Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Blu-ray) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 4, 2011
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | David Kelly, Freddie Highmore & Johnny Depp | |
Performer: | Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, Christopher Lee, James Fox, Deep Roy, Adam Godley & AnnaSophia Robb | |
Directed by | Tim Burton | |
Edited by | Chris Lebenzon | |
Screenwriting by | John August | |
Composition by | Danny Elfman | |
Produced by | Brad Grey & Richard D. Zanuck | |
Director of Photography: | Philippe Rousselot |
Entertainment Reviews:
Depp's Wonka is both flamboyant and reserved....He can be plaintive...or hilarious...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 4/5 --
Somehow everything comes up smelling of rose-scented chocolate... Burton outdoes himself and it's the inside of the chocolate factory and its community of singing Oompa-Loompas that scintillate.
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The List
As the star who's framed in the center of nearly every shot he's in, Depp is a constantly surprising Willy Wonka.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Wondrous....[The film] moves, like Dahl's original, in a straight line from one inspired set piece to the next...
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Adults and kids alike will take macabre delight in the punishment of naughty children. Burton and co make smart and funny additions to this classic tale.
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Film4
Rating: 4/5 --
In its combination of fidelity to its source and wacky visual ideas, Burton's take is a triumph of common sense and imagination -- exactly the qualities for which we admire children.
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Independent (UK)
Rating: A- --
A delightful treat filled with stunning visuals and a lot of fun performances, headlined by Johnny Depp.
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Bowling Green Daily News
Product Description:
Who better to bring Roald Dahl's adored children's story to life than the mastermind behind inventive films like EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BEETLEJUICE' From Tim Burton's opening shot--against Danny Elfman's eerie score--this CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is recognizably darker than the Mel Stuart-directed 1971 version starring Gene Wilder. Though the mysterious chocolate factory has been closed for 15 years, it continues to produce and ship candy all over the world. When a contest promises a tour of the plant to the lucky finders of five golden tickets hidden inside wrappers, no one is more excited than Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), an impoverished boy whose family lives mere steps from the factory. Though he can barely afford even one candy bar, fate intervenes, and Charlie finds the last golden ticket.
Joined at the gates by a group of despicable brats named Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Augustus Gloop, and Mike Teavee, Charlie and his Grandfather (David Kelly) venture inside proprietor Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp) delightful factory for a wild adventure. Each room is a feast for the eyes, and more importantly the taste buds--a sugarcoated dreamland where everything is edible. One by one, however, the children meet unfortunate fates, until only Charlie remains in the company of Wonka and his curiously small workers, the Oompa Loompas (all played by Deep Roy, whose image is multiplied with CG). Sporting a severe bob, and talking in a high-pitched voice, Depp makes his Wonka even weirder than Wilder's. While Burton adds some amusing contemporary touches (like the musical Oompa Loompa routines), and an elaborate back story, he also preserves the charm of the original book. Overall, Burton's visual innovation succeeds in capturing the vividness of a child's imagination--but whether this version trumps the beloved '71 film is for viewers to decide.
Joined at the gates by a group of despicable brats named Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Augustus Gloop, and Mike Teavee, Charlie and his Grandfather (David Kelly) venture inside proprietor Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp) delightful factory for a wild adventure. Each room is a feast for the eyes, and more importantly the taste buds--a sugarcoated dreamland where everything is edible. One by one, however, the children meet unfortunate fates, until only Charlie remains in the company of Wonka and his curiously small workers, the Oompa Loompas (all played by Deep Roy, whose image is multiplied with CG). Sporting a severe bob, and talking in a high-pitched voice, Depp makes his Wonka even weirder than Wilder's. While Burton adds some amusing contemporary touches (like the musical Oompa Loompa routines), and an elaborate back story, he also preserves the charm of the original book. Overall, Burton's visual innovation succeeds in capturing the vividness of a child's imagination--but whether this version trumps the beloved '71 film is for viewers to decide.
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