Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Country: GB/US/AUS
Technical: DeLuxe 115m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Christopher Lee, Liz Smith
Synopsis:
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory opens its doors after years of secrecy to the lucky winners of five golden tickets hidden in candy bars. Charlie, son of the poorest family in town, and grandson of a former Wonka employee, dreams of finding a ticket himself. But Willy has become deranged through years of isolation and the pursuit of his obsession, and has peopled his factory with a tribe of cocoa-worshipping pygmies.
Review:
A fantastic property entirely suited to the director's macabre sense of fun and eye for formal design. The factory is a producer's nightmare and a triumph of CGI, art direction and model work. The musical numbers are tremendous fun and the Burton delights in Dahl's combination of patrician tut-tutting, vindictiveness and feelgood morality, while taking considerable liberties with the text, updating it and introducing elements from the Great Glass Elevator.
Country: GB/US/AUS
Technical: DeLuxe 115m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Christopher Lee, Liz Smith
Synopsis:
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory opens its doors after years of secrecy to the lucky winners of five golden tickets hidden in candy bars. Charlie, son of the poorest family in town, and grandson of a former Wonka employee, dreams of finding a ticket himself. But Willy has become deranged through years of isolation and the pursuit of his obsession, and has peopled his factory with a tribe of cocoa-worshipping pygmies.
Review:
A fantastic property entirely suited to the director's macabre sense of fun and eye for formal design. The factory is a producer's nightmare and a triumph of CGI, art direction and model work. The musical numbers are tremendous fun and the Burton delights in Dahl's combination of patrician tut-tutting, vindictiveness and feelgood morality, while taking considerable liberties with the text, updating it and introducing elements from the Great Glass Elevator.
Country: GB/US/AUS
Technical: DeLuxe 115m
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Christopher Lee, Liz Smith
Synopsis:
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory opens its doors after years of secrecy to the lucky winners of five golden tickets hidden in candy bars. Charlie, son of the poorest family in town, and grandson of a former Wonka employee, dreams of finding a ticket himself. But Willy has become deranged through years of isolation and the pursuit of his obsession, and has peopled his factory with a tribe of cocoa-worshipping pygmies.
Review:
A fantastic property entirely suited to the director's macabre sense of fun and eye for formal design. The factory is a producer's nightmare and a triumph of CGI, art direction and model work. The musical numbers are tremendous fun and the Burton delights in Dahl's combination of patrician tut-tutting, vindictiveness and feelgood morality, while taking considerable liberties with the text, updating it and introducing elements from the Great Glass Elevator.