Gene Wilder was a TREASURE as Willy Wonka! (first time watching)

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[@47HOOKERGOAT]

Fun fact its joe biden

[@notsureyou]

This was filmed in West Germany in Munich (at the time Germany was divided post WW2)

[@notsureyou]

Also the movie "the snow piercer" has elements from this film.

[@notsureyou]

Tinker: "a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils."

[@blizzunt420e]

@MaryCherryOfficial You are such a FOX Mary . 😘

[@jamesmurphy3415]

Gene Wilder insisted on the limp to a flip scene because he wanted everyone to know that Wonka could not be trusted

[@LordVolkov]

And indeed, he keeps up a false facade the entire movie until Charlie wins. It's an incredible performance by Gene.

[@patrickmcandrew6631]

That's my favorite tidbit of this movie 😊

[@10INTM]

Wasn't it also the first time the kids were meeting Gene? I thought I read that they were also unaware of this prank and it made it a lot less intimidating for the actors when he opened up with a fun gotcha.

[@johnkelly90]

@@10INTMthere were nervous beyond belief… it was an extremely tight filming schedule, and the kids were afraid Gene had hurt his leg.

[@MrJimwilhelm]

Plus, the beginning scene in the candy shop, where the owner accidentally clocks a kid in the head with a swinging counter door.

[@LordVolkov]

On rewatch, if you focus on Gene, you can see his entire persona is an act up until Charlie returns the gobstopper. His whole demeanor flips after Charlie 'wins' and we finally get to see the real Wonka for the last few minutes of the movie. It's an incrediblely nuanced performance by Gene. RIP to a treasure.

[@mrclancymac1]

No

[@andrewr311]

He was such a great actor and gave up movies early.

[@jsmithers.]

No.

[@taoist32]

@@andrewr311Gave up movies early? He was in several movies during the 70’s and 80’s. He was also a whole lot older by the 90’s. His wife died and then he stopped working.

[@andrewr311]

@@taoist32 He said: "If something comes along that's really good and I think I would be good for it, I would be happy to do it. But not too many came along," Wilder said. "I mean, they came along for the first 15, 18 films, but I didn't do that many." I am sure some of it was age too

[@nebulastar9050]

When you find out at the end that "Slugworth" was actually working for Wonka, it makes a lot more sense how he got to each of the golden ticket winners so quickly; of course, Wonka would know where each golden ticket was being shipped to and could send him to those locations.

[@lordtrigon1733]

So he knowingly only shipped them to three countries?

[@Gravydog316]

@@lordtrigon1733 & only children got the tickets

[@tbessie]

The actors playing Veruca Salt and Mike Teevee did a tour during showings of the movie around the US at the Alamo Drafthouse cinema chain. When they came to San Francisco, I went to see them, and got to meet both of them after the show. They were both really personable and fun/funny. I revealed to Julie Dawn Cole that I'd had a bit of a kid-crush on her (I'm slightly younger than the kids in the movie), to which she said "Well, I AM single, you know..." ;-) I'm sure she was just kidding around, but I wonder what would've happened if I had asked her out. 😀

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Lol, I had a crush on Veruca back in my childhood days as well 😂

[@a-top7090]

After seeing all different versions of Willy wonka. I have to say that gene wilder is the most unhinged out of all of them. BUT….that is what makes him stand out the most and love it lol

[@TalaCruz]

My friend call him wonky wanka. Hee Hee Hee

[@TrentRushton]

I loved this version, the best big fan of Gene Wilder, especially Young Frankenstein

[@MrKeychange]

She should absolutely watch Young Frankenstein. He's brilliant in it.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Gene would only do Young Frankenstein if Mel Brooks didn't appear in it.

[@MrKeychange]

@@ronald-xs7sp He was right to ask for that. I love Mel Brooks, but he wasn't right for that film.

[@shawnmiller4781]

@@ronald-xs7spThat’s the rumor and I hold that against Gene

[@yesh3]

1970's games were called "Go outside, and stay out of the street".

