I'm pretty sure every line that they said was planned and rehearsed. You really think they threw them into this boat ride with gene wilder saying this crazy shit and put all of their dialogue straight to the film? No. Every line in there was planned, written and shown to them to repeat when the cameras started rolling. "Staying in character" is them reciting the lines they studies the night before the shoot.
Well yes in this case although some directors do withhold information from their actors about what happens in a scene in order to capture a genuine performance. For example, in Alien. ;)
the actors' lines were planned, but wilder's were not. much of what he did on set was not revealed to the rest of the cast. wonka's entrance at the beginning, this scene, and the scene in which he yells at charlie were just a few such scenes.
Actually, a lot of actors and actresses try throwing in an ad-lib or two in one of about fifty takes and sometimes the director decides to keep it in. Some rather infamous scenes from more modern movies have bits like this that were never planned at all. Remember that stormtrooper hitting his head? You think they planned that? I dont think you CAN plan something like that - it HAS to happen by accident for you to realize how genuinely clever it would've been to do on purpose. If there is ANYONE I would not put it past to crash a scene with an entire prewritten poem in character of a semi-madman, it would've been Gene Wilder. I totally believe he may have done this with nobodies prior knowledge and the director liked and kept it. After all, funny how it seems to mostly interrupt the background flashes that the rest of that scene is centered around.
fun fact: that song was from a poem, but improvised. That's why the people looking at Wonka look really freaking scared - they had thought he'd actually gone insane.
@@WasabiKitCat She learned her lesson *quick!* Since Gene Wilder's singing was ad-libbed, and none of the other actors knew about the tunnel, does that mean that everything they said was ad-libbed?
Melcat96 well, the kids at the time won't really understand this, usually they will be at the cinema with their parents or older teen siblings that went through the hippy phase, it's something only they will understand just to keep them amused so they don't get bored, similar to how Shrek had adult references so the adults and older kids can have a laught
1971 was a great year of movies, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, A Clockwork Orange, The French Connection and Dirty Harry, a great year for films, 1971.
fun fact: only gene wilder knew that the tunnel was coming up. while it was scripted, the other actors were never informed of the route. the panic is genuine. gene was also a lot calmer during rehearsals, which also caught the actors off guard throughout the film.
@@DinosaurSuccess That would be my thought. If their reactions were genuine, that would mean that everything they said from the time they entered the tunnel, to the time they exited was ad-libbed. I guess Gene Wilder's the only one who knows the real truth...Oh, wait. He's dead. So you would have to find the other people who were involved, and ask them about it. (And a lot of them are dead too.)
@@DinosaurSuccess They were informed that they would be going into a tunnel and on a boat, but they didn't know that Gene Wilder was going to act crazy
When I was little I wasn't really scared at all about this. The only thing that got my attention was the green fog you see just before the chicken gets beheaded. I thought it looked like they were going to be hit by a giant green tsunami.
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There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing? (Gasps loudly) Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of hell a glowing? Is the grizzly reaper mowing? YES!! The danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH\was this scene for kids?
+pjamese3 AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA (CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA) After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene: The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca. There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline. (specifically Amanita muscaria) Willy is the shaman who leads the journey. Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song) The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void. They move forward through fearful scenes. After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves. Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
I read that the fear on the children's faces in this scene is actually real, and after the scene was over the children were afraid to go near Gene Wilder.
So the other actors didn't know they were going into a tunnel? If that's true, then that means everything, not just Gene Wilder's singing, was ad-libbed. I've asked about this a million times, but nobody said anything.
Hate that this man has passed. One of his best scenes in my opinion. The raw power behind his tone of voice made this a memorable scene from my childhood, one of both joy and fear. And only one man could make it possible, RIP Gene.
I remember being absolutely terrified by this scene as a kid. I would have to fast forward past this scene on the videotape I had it recorded on. The part where the chicken's head gets cut off was the worst part of this scene for me personally. As for what purpose this scene serves, I think that the tunnel is meant to show the kids and parents their worst fears, because the only thing that Charlie and his Grandpa see in the tunnel is Slugworth, Willy Wonka's rival.
+Nameless Boy It means picking your nose for Christ sake, it's not that hard. I mean, she is picking her nose when he says it. Some pedophiles in this section
+davidls11 My lest favorite scene was from The Princess Bride, when Wesley was being tortured. I would always run out of the room when that scene came on.
