Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 film by Mel Stuart / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy movie directed by Mel Stuart. It stars Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe. It is a movie version of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.[6][7]
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Directed by | Mel Stuart |
Screenplay by | Roald Dahl[lower-alpha 1] |
Based on | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl |
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Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
Edited by | David Saxon |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $3 million[4] |
Box office | $4 million[4][5] |
Filming took place in Munich in 1970. It was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. The movie became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales.[8] In 1972, the movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both awards.
In 2014, the movie was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".