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Mary!😊 "The Candy Man" song is by Sammy Davis Jr. "Nerds" were not released until 1983, more than a decade after this film. Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) is best known from the 70s sitcom "Chico and the Man" with Freddie Prinze, father of Freddie Prinze Jr. For people that grew up with this film, Gene Wilder is the quintessential Willy Wonka!🏆 His passive reactions when the kids get in trouble is very funny!😆 Great reactions to the original Willy Wonka film, Mary!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

[@gerstelb]

Jack Albertson is also the mail worker in “Miracle on 34th Street” who comes up with the idea of sending all the Santa Claus letters to the courthouse. Also, Violet Beauregard is played by Denise Nickerson, who was also featured in the 60s supernatural soap opera “Dark Shadows.” Roy Kinnear (Mr. Salt) was a British character actor who was in everything from Hammer Dracula movies to “Watership Down.” He was also in the Beatles movie “HELP!”

[@LeChaunce]

@@gerstelb Denise Nickerson was also one of the Short Circus, the teen "singing group" on The Electric Company.

[@kilgonus]

Did you notice that the boat only had enough space for the group, without Augustus and his mother, and the vehicle only had enough seats for the surviving four people and Wonka?

[@TSIRKLAND]

17:41 - Wonka does his cane and somersault bit. "Pranked you! Grampa Joe, you know what it's like!" LOL!!

[@snafu313]

The score was written by Anthony Newley with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. They had both written songs that had become classics. They won an Oscar for this score. Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe) was a Tony and Oscar winning actor when he did this film. He would go on to win an Emmy award for the American TV show "Chico and the Man"

[@jlew13jl]

The snozberry line has been changed. Veruca screams "What the hell is a snozberry?" Then Wonka's iconic line steals the scene.

[@sea-envy3137]

So fun fan theory I saw on another reaction- The Candy Man does not get the candy bar he gives to Charlie from the counter it was in his pocket. The Candy Man works for Wonka and targeted Charlie.

[@MSgt_0699]

Tim Burton's _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ was it's own (nice) translation from novel. But Gene Wilder is why Timothée Chalamet was told to channel into the recent _Wonka_ movie. A nice sequel to the recent movie could easily lead into Gene Wilder's movie.

[@biguy617]

I like how charming Gene is as Wonka.

[@DoctorWhoBookClub]

Fun fact: The actor who plays the candy store manager (Aubrey Woods) also appears in the 1972 Doctor Who story “Day of the Daleks” as a villain.

[@sea-envy3137]

in the commentary where all the kids watch the movie for the 40th anniversary someone asks what ever happened to him and Veruca's actress mentions that she had just done a stage production with him in the last 8 months.

[@suedoughnim6665]

My favorite line, delivered in deadpan fashion: “Stop…don’t…come back…” Also “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” No sequel or remake is a substitute for the original. My only regret is that more young folks haven’t seen this in their squandered childhoods 😂

[@PALMERUSA21]

Some Fun Facts: When they shit the door scene and Augustus Gloop said “Let Me In I’m Starving” the actor was really starving because the producer had him go hungry all day. Nice element of realism there. Also you’ll notice in the movie how the Actress who plays Veruca her English Accent rubs off on some of the Children. Violet in never ending gum stopper scene and Mike TV in the Scene where he says lights, camera, action scene where he say Am I coming in clear.

[@keyaankassam378]

This film never fails to make me laugh hard and some of your comments during the reaction just added to the laughter! 🤣

[@davidwatson22]

Always preferred the Gene Wilder version probably because it's from my childhood. Did you notice that as they moved to the next room there was only enough seats for those that where left it's as though Wonka already knew what was going to happen just like how Slugworth was always in the right place as the tickets are found.

[@rcrawford42]

Classically, tinkers were travelling craftsmen who did things like repairing pots and pans. They were "useful outsiders" for the most part, and tolerated with suspicion.

[@mysticvirgo9318]

The actor doing Slugworth looks like he could be a relative of the actress that played "Missy" on doctor who :)

[@krashd]

The fantastically Scottish Michelle Gomez, she was brilliant in the surreal hospital sitcom, Green Wing.

[@tommiller4895]

I knew Violet (RIP Denise Nickerson). We had a nice talk about filming the movie. Sadly the Actor who played Augustus Gloop didn't speak veru much English and wasn't involved with the other kids as much. The girl who played Baruka was such a nice, sweet girl in real life it showed what a great Actress she was. The kid that played Mike TeeVee was also nice although a bit micheveous. Denise had one bad thing happen during the filming, she recieved a bad concussiion (which you can see happen in the movie). As the Ompaloompas are wheeling her Blueberry Body (fat suit) out the doorway they accidentally smahed her head on the doorframe. Peter Ostrum (Charlie) is currently a Large Animal Veternarian in Upstate NY.