+TF2Fan101 I did the exact same thing with the "Bad jelly the witch" film. The scene when you get to see Bad Jelly for the first times scared the shit of out of me! D:
I don't really remember what my reaction was. I was probably confused about why everyone was scared. The only thing that really got my attention was the green fog you see just before the chicken gets beheaded. I thought it looked like some kind of title wave was going to hit them.
"Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!" I always shout out that line whenever I'm on a big roller coaster and it's about to take its first drop.
The thing that gets me is that, other than Veruca's father saying "Hehe, he's singing!", and "rowing",, when Wonka is singing, nobody says anything. WTF is up with that?
2:07-2:09 That's the only thing that really gets my attantion. What is that? When I was little, I thought they were going to get hit by a giant green tsunami.
"I know an even worse one. Being a pedophile, and killing children in strange ways. PS. "Denise Nickerson, the actress who played Violet Beauregarde, didn’t want to pick her nose for the movie because she was fostering a crush on Peter Ostrum, the actor who played Charlie." www.thebreeze.co.nz/home/other/2017/07/12-facts-about-willy-wonka-that-will-make-you-love-the-film-even.html
"Can anybody give me reason what purpose this scene serves?" Gene Wilder wanted Willy Wonka from the very first scene on, be completely unpredictable. You never know if he's telling the truth or not.
GENE WILDER Date of birth: June 11, 1933, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Date of death: August 29, 2016, Stamford, Connecticut, United States He was an actor, writer, director and writer.
"You know what this factory needs? A scary tunnel. One that will really freak people the fuck out, you know? Not a candy-making tunnel though, just a scary tunnel. With like chickens running around with their heads chopped off and bugs crawling on people's faces and all kinds of crazy shit like that. This is gonna be the scariest tunnel ever. It won't make candy, though. It'll just scare people. Yeah, that's what this factory needs."
Ahh this scared you as a kid. I just remembered this came out in 1971 the same year Candle Cove aired in Ohio. If you don't know what Candle Cove is look it up. It's a creepypasta that scared the shit out of kids who saw it.
Sometimes ABC Family edits this scene out, but the last time I watched this film thankfully they kept it, it's very epic. "ABC Family is now known as FreeForm"
How do they edit it out? Just after Wonka says "'Round the world and home again! That's the sailor's way!", everything goes black, and they cut to a commercial break, and then the movie starts up again when Wonka says "Where there."?
People keep talking about how there wasn't enough room in the boat for Augustus. Even if there was enough room for him, as soon as he got in, the boat would sink.
I believe wonka actually chose all the contestants but made it look like a gamble to find a golden ticket. He set up traps to test all the kids to choose a successor. And to teach the brats a lesson.
Ya know. Someone should Make an amusement park ride like this with a big drop and using 3D projection in the tunnel to make it appear you're going fast. Disney would be great for it. This could be a cool ride.
EXPLANATION OF THIS SCENE: The tunnel is meant to reveal each person on the boat's greatest fear; we see each person's one at a time. We see that Charlie's image is Slugworth which reveals that his greatest fear is losing the precious secrets of the factory he cares so deeply about. This scene is a foreshadowing of what is revealed at the end of the movie that the purpose of the tour is to select a new heir who truly loves the Chocolate Factory who is Charlie.
@@jasonhylnd001 I like to think that, the moment after Wonka says that, the boat crashes into a wall. Also, I would like to know if everything the actors said was ad-libbed, since I believe I read that none of the actors knew about the tunnel, period.
What if after this scene, the movie turned into a horror movie and the kids and parents begin to get killed one by one. And the Oompa Loompas were the killers and Wonka was the leader..
before the scene. note how the boat doesn't have enough seat for Augustus and his mother. That implies Wonka had planned Aug getting sucked up the pipe.
Andrew Diaz that sort of does happen. i mean verruca salt and her father get fried in the incinerator down the chute and i expect the oompa loompas dragged mrs teevee off to eat her
You notice something about the boat there is only space on it for 4 groups, was Wonka intentionally getting rid of Augustus, what makes it even more disturbing is that the vehicle thing later on only ha space for 2 groups not 5
Is that the actual reasoning or do you think the makers of this movie didn't actually think that much about it? Because if that's true it's pretty cool and pretty fucked too.
