I didn't know it was THAT old. Stood the test of time for sure.
re-watched this movie just the other night. still a classic!
I will never forget the scene where Wonka berated Charlie in his office. Yes Wonka was being harsh but he was in the right when he pointed out that Charlie and Grandpa Joe stolen the fizzy lifting drinks. Thereby violating their part of the contract. I believe the reason that Charlie decided to give Wonka back the gobstopper instead of listening to his grandfather was because he knew that Wonka was right. And ruining Wonka was not worth it.
It's weird that "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is mostly about Charlie, while "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is mostly about Willy Wonka.
What a twist that is.
Quite Ironic but also quite interesting
Omg lol I never thought of that
That's what the Nostalgia Critic said. :P
@Natural Creature Depp was a legend long before he played a pirate
As an adult, I always wondered how bad the bed sores were for the Grandma's & Grandpa's.
I wonder if the Wachowski-Brothers had copied that scene in their movie JUPITER ASCENDING.
Love this film so much. Varuca Salt is my favorite brat of all time! I used to howl with laughter every time the word BRAT would come up on the screen. Mostly bc when I was little I thought this was a very bad word. 🤷🏻♀️ 😂 thanks for covering this one. Made my day. Happy St Paddy’s day!!! ☘️ 🇮🇪 🥃 😘
RIP Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor! 2 Legends that made some Hilarious Movies! Grew up watching them. Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil are my two favorites with them.
🙌🏾
Yup I'm a 52 year old guy loved those movies they did together. Greatest comedy team up of all time.
Silver Streak ....love that one too
Great line in See No Evil, Hear No Evil,,,
“Turn right! Turn left! Cows! Cows! Cows”
Yes. Wilder and Pryor were a great double act when paired together. But also performers which could be equally good individually.
The shaky walk to the gate, "Pure Imagination" and the boat scene from hell make this the top Wonka for me...and of course that Wonderful Wilder Wonka sealed it for me.
I remember watching this film as a kid and I enjoyed it and I still enjoy even now we miss you Gene Wilder👊❤👊❤👊
Yeah 2016 wasn't really the best year.
May he rest in peace! We lost Prince, Jerry Lewis, Alan rickman, and Florence henderson that year as well
Great video Minty. Like you, part of my childhood. My grand kids a while back invited me to watch it with them. I told them I never saw this movie ever. Made it more of a adventure for them. :)
Thank you so much, Minty for giving light to this cinematic masterpiece again! Like you, I've watched this over and over over the past few decades and its quality has never wavered. One of my favorite films of all time that I can watch any day and make that day automatically better!
Thank You SO MUCH Minty! I’ve been wanting to see this video ever since I discovered your channel! I’m so happy it’s back!
You've got the candy store sequence wrong. The candy man is throwing candy at the kids who are reaching greedily as if they are entitled to it. He shows more personal attention and concern for Charlie. Asking for payment is a test of his honesty which he passes. The candyman gives Charlie the final ticket on purpose. Wonka expected him to win from the beginning and says so near the end.
When you put it that way I agree and believe that you are right.
Interesting way of looking at it. I like that.
Interesting point.
Mind. Blown.
I like that interpretation of that scene.
This is one of your BEST vlogs about a film which is deep in our hearts from from many a childhood!! I cries from laugther from a few things which I didn't know!! Its time to find Willy Wonka DVD...
Charlie was determined to win. He was tired of eating cabbage water!!
And he probably has diabetes too!
ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE!..... NICE JOB!
In 2016 when it seemed like all everyones favorites like Prince and David Bowie passed away, no death hit me harder than Gene Wilder. 😥
It did hurt.
Bowie didn't die, he just returned to his home planet
My brother died in 2016, so that hit me harder.
@@dhenderson1810 So did my beloved mom. So to me 2016 is EXTREMELY memorable for that reason! 😢
@@dhenderson1810 And by the way, I'm so sorry for your loss! This year marks his 5th anniversary, right?
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was a wonderful book.
Another few "Did you know"'s:
The young actress Julie Dawn Cole who played Veruca Salt doesn't like Chocolate. she explained it herself in a reunion documentary, In the scene in the big chocolate river room where she had to dip into and taste chocolate sauce, she was trying very hard to get as little as possible on her tongue, and she's visibly flinching from it.