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

You know what happened to the man who got everything he ever wanted he lived happily ever after still gets me to this day 😢

[@MrPodcastio]

I know Peter Ostrum (Charlie) grew up working on his family farm and probably didnt wear sunscreen so that might be why he has wrinkles. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

Interesting 😊

[@mr.moviemafia]

I’m always a little saddened whenever someone doesn’t like the “Cheer Up, Charlie” song. I always found it super sweet, but granted, I like musicals more than Mary said. I didn’t realize it was that popular of an opinion for how beloved this movie is.

[@poolhall9632]

When I was in first grade, me and my friend Mikey Icino, would go to his house after school every day and we would watch this film. My family moved to England shortly after and I was introduced to all of the Dahl books. BFG, etc. I'm slightly biased, but I think this is the best film, while not being as accurate to the book.

[@RoderickJohnson-hb2rb]

This movie is really good

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The geographic and time period mashup is one of the great things that keeps this the definitive version. Somehow it takes place simultaneously in Victorian England, mid-century West Germany, and random American city from anywhen.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

If there's any doubt that Wonka intended those kids to get their just rewards, analyze each vehicle that's introduced. They contain the exact number of seats for the remaining group, as if Wonka expected two people to get eliminated each time

[@tomcoryell321]

17:47 "Verucka is gonna grow up..." well, maybe... depends on the furnace schedule

[@simongoddard7692]

Gene Wilder is my Willy Wonka. This movie is magical

[@videohistory722]

The girl who says "About 100" is actually related to one of the people that made the movie.

[@valentecarrillo4259]

Must of have been a lot of pressure for Timothée Chalamet to play a younger version of Willy Wonka sine Gene Wilder played him perfectly.

[@jaykaufman9782]

Gene Wilder was a national treasure! Check out "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein," his collabs with Mel Brooks! The latter may be his finest work.

[@videohistory722]

The "everything cut in half" office was a choice by the director, because he couldn't bear the thought of this room just being an office, so they did this.

[@alicestevens8291]

Wilder is an actor that makes a film. If you ask people about any film that he stars in they will say it is a great film even if it really isn't. Because his performances are so fun to watch that the rest of the movie doesn't exist. Not the case hear at least in it's era. There are a lot of glaring flaws in this movie but it gets a nostalgia. Of course like Wizard Of Oz it is also an "establishing" film which was in it's time used to promote advances in filmmaking and set a precedent. Greatly as WOZ this actually determined everything that happened in Hollywood from that point on. And a franchise of course. Oh and Young Frankenstein for Gene Wilder for you. Every review/reaction channel does that film at some point. Sort of a prerequisite and I think you will adore his performance in that as well. I had assumed you had actually already done it since it just is a thing around KZbin.

[@attorneyrobert]

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was shot in Munich, Germany. Looks a little like Dubrovnik, but more like Germany. :D

[@videohistory722]

There was actually supposed to be a sequel based off the book sequel, but because Roald hated this movie so much, he refused to let them touch it.

[@pizmeyre5055]

Regarding Nerds, those did not exist until the 80s.

[@lathspell87]

Gene Wilder is a national treasure.

[@kehanwilliams5858]

Hopefully she found enjoyment watching the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In my opinion, you can't compare Gene Wilder and Johnny Deep as Willy Wonka. Both different actors but I think Gene Wilder played the role far better.

[@danhoworth6713]

The original is absolutely the best version. No contest.

[@bengilbert7655]

Sammy Davis Jr. had a hit with his cover of the song “The Candy Man”.

[@firebatfit]

Youve never seen this treasure of a movie?!?!?!?

[@johnguillemette1969]

"The snozzberries taste like snozzberries." Look up what a Snozzberry is. 😆

[@CrashWizard]

Not sure if it's been suggested yet, but 'James and the Giant Peach' from 1996 might be worth a watch.

[@WVRSpenceWestVirginiaRebel]

This is the one that freaked out so many of us when we were kids.

[@MrGBH]

I feel sorry for the Gen Zers who had to grow up with the Burton version instead of this masterpiece

[@ericlaw171]

Seeing the scene where Agustus got sucked up the pipe as a child is the sole source of my claustrophoboa.

