Why willy wonka and the chocolate factory

Top cast Edit. Peter Ostrum Charlie as Charlie. Roy Kinnear Mr. Salt as Mr. Leonard Stone Mr. Beauregarde as Mr. Nora Denney Mrs. Teevee as Mrs. Teevee as Dodo Denney. Ursula Reit Mrs. Gloop as Mrs. Diana Sowle Mrs. Bucket as Mrs. Aubrey Woods Bill as Bill. David Battley Mr. Turkentine as Mr. Slugworth as Mr. Slugworth as Gunter Meisner. Werner Heyking Mr. Jopeck as Mr. Peter Stuart Winkelmann as Winkelmann.

Mel Stuart. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate.

Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?

On the surface, four of the five kids lucky enough to get one of the golden tickets admitting them to the factory represent cardinal flaws, each marched off-stage by cautionary-tale-singing Oompa Loompas.

Augustus Gloop is Gluttony. Violet Beauregarde is Rudeness. Veruca Salt is Selfishness. Mike Teevee is Vainglory. Only humble Charlie Bucket is free enough of these defects to complete the full test and be handed inheritance of the whole factory.

It only gets more warped with time. But it stuck. It stuck because the set was right out of Dr. It stuck because Wilder played the title role so convincingly. It stuck because its characters were memorable and their flaws familiar.

So it seems fitting to reflect on the weird lessons, however contradictory, of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Luck is not a strategy. The movie was one big product placement vehicle for the Quaker Oats Company, which financed the film to promote its simultaneously issued Wonka Bar to unwitting kids. Although the movie is about the five kids who find a gold ticket, the odds are nonetheless preposterous. One of the flaws of human nature is the belief that somehow the universe sees us and will single us out for special treatment.

Smile and let stupid people engineer their own demise. The first child to fall victim to his lack of restraint is Augustus Gloop, who falls into the chocolate river and is sucked by tube into the fudge room. Enjoy the ride. Image c. Helen Maybanks. Registered Charity No. Company limited by guarantee number Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity. Made by Opencultu.

Basket 0. About Stories Characters Timeline Archive. Willy Wonka. Description 'Mr Willy Wonka is the most amazing, the most fantastic, the most extraordinary chocolate maker the world has ever seen! In short, Mr Willy Wonka is a man who knows a thing or two. About the story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.