Cole and actress Denise Nickerson both thought Peter Ostrum [Charlie] was a little hottie, and they took turns flirting with him.
Michael Bollner [Agustus Gloop] didn't speak a word of english, and did all his lines phonetically. The other children tried to make him comfortable, but it was still pretty lonely for him, and it was a bit of a relief for him that Agustus was the first to leave.
not like chocolate? yeah. I saw that, too. I just assumed she was lying. :D
@@cautionTosser No, there ARE people who don't like chocolate. there is no such thing as universal tatse. :)
I couldn't live without my 80% dark, but there are people who can't handle it.
Too much chocolate, not enough sugar.
@@Voodoomaria I wonder if she was diabetic.
@@dhenderson1810 If you do a search, you'll find the documentary here on RUclips, it's a reunion of all the kids touring the town where Willy Wonka was filmed. it's a sweet little nostalgic piece, about an hour long.
No, she quite clearly states she just doesn't like chocolate.
I find it amusing that the idea of not liking chocolate is so unfathomable. I felt the same way when she said it... "Who doesn't like Chocolate?!"
As an aside, this idea of universal tastes has always interested me. I used to work in an art school, and I was chatting with the students and teacher in an art history class, and I posed them a question.
There MUST be someone out there who thinks Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa is utter cr*p AND has legitimate arguments to back it up. Taste is not universal so no, NOT everyone thinks the Mona Lisa is a masterpiece. It's just not possible.
Anyway, That's a way off point tangent, but I was reminded of it.
@@cautionTosser chocolate makes me sick to my stomach rather easily, so it's easy for me to imagine that it could be just an averse reaction. My guess is that she genuinely just dislikes the taste though. It's not impossible.
Excellent! I needed some Minty energy just now. Many thanks for these videos!
Charming for the acting, scary for the practical effects. No cgi 🤪🎭🍫🥤🍿
Love this flick💜 never gets old✌😉👍🍻
One of my most favorite movies of all time. Thanks for covering it, Minty!
Julie Dawn Nicole (Veruca Salt) and Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee) were going to Alamo Drafthouses around the country, and maybe world i dont remember, doing like a sing along with the movie. The last one before covid Peter Ostrum came and I am now honored to say I met thee Charlie Bucket
🎼 "Oompa Loompa Doopa Dee Dinty. We've got another video from Minty."
Well played, you’ve held onto that one for awhile didn’t you 😁
That counts as your toilet break
@@I.am.Sarah. SLURMS MCENZY! THE PARTY WORM!
What do you get when you gobble up vids? Watching every vid that Min-ty ever did. Watching all his vids sitting 'round getting fat. What do you think will come of that? I don't like the look of it.
"Oompa Loompa, Doompa Din-ty, We've got another short from Min-ty."
(it was just easier for me to sing along that way) :)
Roald Dahl was a big fan of the animated version of his story the BFG staring David Jason. Apparently he saw it on the big screen and when it ended he stood up and clapped. 😊
IIRC Gene's explanation for wanting to do the tumble at his first appearance was "...from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth."
What a True Classic thanks again Minty
My favourite childrens movie of all time hands down
Rest in peace Denise Nickerson. I loved her performance in this and Dark Shadows.
And Brady Bunch!
Saw W.W.A.T.C.F. on it's debut as a child but as an adult I've gained a new appreciation of it's frequent biting social satire.
11:44 It would have indeed have been much better if Sammy Davis Jr. played the candy store man. I mean watching Sammy sing that song, it was obvious he was born for that part.
Vietnam... is why it wasn't titled Charlie...it was a sign of the times on top of the other things you also mentioned.
....makes sense.Good observation.☝🏾😏
Though that would have made for an interesting film...
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
Select children have won a contest to inherit a chocolate factory deep in the heart of South-Eastern Asia from an insane French man... little do they know, but NVA troops are working their way to the factory.
Who will survive, and what will be left of them?
The funny thing about mentioning "Willy Wonka" in the title is that the character doesn't make an appearance until just under halfway through the film.
Love this classic!! Thank you for covering
A firm childhood favourite. Can still watch it now at 50 years old!
My favourite movie of all time, always has been and always will be. I met Roald Dahl in the 70’s he read some of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to us in the local library, it was a magical experience and something I will always remember😬
All time classic
“ The candy man can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good.”