[@konowd]

The books are great too, loved reading them as a kid

[@Sinocthehodgeheg]

As a kid i got confused why adults were laughing at certain bits, like the sarcasm. Now i get it

[@MrRizzo1961]

No one can sing the candy man like Sammy Davis Jr. He was going to do it In the movie but he being such a big star would throw it off without being the star. You should react to Sammy's version it was his #1 hit ✌️❤️

[@PALMERUSA21]

More Fun Facts: Throughout the Movie Veruca’s English Accent Ruba’s off on the Kid actors. Violet in the Never Ending Gum Stopper Scene. Mike TV in the Lights, Camera, Action scene where he say Am I coming in clear mom I said am I coming in clear. Also The Chocolate Room: The Chocolate Water Fall wasn’t really Chocolate it was icky polluted water that Augustus Gloop drank gross. The Whip Cream on the Mushroom was actually Shaving Cream. The Lolipops were rubbery plastic the cans canes were plastic and the fruit by the foot was plastic rubbery also. The Tea Cup Gene Wilder ate and drank from was plastic and I think he was drinking water or tea not sure though.

[@johntaselvis]

I know im late but fun fact Elvis Presley was offered the role of Willy Wonka😂 im serious too but he couldn't do it due to manager problems but im glad it went to Gene

[@lauriebarrett6789]

4 of the child actors are still alive and 2 of the actors that played the oompa loompas.

[@Scott_Burton]

20:37 "I do wonder why they didn't include Nerds" Nerds were introduced in 1983, this film was made in 1971. That would have been an incredible feat to have included them.

[@jackmessick2869]

The company that got the license to make and sell Willy Wonka candy in the 1970s insisted the title be changed to "Willy Wonka and..." for marketing reasons, since that was the name of the candy brand. Violet's dad would be proud. I believe the fraud bit was in the book, but it has been decades since i read it. There was a sequel to the book, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. It's the adventures of Grandpa Joe, Charlie, and Wonka as they travel in that flying elevator. They even go to outer space.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I always felt like Johnny Depp's performance was based around him doing an impression of Micheal Jackson.

[@chemquests]

This mirrors the book much better

[@PALMERUSA21]

It’s funny they need to get her the juicy room immediately but they have time to sing the song. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guitarman8462]

On Family Guy they do a Willy Wonka , although it's a Part 1 & Part 2. You should watch them 😂😂😂😂

[@GrantWaller.-hf6jn]

It was not uncommon that young actors and actress had just one role to thier credit. The kids in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang were one and done. FYI the car that Dick Van Dyke drove in the movie is now owned by Peter Jackson.

[@paulklenknyc]

Mary, I love seeing your pretty face, and can’t wait to see this. You’re funny & smart and always cheer me up!

[@bayareathrasher666]

So there is a Jelly Belly factory here in Nor. Cal and they do a candy festival there every year, a few years ago I met Verruca and Mike TV...we bagged on the new movie lol

[@johnposada6703]

This movie is a childhood favorite of mine I never get tired of rewatching this film. And Gene Wilder will always be my Willy Wonka. RIP Gene Wilder

[@nightflame69]

Gene wilder is the true Willy Wonka!

[@blackbeardbarkbark]

Yeah, I can only ever see gene as wonka.

[@paulamoya7956]

I need no other⭐️

[@Stylishious1977]

You're damn right

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*I wonder if the remake explains how 20-something Timothee Chalamet's Wonka is retiring and giving the factory to a kid.*

[@pinklefoo]

I don't understand why they keep remaking it. The weirdness of everything and sociopathic Wonka makes the movie what it is. A remake is never going to capture that magic.

[@coffeegator6033]

Although the kid who played Charlie didn't get into movies much he grew up to become a veterinarian. His personality in interviews seems as wholesome as Charlie was portrayed too.

[@bluebear1985]

I've seen interviews from maybe a few years ago with Peter Ostrum. After this film's success, he was offered a three picture deal, but he turned it down. I think his veterinary practice specializes in horses and cows.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Sucks that the actress who played Violet died

[@ChrisB-k7b]

@@nsasupporter7557 she was literally 62 years old when she died lol. Thats a pretty decent life.