Well the whole point of the movie is that only one person will end up taking over the factory so whether or not his character planned on taking one of them out early doesn't necessarily matter. We needed a reason why Agustus got cast out but in reality it probably would've been Gene confronting his mother saying they were cast out and not a good fit for the ownership.
Wonka knew each contestant's weakness and planned tests playing to them. He knew exactly who would advance to the next level, as it were, and adjusted accommodations accordingly.
It's a refrence to Willy Wonka inevitably getting older and dealing with age. The river is time and and the boat is his life and as wonka says "there is no earthly way of knowing", and also "shows no signs of slowing".
+Daniel Hernandez AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA (CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA) After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene: The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca. There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline. (specifically Amanita muscaria) Willy is the shaman who leads the journey. Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song) The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void. They move forward through fearful scenes. After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves. Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
@@rachels6582 You can experience everything the actors did? 1. Dive into a *chocolate* river, and get shot up a pipe 2. Turn into a giant blueberry 3. Fall down a garbage chute 4. Get shrunken so you look like an action figure
Wonka's singing was ad-libbed. And I believe people said none of the other actors knew about the tunnel. Would that mean that everything the other actors said was ad-libbed?
@@patrickstar2358 You're right. I can't. I like to think that, just at that moment, the boat goes off course, and slams into the side of the tunnel. You can't possibly see where your going wonka!!!! You're right, I can't. *CRASH*
If they made this movie now, with this scene: "Hang on, where we going?" "I don't know, but I don't like the looks of that tunnel up there. Hey, Wonka! I want off!' "Round the world and home again! That's the sailor's way" *"Pure Imagination" music is suddenly replaced with Dubstep*
"Boy what a great series this would make!" lmao I'm gonna say that to every unexpected situation that can't be explained. LMAO and I just realized he freaken took out his gun at 2:22
"There's no earthly way of knowing... Which direction we are going... There's no knowing where we're rowing... Or which direction the river's flowing... Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? Bah! Not a speck of light is showing. So the danger must be growing. Are the fires of hell a-glowing? Is the grizzly reaper mowing? Yes! The danger must be growing, So the rowers keep on rowing! And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing!!!" Ah Willy Wonka... You never get old with your insanity. Gene Wilder, you never stop making me love ya even more. ^w^
AppleAssassin I think the fact that Roald Dahl himself called the first movie a disgrace is good enough to compare that the 2005 probably upped the old version in many parts.
I will never forget this scene! One minute everyone was having the time of their life eating candy, and the next they are screaming for their lives! This is filmmaking at its best!!!
I saw the Tom and Jerry version of this scene (seriously I can't get over how they got away with saying "Hell"), and even that insanity doesn't hold up to the sense of primal fear performed in this version. Gene Wilder did an amazing job in this scene; he alone is making my heart race. Kudos to this movie for providing a really scary scene that I'm surprised no one in the movie mentioned again. I would hope Wonka or Charlie does something to that tunnel for future visitors though, geez.
"What business you in, Salt?" "Nuts!" *turns away* What might be lost on many viewers is that his shying away after being told this is because that response can be interpreted as shorthand for "Nuts to you!", which is essentially old-timey vernacular for: "Fuck off!". They put so much subtlety and wit into old films, whereas newer films prefer to shove everything down your gullet and mask the pauses in between with explosions and naked women.
"IS THE GRIZZLY REAPER MOWING YES THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING AND THERE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOH a small step for mankind, but a giant step for us." - US Election, and post-election 2016
@@jamieohjamie Hopefully it won't be 2021 in a nutshell. (What happened on January 5th made me think this year was going to be the same as, if not worse than, 2020.) But worst of all,... DAFT PUNK BROKE UP!!!!!!!!!!! :(
+Robert Smith AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA (CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA) After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene: The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca. There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline. (specifically Amanita muscaria) Willy is the shaman who leads the journey. Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song) The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void. They move forward through fearful scenes. After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves. Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
Did anyone notice that the tunnel was a green screen you can tell because if you look closely at the boat its not moving at all and i think the scary things in the tunnel are short clips from scary movies
No, the images are not, but the feelings of the actors are real. Fact, to create the illusion of movement, they projected footage from a Munich traffic tunnel behind the boat.
@@brandoncolis3841 I know Wonka's poem was ad-libbed. But what I want to know is, since I believe people said the actors didn't know about the tunnel, period, if everything they said was ad-libbed.