Sounds like a quote from the " Man in the Van ". Sorry I'm bad. :(
He mixes it with what?
So, that it goes in your mouth?
@@89CrazyAl Your about a bad as me !
Candyman so Tony Todd was in the film as The Candyman. Heh just kidding he doesn't appear in the film.
This is and always has been my absolute #1 favorite movie. I have watched it more times than I can count, and will still watch it again and again, willingly. (I’m 45, btw.) I just love it, and so so all of my “kids”. 💗
Gene Wilder was an international treasure. We are all better off after having him in our world.
I didn’t realize it until I looked it up but Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde, died back in 2019 of a seizure...
Sad man...
@Edgar Poe I was surprised when I looked on IMDB. Poor gal.
I liked her on the Electric Company She was a funky dancer
Minty's production and creation process has gotten really good!
I love your Australian accent “Willy Wonker!”
Grandpa Joe was too damn lazy to get up and get a job but he jumped out of that bed like a spring chicken to go to a damn chocolate factory...
Lol
Ikr???
Minty, you never cease to surprise me with your quality videos. Another great one, mate!
Well done, Minty. This film is one of my “Top Five” favorite films of all time.👍🏼
My siblings and I sat on the stairs eating popcorn watching this movie.
Love the info.
I always believed that Willy never actually intentioned any specific child to be bumped off at any given point, but knew that at least one child in each section of the chocolate factory would give in to temptation for one reason or another, starting from the chocolate room. At least that's my though on it
I love your analogies and commentaries , your simply the best on here
The song The Candy Man was Sammy Davis, Jr.'s one and only number hit on the charts.
Both the girls had a huge crush on Peter Ostrum, and were constantly competing with one another because of it.
Can't say I blame them
He was a cute little kid!
Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker . =)
Dahl was likely aware of that, he was a womanizer and British spy. He combined the two.
EXCELLENT job, Minty! This was a WONDERFUL video! I saw this movie with my family in the theater 50 years ago when it first came out. My sister and I grew up watching it! This was DEFINITELY one of the highlights of our childhoods. You brought back A LOT of memories! Thanks, Minty, so VERY MUCH! 😁
Grandpa Joe wasn't sick in bed. He was just recovering from that cruise ship he was on that tipped over in the ocean.
Nah, he just grew that cocaine fingernail to help him recover fast.
Apparently, back then four old people would just sleep in the same bed all day.
:~)
@@bigneiltoo It was a 70s thing.
I get that the family is so poor, all the adults share the only room in the house, and they're old so they can't contribute. But how do they bathe or go the bathroom? The stench must be overpowering! And they probably need regular penicillin shots to keep their bedsores from getting infected
*Charlie* and the *Great* *Glass* *Elevator* is an excellent book 📙 well worth a read
Regarding the name Herpes: We're all helpless as to what our parent(s) decide to name us at birth.
True story. I once met a girl named Latrina.
My wife knows a guy who named his kid Dimmick.
I actually work with a girl named Echo!
@@melissacooper4282 There's a girl called that in the show Mr. Young.
My sister almost was named Edel. Then her name would have been Edel Weiss
Great Video, as usual, Minty. I think that Gene Wilder was so brilliant as Willy Wonka, that, Johnny Depp, who is also a Great Actor, was doomed from the start, especially when your last name is Wilder & you have Wild Hair. So sad that Gene Wilder passed away, even if at a decent age.
Classic film for sure always it come on every Easter 🐣 on tv plus you have a Hunger for chocolate 🍫 watching it
They would show this movie in the 70s when I was a kid around easter with the wizard of oz and chitty chitty bang bang. I even saw a christmas display of the movie at one of the big department store downtown.
I remember watching it as an ABC Sunday movie on T.V.
No mention of snozzberries?
Gotta keep it family-friendly, I guess.
Well, update, they taste like snozzberries. :)
I think Dahl made that up later just because he was a jerk who hated the movie
where IS the lickable wallpaper?! why don't we have this by now?! :)
@Edgar Poe do you know who Alan Moore is? The man is borderline insane when it comes to movies based on his works
@@eclipsehorse8693 as disgusting as children are, the last thing we need is them spreading more of their germs around
I remember the Wonka Superskrunch bar very well. Wish it were still around (-:
I never realized the Candy Man was such a jerk.