[@johncarolina4950]

@@ChrisB-k7bThat is an incredibly young age for a woman to die

[@larryk731]

How to feel old - a recently retired vetenerian

[@evanrosman9226]

"You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir! "

[@jacob4920]

The last three lines of that rant are used in lots of memes nowadays. Practically this entire film has become one giant meme at this point! That's LEGENDARY, if you ask me!

[@meganlutz7150]

This is the best version. No one can beat Gene Wilder’s version of Wonka. He’s a bit unhinged but somehow charming. Johnny Depp is a great actor, but his portrayal of Wonka was too cold.

[@krashd]

Johnny's portrayal of Wonka was exactly as he is in the book, a sociopath...

[@specialforcesoffaith8585]

Agreed.

[@TalaCruz]

@@krashd So was Gene. Johnny was just copying Michael Jackson. He just try to be more PEDO type

[@BrooklynBeTheBoro]

PERIOD! End of discussion. That Burton garbage is next to blasphemous.

[@jacob4920]

@@krashd And naturally, it was a disaster for modern audiences. This movie may have been less faithful to the original book, but it was, in my opinion, AN IMPROVEMENT! Can't say that about many movies that deviated from the source material, but this is one of them.

[@totallytomanimation]

My head exploded as I came to the realization that you have not seen ANY Gene Wilder Movies - Well Mary, you're in for a real treat... 3 GREAT COMEDIES of the great Mel Brooks starring Gene Wilder, in chronological order - The Producers - Blazing Saddles - Young Frankenstein ---- all of which are a must watch for any lover of films and comedies. I'm sure there are probably others who might comment likewise. You can thank us later.

[@blueboy4244]

second that

[@PorscheRacer14]

Hear No Evil, See No Evil

[@normanmondy]

Agreed

[@kd5you1]

The first Gene Wilder movie I have ever seen was Silver Streak.

[@timmorris82]

@@PorscheRacer14that’s what I was going to say. Great flick.

[@dereklopez9060]

Gene Wilder was hesitant to sing the song Pure Imagination, because he felt like he wasn't singer. And now, the song became such an Icon. R.I.P Gene Wilder.

[@jacob4920]

I used some of the lines from this song in my high school yearbook "senior quote," under my picture: "Close your eyes... Make a wish... Count to Three..." That brought my mother to tears when she first saw it. She never had any idea that I borrowed it from this movie. lol

[@sweetnumb]

Your comment was so great until you spoiled it with bringing up Gene Wilder's death. Do you also watch The Wizard of Oz and go "RIP everyone involved in making this movie"? Everyone has a limited time on this planet, let's just enjoy his fantastic work.

[@reverts3031]

While we were introduced to the TV kid, you wondered what kind of games we had in 1971. The video game Pong was still 6 years in the future. We had board games, card games and sports. That's it. If someone wanted to re-watch a movie, there was no such thing as a VHS (or Betamax). Back in the day, to watch a movie a second time, we had to wait for it to show again in the cinema or on the TV. For those of us who were desperate because the story was THAT GOOD, there were books. The Roald Dahl books are hysterical! If you get a chance, read "Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator."

[@johnkelly90]

If I am not mistaken 1971 was the first home game console the Magnavox Odyssey

[@andrewthornton2884]

@@johnkelly90 Pong, and the Magnavox Odyssey, actually both came out in 1972. So a year after this film released and probably 2 years after it was filmed. No home video games yet. The first arcade game, Space War, did release in 1971 but certainly wasn't available in homes. Prior to that there were a few computer games created by programmers but they weren't commercial products and few were distributed in any way.

[@johnkelly90]

@@andrewthornton2884 thank you… you are correct.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

Yup. Years before video games would become the destruction of youth and the future... it was TV. Dungeons and Dragons was also far in to the future time for religious pearl-clutching. Luckily, they still had rock 'n roll to continue demonizing.

[@SilentSooYun]

"That's right, in my day video games were called books!"

[@danielshea518]

The children weren't allowed to see the Chocolate room before filming the scene, so their reaction to seeing the set for the first time is genuine.

[@Ghost8386]

RIP Gene Wilder.

[@nsasupporter7557]

And all the actors who played the parents as well as Denise Nickerson who played Violet. She passed away in 2019

[@adammakesstuffup]

"What is this Wonka, some kind of fun house?" "Why, having fun?"