Did you guys know Willy Wonka improvised what he was saying? That was the cast's real reaction to what Gene Wilder was saying. It was improvised. The directors wanted him just to say stuff to actually scare them instead of having them "acting" scared
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Apparently during this scene, Gene Wilder scared the actors in the boat so much that they thought he was genuinely going insane.
That's kind of good; it helps them stay in character.
Gar96 you would sure know that the boat isn't actually moving fast in the tunnel when it isn't showing hair, clothing etc blowing back in the wind.
Gar96 but that's classic Gene for you. even in all his movies there was always that part where he would go crazy and yell.
It would've been funny if they had a jump scare at the end like the xenomorph hugging it out
Bullshit
what I find interesting is that the actors all staying in character even when they thought gene was actually going insane
I'm pretty sure every line that they said was planned and rehearsed. You really think they threw them into this boat ride with gene wilder saying this crazy shit and put all of their dialogue straight to the film? No. Every line in there was planned, written and shown to them to repeat when the cameras started rolling. "Staying in character" is them reciting the lines they studies the night before the shoot.
Well yes in this case although some directors do withhold information from their actors about what happens in a scene in order to capture a genuine performance. For example, in Alien. ;)
the actors' lines were planned, but wilder's were not. much of what he did on set was not revealed to the rest of the cast. wonka's entrance at the beginning, this scene, and the scene in which he yells at charlie were just a few such scenes.
Only the actress who played Violet is on record as saying that he thought he was really going mad.
Actually, a lot of actors and actresses try throwing in an ad-lib or two in one of about fifty takes and sometimes the director decides to keep it in. Some rather infamous scenes from more modern movies have bits like this that were never planned at all.
Remember that stormtrooper hitting his head? You think they planned that? I dont think you CAN plan something like that - it HAS to happen by accident for you to realize how genuinely clever it would've been to do on purpose.
If there is ANYONE I would not put it past to crash a scene with an entire prewritten poem in character of a semi-madman, it would've been Gene Wilder. I totally believe he may have done this with nobodies prior knowledge and the director liked and kept it. After all, funny how it seems to mostly interrupt the background flashes that the rest of that scene is centered around.
fun fact: that song was from a poem, but improvised. That's why the people looking at Wonka look really freaking scared - they had thought he'd actually gone insane.
Yeah especially the one who played Violet.
Nice Salad Fingers profile picture xD.
Yup they're all looking at him like he was a psycho.
"What business are you in, Salt?"
"Deez Nuts, nigga"
+Not Potato lmao
When are people going to realize LSD and chocolate don't mix.
Isn't that what the Rainbow Drops are, LSD?
Mommy!
They do, LSD and gene wilder don’t mix
"Now why don't they show stuff like that on TV?"
"I don't know."
"What a nightmare."
This cast, man
40 years later.
Tyler Griffin "Daddy I want a boat like this!"
*About 3 minutes later*
"Daddy, I do not want a boat like this..."
@@WasabiKitCat She learned her lesson *quick!*
Since Gene Wilder's singing was ad-libbed, and none of the other actors knew about the tunnel, does that mean that everything they said was ad-libbed?
This film came out in 1971, so the scene was obviously inspired by the Acid phase of the 60s
And they put kids in this?!
Melcat96 well, the kids at the time won't really understand this, usually they will be at the cinema with their parents or older teen siblings that went through the hippy phase, it's something only they will understand just to keep them amused so they don't get bored, similar to how Shrek had adult references so the adults and older kids can have a laught
+stormycliffs point taken
stormycliffs Ah yes, the year of our lord, 1971. How long had it been now? Five years? Six? Strange memories on this night in Las Vegas.
1971 was a great year of movies, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, A Clockwork Orange, The French Connection and Dirty Harry, a great year for films, 1971.
fun fact: only gene wilder knew that the tunnel was coming up. while it was scripted, the other actors were never informed of the route. the panic is genuine. gene was also a lot calmer during rehearsals, which also caught the actors off guard throughout the film.
I actually read that his whole rant wasn't scripted!
VeritasAequitas That’s not true actually, Roald Dahl wrote the entire rant.
sherissa go thats such bullshit. none of the actors reactions seem genuine at all, in fact all their reactions are clearly scripted.