With modern "think of the children" fear of predators he's pretty creepy, too.
I didn't think of him as a jerk. It's supposed to be a musical and not real life.
I don't know, man. He definitely hard-balled Charlie after giving out a lot of candy. He didn't have to do him like that. A Wonka bar doesn't even cost that much.
it's also not like he had a sign out front saying "No Poor Kids". Charlie was watching everything play out through the window. Their was nothing stopping him from going inside once he saw free candy being given out.
The second scene at the candy shop is different. He's probably gotten more business in the past month than he had in his store's entire history, but now he decides to start getting stingey?
I don’t say he is a jerk. That’s part where he hits the little girl by opening the counter door, that was a on set accident that was not part of the script. If you watch the bloopers for Terminator 2; in that scene where the T-800 save John Conner from the T-1000 by blowing up the big truck and then the T-800 put the shotgun back in the compartment of the motorcycle. In one take as Arnold was putting the shotgun in the compartment, he accidentally hit Edward Furlong
I heard that the reason they changed the name was because the Vietnam War was going on and they didn't want to have the film associated with the enemy which had been nicknamed Charlie. I am glad you mentioned Sammy Davis Jr. though, because that became his signature song and he even sang a bar in the Cannonball Run.
Slugworth was in the book, only cited as a competitor, with his sluworth sizzler chocolate bar. He wasn’t a character that interacted with any of the main characters during the story though. He was mentioned along with other candy competitors who would try to steal Wonka’s ideas, and so Wonka shut down for a while
Grandpa Joe Benefits cheat, 20 years bed ridden watching his family struggle hard times and sponging from them, and yet is up and dancing at the prospect of a day out with Charlie.
Benefit cheat, did it seem they had money for food,
Not to mention that he encouraged Charlie to steal the fizzy lifting drinks after Wonka told everyone no. And he also encouraged Charlie to give Slugworth the gobstopper to spite Wonka!
Minty, can you do Pleasantville?
A truly remarkable film.
When Wonka does that forward roll, I always think Gene Wilder leaves it too late to actually go into the roll and he's going to fall flat on his face !
I loved the old version more than Johnny Depps, but I still liked it too and how they turned the elevator glass. Ty for sharing the information some of your bits I didn't know 😉😊💋
Also, it's worth noting all the parodies and references over the years, my favorite being the Slurm factory episode of "Futurama."
"Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis,
The secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis"
Grunka Lunka dunkety darmed-guard...
The parody in "Family Guy" was pretty dead on to- as Peter gets kicked out of the factory, he even laments "don't I even get a song?"
@@eclipsehorse8693 it's been done to death, but the scene where Peter runs home to the "golden ticket" music and then falls and scrapes his knee always makes me laugh.
Absolutely! Futurama did it the best!
Peter Ostrum was such a charming and believable child actor. It's too bad he didn't do more movies, but at least we always have him as Charlie.
Charlie hated being an actor so much that dude is a veterinarian today
Acting was his pet peeve.
A good vet can cure a trout of herpes [5:00].
have you seen a picture of him? He actually bears a striking resemblance to John DiMaggio
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@@projectmayhem6898 My trout had herpes - caught it from my cousin....
10:50 *The Trippy Boatride* I wonder if that's where they got the inspiration for Thor's little Freak Out in the movie Thor Ragnarok
Mark..you should consider doing a preview on The Adventures of Baron Munchausen...please
YES... robert c you are a genius. Yes Mark... please!!!
Didja know?
The girl who played violet actually turned blue in school after the movie, because her skin absorbed the paint and so she "relapsed" in school.
She said she couldn't get a date to the school dance because she was a blueberry, for Real.
Violets evil ruined another innocent life.
your turning violet Violet
In the Candy Store Man’s defense , if your hungry and you eat really rich food fast you risk being sick on it .
Some other random facts:
1. There were a total of ten actors playing Oompa Lumpas. Nine men and one woman.
2. In her adult years, the actress that played Veruca admitted she took a few props and still has them (such as a Golden Egg). They were forbidden from doing this but she got away with it.
3. The puff of steam that Mike exhales after eating the explosive candy was made by a tube connected to the side of his face.