[@gaz-a-reno8891]

Gene Wilder IS Willy Wonka! ❤️. He is for me. Kinda a quirky role model! Who tests and challenges people. But with the best of intentions at heart! 😊. The Tunnel sequence for me is one of the BEST standout moment in the film. Yes it is DARK. But INCREDIBLY funny too! 🤣. Just hearing him deliver that line near the end of the film: “So shines a good deed in a weary world”. So deeply touching and incredible! Gene. R.I.P. Your kind is sorely missed from this world! 😊❤️🙌

[@NoCampDad]

I met Gene Wilder in the 80s when I worked at a tennis shop in LA near UCLA. Super nice guy and a great memory.

[@The_Foreigner_Belt]

Did he touch you?

[@jtoland2333]

Everything I have heard about Gene Wilder is that he was a sweet, gentle man. I don't doubt it.

[@NoCampDad]

@@The_Foreigner_Belt He shook my hand.

[@michaelriddick7116]

You should watch some of the movies with Richard Pryor and Gene :) "Hear No Evil, See No Evil" "Stir Crazy" "Silver Streak" They're all HILARIOUS!! (Hear No Evil being my favorite) 😊

[@robunkle8792]

"I don't know what you're looking for, but it's a little to the right".

[@michaelriddick7116]

@@robunkle8792 "How could we get the mens rea!?!" 😂🤣😂🤣 "MY GOD! NOOOOO!!!" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Dr.Acula76]

​@@robunkle8792I suppose a F*** is out of the question?

[@mypl510]

This is the definitive version of Willy Wonka, the Burton one is a very distant second.

[@clit_niblr0375]

Burton's version of Wonka (i.e. Johnny Depp version) seems more sinister where Gene Wilder's version of Wonka is more charming and endearing.

[@Dobi714]

Third now that Timmy has one out now.

[@krashd]

@@Dobi714 The Timothy movie is a prequel to the Johnny Depp version (i.e. the accurate version.)

[@Dobi714]

@@krashd You think Tim was channeling Depp more than Wilder for his performance? I feel he had homages to Wilder throughout the movie.

[@normanyerby2009]

THANK YOU

[@1000thGhost]

I used to work with the woman who played Violet Beauregard. She was a incredibly sweet woman who had lots of cool stories about shooting the movie

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Did she ever talk about playing Amy Jennings on Dark Shadows too?

[@Pecos1]

Mary, if you haven't seen it yet, you MUST watch Blazing Saddles! Gene Wilder gives yet another all-star performance in it. It was filmed in 1974. Hilarious movie! In one scene, Gene adlibs and causes the main actor to break character by laughing, but the director thought the scene was better that way and kept it in!

[@dynamodan8216]

Gene Wilder's best work is Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder came together and made perfection.

[@chaddon7685]

And that's saying something considering how great he is. But YF is fantastic!

[@konowd]

Mel called it the greatest performance he ever directed

[@jlew13jl]

My favorite is "See no Evil Hear no Evil" with Wilder and Richard Pryor

[@CrowVWade]

Great movie. I prefer Blazing Saddles when it comes to Mel Brooks

[@CrowVWade]

@@jlew13jlstir crazy

[@Neotron2001]

Charlie putting the gobstopper back on Wonka's desk in the end is one of the purest, innocent and wholesome moments in film history.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

A fun fact: During the trippy tunnel scene, Gene forgot his lines and start singing random things, all the other actors though he was losing his mind so their faces and screams were genuine. In addition the yellow cup he bites into wasn’t actually edible it was pure wax.

[@Oddworld2024]

Fun fact Marilyn Manson did a version of the tunnel scene and it’s so so cool. Made even creepier. In a good way. As it could have been for the film iMO

[@Oddworld2024]

And sense of an adventure without over think8 g every situation with non sense morals. That aren’t relevant for a film.

[@Oddworld2024]

Movies are make believe folks, never ever have they been meant to be taking serious as if real life. It’s called movies for a reason not reality.

[@Oddworld2024]

Does anyone else get annoyed when people know a meme before the real things. Lol kills me that people are obsessed and use memes yet don’t know their references. It’s so extremely sad. This generation needs to figure things out better and watch in the right order.

