Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Starring:
- Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Tim Burton
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Family & Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is famously closed to visitors, the reclusive candy man decides to give five lucky children a chance to see the inside of his operation by placing "golden tickets" in five randomly selected chocolate bars. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), whose poor but loving family lives literally in the shadow of the Wonka factory, is lucky enough to obtain one of the tickets, and Charlie, escorted by his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly), is in for the ride of a lifetime as he tours the strange and remarkable world of Wonka with fellow winners, media-obsessed Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), harsh and greedy Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), and ultra-competitive Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb). Over the course of the day, some of the children will learn difficult lessons about themselves, and one will go on to become Wonka's new right hand. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also stars Christopher Lee, James Fox, and Noah Taylor; the book was famously adapted to the screen before in 1971 under the title Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy tycoon. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 115 mins
Complete Cast:
- Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka
- David Kelly - Grandpa Joe
- Noah Taylor - Mr. Bucket
- James Fox - Mr. Salt
- Christopher Lee - Dr. Wonka
- Franziska Troegner - Mrs. Gloop
- Julia Winter - Veruca Salt
- Philip Wiegratz - Augustus Gloop
- Roger Frost - Tall Man
- Garick Hagon - Denver Reporter
- Mark Heap - Man With Dog
- Tony Kirwood - Finckelgruber
- Francesca Hunt - Mrs. Salt
- Nayef Rashed - Moroccan Market Vendor
- Oscar James - Shopkeeper
- Eileen Essell - Grandma Josephine
- Chris Cresswell - Prodnose
- David Morris - Grandpa George
- Nitin Chandra Ganatra - Prince Pondicherry
- Harry Taylor - Mr. Gloop
- Freddie Highmore - Charlie Bucket
- Helena Bonham Carter - Mrs. Bucket
- Missi Pyle - Mrs. Beauregarde
- Deep Roy - Oompa Loompa
- Adam Godley - Mr. Teavee
- AnnaSophia Robb - Violet Beauregarde
- Jordan Fry - Mike Teavee
- Blair Dunlop - Little Willy Wonka
- Debora Weston - Woman in Shop
- Colette Appleby - Customer in Shop
- Stephen Hope-Wynne - Museum Guard
- Phil Philmar - Slugworth
- Todd Boyce - TV Reporter
- Menis Yousry - Moroccan Market Trader
- Hubertus Geller - German Reporter
- Annette Badland - Jolly Woman
- Liz Smith - Grandma Georgina
- Geoffrey Holder - Narrator
- Shelley Conn - Princess Pondicherry
- Kevin Eldon - Man With Dog
- Director(s):
- Tim Burton
- Writer(s):
- John August
- Producer(s):
- Brad Grey, Richard D. Zanuck
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Scary Moments, Children in Peril)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids
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- 2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Broadcast Film Critics Association - Best Young Actor
- 2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Score
- 2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Performance by a Child Actor