I had the honor of meeting the cast. Veruca Salt is just the nicest person in real life.
I was amazingly lucky and honored to meet all five of the kids, 10 years ago in Chicago, at Wizard World ComiCon. It was the first time all five of them were together since shooting the movie.
All five of them were incredibly friendly and kind, but Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen went above and beyond, engaging me in conversation...not just shaking hands, saying hello and signing an autograph. One of my best friends is beyond words obsessed with Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, so I got an 8X10 of the kids and Gene Wilder standing on the steps inside the Chocolate Room and had them sign it to her for her birthday and Christmas present and Julie and Paris were asking me questions about her and how long we've been friends and giving me kudos for getting her the picture since she couldn't be there herself.
Till the day I leave this blue marble, I'll always consider myself every kind of lucky that I got to actually meet all five of them, especially and sadly now that Denise Nickerson isn't with us anymore (I did get to tell her how much of a Dark Shadows fan I am. I use to watch it with my Mom when I was a kid.).
We are the makers of the music and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
I did the I have a golden ticket prank and song thing at a store and the lady at the counter lost her mind and couldn't stop laughing.
dude every time you say Willy Wonker it cracks me the hell up LMAO!
I agree, I'm glad they didn't make a sequel.
But.... um yeah, me either.
Yeah, some people just don't understand that some movies are _complete,_ with nothing left hanging and needing continuation or clarification. But you know Hollywood: "We've got to keep this cash cow alive," seems to apply all too often.
I wish they did. They could have called it, _Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory 2: Slugworth's Revenge..._
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 except, it wouldnt be called that...because the guy who we all think of as slugworth, wasnt actually slugworth, he was wonkas only non oompa loompa employee
That's what I'm saying not all good movies need sequels.
Fun fact: The candy man worked for the Daleks a year later as the controller!
My favorite scene was where the guy is using a computer to calculated the location of the golden tickets.
The contest was definitely rigged. The fake Slugworth was able to confront both Veruca and Charlie before the discovery of their tickets were made public.
Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen. We dare not go a-hunting, for fear of little men.
The guy using the computer was the late Tim Brooke-Taylor, most famous for "The Goodies".
He passed away last year from COVID-19.
Slugworth was able to confront all 5 of the children as they won the tickets.
Along with the boat seat theory showing that Willy Wonka had a master plan, I think the Candy Store Guy was a bit of a jerk to Charlie because he was working for Wonka as well. His job was to show Charlie that distribution of resources will often overlook the lower classes, to pace himself when presented with excess, and consideration for others will be rewarded (he gave Charlie the bar with the Golden Ticket after asking for one for his grandfather). As for the little girl who got knocked by the counter lid, that's just a young extra who wasn't on her mark.
The Happily Ever After line was not from Gene Wilder, it was from David Wolper. The story is on the DVD, and it's an awesome one.
This movie was and is fantastic. We loved it as kids. I still do.
1: as a kid I always thought the chocolate river was chocolate milk...not just chocolate. Looks like I'm right! Lol
2: the scene with the candy man singing and tossing candy to the kids, I figured was just Charlie fantasizing what being a "rich" kid was like. The next time we see the candyman is how he actually is without the filter of Charlie's imagination over top. Imo
I heard the original last line was actually Grampa Joe (not Charlie) yelling "Yippee," and the director called the writer while the guy was on vacation to make him write a better ending. And if I'm not mistaken, the writer admitted that what he wrote was cheesy as hell, but still better than Grampa yells, "Yippee?" LOL
A few years ago I was falling asleep with the movie playing in the background. I started to dream out the scenes as the audio was heard but the dream changed. I saw the entire layout of the chocolate factory that wasn't shown in the movie or written in the book. In the basement were Oompa Loompas that we didn't see, and they all looked like John Malkovich. They were fueling the entire factory with coal as coal was being mined.
can never get enough of this movie. its on every christmas easter and any other chance they can to get it shown. gene wilder is just of the wall in it. this and blazing saddles are my two favorite wilder films
Losing Gene Wilder was a true tragedy, he was such a wonderfully gentle soul and a phenomenal actor
Oh, the insanity! Love this crazy movie. Possibly my favourite Gene Wilder performance, though I did enjoy See No Evil, Hear No Evil with Richard Pryor a lot, too :-)