[@Oddworld2024]

That how you get herpes. Lol girl it’s a fantasy film not reality you can’t get sick or catch things in these worlds. They don’t really exist. Lmao serious it’s called make believe and times were also different. Please understand these concepts and facts.

[@joeblankenship377]

The Tim Burton Wonka doesn't even compare to this. I never need to see that one again, but I definitely rewatch the Gene Wilder Wonka every few years. Loved it since I was a kid. And Gene Wilder just got funnier as I got older and could pick up what he was putting down.

[@Dr.Acula76]

I'll watch the new Wonka again but I feel the same about the remake

[@benschultz1784]

As much as I love Tim Burton's version and how accurate it is to the book, this will always be the best version.

[@Harkness78]

That movie sucks

[@haynerbass]

The "knife man" used to be a common job. He would walk around ringing a bell and housewives would bring out dull knives to be sharpened.

[@Gravydog316]

right, but why did he have knives?

[@BatmanFan76]

🎵Come with me, and you’ll be, in a woooorld of pure imagination!🎵

[@Mohegan13]

Every time I hear the Candy Man Can song I keep envisioning Tony Todd lurking in the background of the candy store ready to bisect someone.

[@therivster]

Remember, he only appears if you speak his name at your reflection fives times. I hear he also gets you if you deny his existence.

[@TalaCruz]

@@therivster You mean god?

[@therivster]

God has nothing to do with Candyman

[@TalaCruz]

@@therivster He gets you if you deny his existence hee hee hee 😆

[@Mohegan13]

@@TalaCruzPraise Klombadrov.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

Apparently Veruca Salt's actor was the sweetest nicest person and had difficulty being that awful to everyone. The "I Want It Now" sequence was filmed on her 13th birthday. The creepy dude is there because he's planting the Golden tickets. The Candy man reaches down behind the counter and makes sure Charlie gets the bar with the golden ticket in it.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

How does the "Candy Man" know that Charlie, who has literally never come into his shop to buy a candy bar before, is going to ask for a *second* candy bar after buying the first? This is something that Charlie doesn't even know himself.

[@Gravydog316]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 Wonka magic, silly

[@AidantheLegend]

The way Wonka so cheerfully said "Wrong!" never fails to make me laugh

[@BeastrealDT]

"Pure Imagination", is my favorite song. 🎶 Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) starred in the sitcom, "Chico And The Man", after this film. The television show also starred the late Freddie Prinze. You can see a young Jack Albertson in the original 1947, "Miracle On 34th Street". He plays a postal worker sorting mail in the mail room. ✌️❤️🌹

[@axr7149]

Jack Albertson won an Oscar as well for Best Supporting Actor for THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (1968) (which co-starred Patricia Neal, who was married to Roald Dahl (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY novelist and this film's screenwriter) at the time). Guess who was nominated alongside him when he won the Oscar? None other than Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) himself, who was nominated for THE PRODUCERS (1968) that year.

[@p0pp4]

You'll notice that all the rides have just enough seats for the remaining people. He 100% KNEW there'd be casualties and planned accordingly.

[@TSIRKLAND]

28:56 - "We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams," is a quote from a poem: "Ode" written by the English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy and first published in 1873.

[@daveautzen9089]

There are theories that Wonka sent the chocolate so the specific kids would find them. Then each room was basically a test for one specific child. He had really chosen Charlie as his successor, but of course Charlie also failed. But the true test was the everlasting gobstopper/Slugworth thing. Charlie did the right thing and this passed the test.

[@amcgowan1970]

Willy Wonka is actually Rhaegar Targaryen!

[@videohistory722]

Sammy Davis actually wanted to play the candy store owner, but they said no, because they thought a star in it would take away from the movie.

[@ifeelpretty5790]

He did sing his own version of The Candy Man song!

[@Rem91067]

@@ifeelpretty5790And it went to #1 (in the U.S.) in June of 1972.

[@Immortalheart66]

First movie i saw in the theater at (5) years old. No one will ever replace Gene Wilder as Wonka. Willy Wonka of the 70’s is the Goonies of the 80’s as Sandlot is the 90’s. Pure magic!!!!

[@jefschnitzler2377]

It was my first as well. It was also one of the first films I saw with my wife at the theatre (years later) when we started dating.

[@tofersiefken]

Does anyone else think that the psychedelic boat-ride came after the "edibles" room or is it just me?