"by Droopy). Tom and Jerry earn a dollar coin by recycling milk bottles, but lose it in a gutter after fighting over it. Charlie finds the coin and uses it to buy a Wonka Bar for Grandpa Joe. The television news reveals that Droopy has been arrested for forging his ticket; when Charlie opens the Wonka Bar, he finds the fifth Golden Ticket. While rushing home, he is confronted by the same man seen whispering to the other winners, who introduces himself as Slugworth and offers to pay for a sample of Wonka's latest creation, the Everlasting Gobstopper. Charlie returns"
"on Call"", funded by Pfizer, highlighting the work of large animal veterinarians. Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for ""Willy Wonka"". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring"
"Wonka exudes none of the gravity required for the role. It's as though he didn't take the role seriously. Rather than an intimidating candyman teaching brats a lesson, this Wonka is simply a freak."" Depp received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role as Willy Wonka, but lost to Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in ""Walk the Line"". Willy Wonka Willy Wonka is a fictional character who appears in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" and its sequel ""Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator"". In"
"family. Wonka explains that they have already been moved in to their own room in the factory, and invites Charlie in to begin their new life as candy-making partners. †Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, Music by Anthony Newley for the 1971 film, ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". ††Replaced, as of 2016, by ""Queen of Pop"". A London original cast album was released on 7 October 2013. A Broadway cast recording was released digitally on 2 June and in stores on 23 June on the Masterworks Broadway label. The West End production had a 16 piece orchestra + conductor, which was"
"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" by Roald Dahl. Dahl was credited with writing the film's screenplay; however, David Seltzer, who went uncredited in the film, was brought in to re-work the screenplay against Dahl's wishes, making major changes to the ending and adding musical numbers. These changes and other decisions made by the director led Dahl to disown the film. The"
"Diana Sowle Diana Mae Sowle (née Laumer; June 19, 1930 – October 19, 2018) was an American actress of film and theater and voice artist, best known for playing Mrs. Bucket (Charlie Bucket's mother) in the 1971 film ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" and her performance of ""Cheer up Charlie"" in that film, although her voice in the song was dubbed by Diana Lee. Sowle joined the cast while in Germany, where it was filmed. At the time of her death in 2018, she was the last surviving parent from the film. Sowle's death left three remaining adult cast"
"The Candy Man ""The Candy Man"" (or alternatively, ""The Candy Man Can"") is a song that originally appeared in the 1971 film ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the film. Although the original book by Roald Dahl (""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"") contains lyrics adapted for other songs in the film, the lyrics to ""The Candy Man"" do not appear in the book. The soundtrack version of the song was sung by Aubrey Woods, who played Bill the candy store owner in the film. Lyricist Anthony Newley has said"
"Stewie watch an extended director's cut of ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"", where Willy Wonka tells Charlie Bucket that he must ""work"" at the factory as Grandpa Joe insists that he does the job in question, since he doesn't want to get back in bed with the other three grandparents, only for Willy to cut him off saying it must be a child. Lois enters stating that the movie is not appropriate and changes the channel to a baby-appropriate show starring Turtlenecks (a parody of The Wiggles). Stewie feels as though that the baby songs in the show are"
"Criticism was also drawn to the decision to cast adults as the Golden Ticket winners instead of children, as well as the lackluster sets redesigned for Broadway. However, Christian Borle received widespread praise for his performance as Willy Wonka, even amongst negativity towards other aspects of the show. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at"
"shoes"". Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (musical) Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical that combines elements of both Roald Dahl's book ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" and of the 1971 movie ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" with newly created material. The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audiences version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license. After getting approval from the Dahl estate, Tim McDonald and Leslie Bricusse worked together on the play. McDonald said"
"Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for ""Willy Wonka"". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring role. In 1990, he began an annual tradition of speaking to schoolchildren"
"Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. Named after Veruca Salt, the British spoiled rich girl from the 1964 children's book ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" by Roald Dahl and its 1971 film adaptation ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" directed by Mel Stuart, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend Lili Taylor, and began playing music together. They wrote"
"he does (""Pure Imagination/The Golden Age of Chocolate). Wonka, acting as narrator, introduces the impoverished Bucket family: Mr. And Mrs. Bucket, their young son Charlie, and Charlie's four bedridden grandparents, Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina, Grandpa Joe, and Grandma Josephine. Grandpa Joe assures Charlie that he is destined to work for Wonka making candy, just like he did when he was younger. Unfortunately, Wonka fired all his workers years ago after one of his candy recipes had been stolen and sold to his competitors and locked the gates of his factory forever. Mysteriously, however, the factory has continued to produce candy."
"Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (musical) Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka is a musical that combines elements of both Roald Dahl's book ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" and of the 1971 movie ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" with newly created material. The musical has several versions: the original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audiences version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license. After getting approval from the Dahl estate, Tim McDonald and Leslie Bricusse worked together on the play. McDonald said ""Our"
"Newley received an Academy Award nomination for the film score of ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" (1971). ""The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums"" described Newley as ""among the most innovative UK acts of the early rock years before moving into musicals and cabaret"". Newley was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989. Newley was born in the London district of Hackney, the son of Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, a shipping clerk. He had five siblings, Maxene (b. 1926), John (b. 1927), Joanne (1928–1965), Linda (b. 1929) and Belinda (b. 1932). He was"
"Blair Dunlop Blair Dunlop (born 11 February 1992) is an English musician and actor. Dunlop is the son of folk-rock musician Ashley Hutchings (formerly a member of Fairport Convention) and singer Judy Dunlop. He received a scholarship to attend Foremarke Hall, in Derbyshire, which he attended from 2003–2005 and then moved onto Foremarke Hall’s senior school, Repton School. As a young actor, Dunlop made his film debut with an American accent in ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" (2005), directed by Tim Burton. Dunlop played the young Willy Wonka, a child under strict rule by his father. Dunlop was also on"
"track titled Low Grade Fever from the Ghost Notes recording sessions. Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. Named after Veruca Salt, the British spoiled rich girl from the 1964 children's book ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" by Roald Dahl and its 1971 film adaptation ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" directed by Mel Stuart, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through"
"co-production with American Lyric Theater and Wexford Festival Opera. A musical based on the novel, titled ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" premiered at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June. The show is directed by Sam Mendes, with new songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and stars Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka. The production broke records for weekly ticket sales. Coincidentally, Hodge was also the voice of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory audiobook, as part of a package of Roald Dahl CDs read by celebrities. There are two ""Charlie"
"8, 1996, Hip-O Records (in conjunction with MCA Records, which by then owned the Paramount catalog), released the soundtrack on CD as a ""25th Anniversary Edition"". In 2016, UMe and Geffen Records released a 45th Anniversary Edition LP. The music and songs, in order of appearance, are as follows: The track listing for the soundtrack, originally released on MCA Records, is as follows: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the"
"But nobody ever goes in and nobody ever comes out. A group of children gather outside Charlie's house, each clutching a nickel to buy a Wonka bar from the candy shop (""Candy Man""). Charlie is the only child too poor to buy any candy, but the candy shop owner treats him to a lollipop and a copy of yesterday's newspaper. Charlie takes the paper home, and the Buckets learn from it that Wonka has announced a contest where five lucky children will go on a tour of his factory and get a lifetime supply of chocolate at the end, only"
"also performed, earning a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. A hit in London and on Broadway, it was made into a film version in 1966, in which Newley was unable to star owing to a schedule conflict. The other musicals for which he co-wrote music and lyrics with Bricusse included ""The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd"" (1965) and ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" (1971), based on the children's book by Roald Dahl. When he collaborated with Bricusse the two men referred to themselves as the team of ""Brickman and"
"film ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"", the character Willy Wonka welcomed the children with lyrics from ""Good Morning Starshine"". ""Aquarius"" was performed in the final episode of ""Laverne and Shirley"" in 1983, where the character Carmine moves to New York City to become an actor, and auditions for ""Hair"". ""Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"" was also performed in the final scene in the film ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"", and Three Dog Night's recording of ""Easy to Be Hard"" was featured in the first part of David Fincher's film ""Zodiac"". On the ""Simpsons"" episode ""The Springfield Files"", the townspeople, Leonard Nimoy, Chewbacca, Dana"
"the Met"" also known as """"Willie, The Operatic Whale"""" (when it was released as an individual short in 1954), which is part of Walt Disney's 1946 animated feature ""Make Mine Music"", where Willie the Whale's spirit continues to sing in Heaven for eternity, in a hundred voices (as the narrator, Nelson Eddy points out). The title character from ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" sings ""Ach, so fromm"" during the ""Wonkawash"" sequence. In the 1979 American film, ""Breaking Away"", Dave Stohler serenades ""Katerina"" outside her sorority house with the aria ""M' Apparì Tutt' Amor"", accompanied on guitar by his friend"