@@DinosaurSuccess That would be my thought. If their reactions were genuine, that would mean that everything they said from the time they entered the tunnel, to the time they exited was ad-libbed. I guess Gene Wilder's the only one who knows the real truth...Oh, wait. He's dead. So you would have to find the other people who were involved, and ask them about it. (And a lot of them are dead too.)
@@DinosaurSuccess They were informed that they would be going into a tunnel and on a boat, but they didn't know that Gene Wilder was going to act crazy
"You're going to love this" YOU LIED, MR. WONKA!
Thomas Haymes I think he was sort of breaking the 4th wall lol
Well Granpa Joe and Mike enjoyed that
"You're going to love this."
*several minutes later...*
Me as a kid:
"Oh what a nice little boat"
*2 minutes later*
WHAT THE HELL AM I WATCHING
Haha same
When I was little I wasn't really scared at all about this. The only thing that got my attention was the green fog you see just before the chicken gets beheaded. I thought it looked like they were going to be hit by a giant green tsunami.
"What business you in Salt?"
"NUUTS!"
+Matthew Tansley The legume business, basically.
I quote this many times
The one time Veruca changed her mind on what she wanted. 😊
She learned her lesson *quick!*
the boat's OK. Its just what's outside it
Too bad she apparently forgot after a short while!
Gene Wilder: The new ferryman of the River of Styx.
PokeDude011 XD
you are everywhere where i am!
May he rest in peace
Charlie: "Grandpa, this shit ain't weed."
Alex Bernal eacweaaeweaxwxxzaet stddxdxxx. Febhfebrdrxbhefe3&2f
Lol you are probably my favorite person
I bet wonka made it when he was high on drugs
rest in peace gene
Good vidya and movie taste
wait, when did Gene Die!
29th of August
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Pancakes666lol willi wonka chocolate mike charli de la fábrica de la fábrica
Wonka was way ahead of his time. Super troll
"I know a worse one" (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
@@potato511 I know an even worse one.
Being a pedophile, and killing off children in strange ways.
There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining? Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a blowing?
(Gasps loudly)
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a glowing?
Is the grizzly reaper mowing?
YES!! The danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING
ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH\was this scene for kids?
I loved this scene
+MM chang meh too
It was an acid trip for kids.
+pjamese3 AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA
(CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA)
After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene:
The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca.
There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline.
(specifically Amanita muscaria)
Willy is the shaman who leads the journey.
Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song)
The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void.
They move forward through fearful scenes.
After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves.
Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
I couldn't agree more! It's a spiritual self awaking journey for those willing to take a look inside!
I read that the fear on the children's faces in this scene is actually real, and after the scene was over the children were afraid to go near Gene Wilder.
Adam Luckey Yaaaay, nightmares for days.
So the other actors didn't know they were going into a tunnel? If that's true, then that means everything, not just Gene Wilder's singing, was ad-libbed. I've asked about this a million times, but nobody said anything.
@@nbuehster they knew they were going through the tunnel they didn't know about gene singing
The chocolate factory is a place of imagination. Where dreams come true. All of your dreams, good and bad. Hence, the tunnel of nightmares.
Hate that this man has passed. One of his best scenes in my opinion. The raw power behind his tone of voice made this a memorable scene from my childhood, one of both joy and fear. And only one man could make it possible, RIP Gene.
I remember being absolutely terrified by this scene as a kid. I would have to fast forward past this scene on the videotape I had it recorded on. The part where the chicken's head gets cut off was the worst part of this scene for me personally.
As for what purpose this scene serves, I think that the tunnel is meant to show the kids and parents their worst fears, because the only thing that Charlie and his Grandpa see in the tunnel is Slugworth, Willy Wonka's rival.
Is... Is that a chicken getting beheaded? O_________O
Yep. That's why Mrs. Teavee said, "Ahhh. Now I am going to be sick!"
+Maria Fox I don't blame her
+Melcat96 I don't blame her either.
Willy Wonka had a tunnel E-I-E-I-O
And in that tunnel he had a chicken E-I-E-I-O
With a *CHOP CHOP* here
And a *CHOP CHOP* there
You know, for kids!
clearly a representation of the passage of time being unstoppable and frightening to think about
I think the movie just went off it's meds for a couple of minutes haha.
Or it started taking some kind of drugs, and they wore off after a few minutes.
The actress playing Mrs. Teevee is seriously overlooked. The way she delivered her lines in this scene is honestly perfect.
The Exorcist, The Ring, The Shining, The Grudge; none of them come close to the horror I experienced watching Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory.
That's because you expected this to be a kids' movie, but you knew each of the former were horror films.
+BooUrns You think the 1971 version is creepy? The 2005 one is the scariest movie ever, and I strongly hated it. The 1971 version is my favorite.
What is it that makes certain kids movies scarier than intentional horror movies?
Ultrai Breaker I think this is hilarious!
Ultrai Breaker With horror movies, you expect a shock. With movies targeted at children younger than 10, you don't.
"Spitting's a dirty habit"..."I know a worse one"... -_-
*picks noise*
Hahaha he means swallowing..........right????.......No wait I just have a dirty mind :/
CRAZZY_dud12 Who knows what "Willy" Wonka done to the people in the boat whilst all the scary LSD shit was going on lol
+Nameless Boy It means picking your nose for Christ sake, it's not that hard. I mean, she is picking her nose when he says it. Some pedophiles in this section
WISKYgaming I realized she was picking her nose and I knew what that statement meant, we were just joking around.
No More WONKA VISION... RIP Willy Wonka
This was always my favorite scene in the movie. Gene Wilder was a genius and a very talented actor. You will be missed dearly...R.I.P. :'(
"What she wants is a good kick in the pants!" XD
jkrfan7 He said a worse word than pants...
jkrfan7 I remember reading that line in the book and I cried from laughing. I was an easily amused 5th grader.
Janet Matsukevich I still think he said a worse word than pants...
nope. As I remember it, those are the exact words. Don't take my word for it, but I read that story and that line too many times to forget :P
Janet Matsukevich I know what they said in the book, but I still think he said a worse word than pants in the film.
Fun fact: the actor who played the Oompa Loompa steering the boat didn’t know it was on a track so he actually thought he was driving the boat.
Wilder improvised the poem and the cast thought he was actually going insane.
No he didn't, it's in the book
@@jcs44444 Right. It's just that the actors didn't know he was going to recite it in a crazy tone, they just knew he was going to recite it.
Why do people just straight up lie about things.....I see it constantly in the comme t section of movie clips
Rest in Peace Gene. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die...
So, little fun fact: I ran from the TV room when I first saw this.
+davidls11 My lest favorite scene was from The Princess Bride, when Wesley was being tortured. I would always run out of the room when that scene came on.
+TF2Fan101 I did the exact same thing with the "Bad jelly the witch" film. The scene when you get to see Bad Jelly for the first times scared the shit of out of me! D:
I don't really remember what my reaction was. I was probably confused about why everyone was scared. The only thing that really got my attention was the green fog you see just before the chicken gets beheaded. I thought it looked like some kind of title wave was going to hit them.
"Round the world and home again, that's the sailor's way!" I always shout out that line whenever I'm on a big roller coaster and it's about to take its first drop.
I gotta try that sometime...
Ha
@Jake Roberts Too bad this was only 1971. If they made this movie later on, one of those lines would have been "Is a disco ball a-glowing".
I probably wouldn’t be able to do that, I’m terrified of rollercoasters!
Is it weird that this was my favourite scene of the film as a kid?
Only if you plan on recreating it.
+ElusiveSpectre If weird means you're not a conformist, yes.
No cause I liked this scene just cause the colors Lmao
The best part is their reactions to all of this are genuine because they didn’t know what was going to happen.
They genuinely started freaking out when he started singing that wasn’t planned.
The thing that gets me is that, other than Veruca's father saying "Hehe, he's singing!", and "rowing",, when Wonka is singing, nobody says anything. WTF is up with that?
Honestly, this never creeped me out as a child, it just confused the shit out of me
It didn't confuse me, I just went with it because damn was it fun!
Same.
2:07-2:09 That's the only thing that really gets my attantion.
What is that? When I was little, I thought they were going to get hit by a giant green tsunami.
Straight outta freakin' no where.
FINALLY an uncensored version. Wilder was awesome!
-spitting is a dirty habit *picks nose* "logic lol"
"I know an even worse one. Being a pedophile, and killing children in strange ways.
PS. "Denise Nickerson, the actress who played Violet Beauregarde, didn’t want to pick her nose for the movie because she was fostering a crush on Peter Ostrum, the actor who played Charlie."
www.thebreeze.co.nz/home/other/2017/07/12-facts-about-willy-wonka-that-will-make-you-love-the-film-even.html
I know a worse one…
"Can anybody give me reason what purpose this scene serves?" Gene Wilder wanted Willy Wonka from the very first scene on, be completely unpredictable. You never know if he's telling the truth or not.