"Paris Themmen Paris Themmen (born June 25, 1959) is an American former child actor, real estate broker, commercial casting director and entrepreneur, who is best known for his role as Mike Teevee in ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". Born in Boston to classical musician parents, Themmen appeared in radio and TV commercials, voice-overs and theater before playing the role of Mike Teevee in the 1971 film ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"", when he was 11 years old. He performed on Broadway in ""Mame"" with Ann Miller in 1967 and in ""The Rothschilds"" in 1970. Declaring a hiatus from"
"with an exaggerated characteristic or deformity related to their demise, while Charlie learns Wonka intended to find a worthy heir to his factory. Since Charlie was the ""least rotten"" of the five, Wonka invites Charlie to come live and work in the factory with him, but declines as his family is the most important thing in his life. Charlie and his family are living contently a while later, however Wonka is too depressed to make candy the way he used to, causing his candy to sell poorly and his company to decline. He turns to Charlie for advice. Charlie decides"
"this song attracted the attention of Walt Disney who eventually hired the Sherman Brothers as Staff Songwriters for Walt Disney Studios. While at Disney, the Sherman Brothers wrote what is perhaps their most recognized song: ""It's a Small World (After All)"" for the 1964 New York World's Fair. In 1965, the Sherman Brothers won two Academy Awards for ""Mary Poppins"" – Best Original Score, which included ""Feed The Birds"", ""Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious""; and Best Original Song, ""Chim Chim Cher-ee"". Since ""Mary Poppins""' premiere, Robert B. Sherman subsequently earned 9 Academy Award nominations, 2 Grammy Awards, 4 Grammy Award nominations and 23 gold"
"to buy the rights to the book and finance the picture for the purpose of promoting a new Quaker Oats ""Wonka Bar"". David L. Wolper and Roald Dahl agreed that the film would be a children's musical, and that Dahl himself would write the screenplay. However, Wolper changed the title to ""Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"". Screenwriter David Seltzer conceived a gimmick exclusively for the film that had Wonka quoting numerous literary sources, such as Arthur O'Shaughnessy's ""Ode"", Oscar Wilde's ""The Importance of Being Earnest"", Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"" and William Shakespeare's ""The Merchant"
"in two versions. One features the workers from ""The Vanilla Fudge Room"" but also include ""tiny whispery voices"" who sing the songs after each child's exit, and Charlie with his mother and father. The second version features Grandpa Joe, Charlie's grandfather, who is present in the final book, and the Oompa-Loompas. In the version with the voices, the voices actually sing two songs, a two verse type one found in ""The Vanilla Fudge Room"", plus a longer one like the type that is found in the final book. Like Miranda, Marvin loves school and suffers the same fate as her—supposedly"
"Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie and Jimmy. He worked in real estate, insurance and as a postmaster for the city of Ogden, Utah. He loved to sing and he taught his children to sing barbershop harmony. The children's natural talent received public notice, which led to frequent appearances at church functions and local civil events. he managed his sons careers, gaining an appearance at Disneyland in California. They caught the eye of Walt Disney, who took a personal interest in them. The boys auditioned for Andy Williams, whose father helped launch them into the national spotlight. As his children's"
"The Scarecrow (2013 film) The Scarecrow is a 2013 animated short film and advertisement by the American restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill. The film features Fiona Apple singing a cover version of ""Pure Imagination"", originally performed by Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"". In a dystopian world, the main character, Scarecrow, starts work at the ""smoke-spewing"" Crow Foods Incorporated. He sees a tube extracting a substance labeled ""100% Beef-ish"", but being marketed to consumers as ""all natural"". He then witnesses a robotic crow injecting a chicken with green fluid to promote"
"Robert B. Sherman after hearing one of their songs on the radio. The two were brought to the Disney studio in Burbank where they eventually became the first staff songwriters for the company. They not only penned a good deal of Annette's songs, but were also responsible for most of the iconic Disney songs of the 1960s and beyond – “It's a Small World” and “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room” for the theme parks, as well as the songs from ""Mary Poppins"", ""Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree"", ""The Jungle Book"", ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"" and"
"on the top left corner. The Willy Wonka Candy Company was first imagined in the pages of Roald Dahl's ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"". The ""Wonka"" property was licensed to film director Mel Stuart; his 10-year-old daughter read ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" and asked her father to make it into a film, obliging him to get ""Uncle Dave"" (producer David L. Wolper) to produce it. Stuart showed the book to Wolper, who was engaged in talks with the Quaker Oats Company. Wolper convinced the Quaker Oats Company into signing the deal for up to $3 million to finance the"
"and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to ""Fiddler on the Roof"". The film also introduced the song ""The Candy Man"", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". In a small town in 1970, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's"