GENE WILDER
Date of birth: June 11, 1933, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Date of death: August 29, 2016, Stamford, Connecticut, United States
He was an actor, writer, director and writer.
"You know what this factory needs? A scary tunnel. One that will really freak people the fuck out, you know? Not a candy-making tunnel though, just a scary tunnel. With like chickens running around with their heads chopped off and bugs crawling on people's faces and all kinds of crazy shit like that. This is gonna be the scariest tunnel ever. It won't make candy, though. It'll just scare people. Yeah, that's what this factory needs."
I love HISHE. Going to watch that right now.
This scene screwed me up big time as a kid.
Ahh this scared you as a kid. I just remembered this came out in 1971 the same year Candle Cove aired in Ohio. If you don't know what Candle Cove is look it up. It's a creepypasta that scared the shit out of kids who saw it.
Lajit Retro wait so is candle cove real then ?
Jared Thompson **Facepalm**
TheFounderUtopia oooh she ment 1971 because it was based then, ok.
"You now will meet the Grand Master in 10 seconds"
xbatusai *girly scream*
Sometimes ABC Family edits this scene out, but the last time I watched this film thankfully they kept it, it's very epic.
"ABC Family is now known as FreeForm"
How do they edit it out? Just after Wonka says "'Round the world and home again! That's the sailor's way!", everything goes black, and they cut to a commercial break, and then the movie starts up again when Wonka says "Where there."?
People keep talking about how there wasn't enough room in the boat for Augustus.
Even if there was enough room for him, as soon as he got in, the boat would sink.
I believe wonka actually chose all the contestants but made it look like a gamble to find a golden ticket. He set up traps to test all the kids to choose a successor. And to teach the brats a lesson.
😂
2:14 A chicken getting beheaded. OK.
+davidls11 i dont think that counts as mutilation
+C Painter in a G movie?
+C Painter You know, for kids.
+Joseph Ocasio A family picture.
+Gavin Smith To be fare, they didn't have pg-13 back then. Hell Jaws was a PG
Ya know. Someone should Make an amusement park ride like this with a big drop and using 3D projection in the tunnel to make it appear you're going fast. Disney would be great for it. This could be a cool ride.
Charlie and Grandpa Joe were enjoying the ride until scary images start showing up on the walls.
EXPLANATION OF THIS SCENE:
The tunnel is meant to reveal each person on the boat's greatest fear; we see each person's one at a time. We see that Charlie's image is Slugworth which reveals that his greatest fear is losing the precious secrets of the factory he cares so deeply about. This scene is a foreshadowing of what is revealed at the end of the movie that the purpose of the tour is to select a new heir who truly loves the Chocolate Factory who is Charlie.
"what is this, a FREAKOUT?"
Hey, this isn't funny, Wonka!
"You can’t possibly see where you’re going, Wonka!"
At the time, censorship was being loosened. This led to many films having brief, shocking moments that would stay in your memory forever.
"You're right, I can't"
@@jasonhylnd001 I like to think that, the moment after Wonka says that, the boat crashes into a wall.
Also, I would like to know if everything the actors said was ad-libbed, since I believe I read that none of the actors knew about the tunnel, period.
Loved this scene as a kid, even though it's scary as hell.
What if after this scene, the movie turned into a horror movie and the kids and parents begin to get killed one by one. And the Oompa Loompas were the killers and Wonka was the leader..
before the scene. note how the boat doesn't have enough seat for Augustus and his mother. That implies Wonka had planned Aug getting sucked up the pipe.
Robert Smith Holy fuck.. I didnt notice that until now. I can't rest easy now. Thanks..
Robert Smith what if they had to stand like the subway
Andrew Diaz that sort of does happen. i mean verruca salt and her father get fried in the incinerator down the chute and i expect the oompa loompas dragged mrs teevee off to eat her
+Andrew Diaz
The Manson family all over again
You notice something about the boat there is only space on it for 4 groups, was Wonka intentionally getting rid of Augustus, what makes it even more disturbing is that the vehicle thing later on only ha space for 2 groups not 5
Is that the actual reasoning or do you think the makers of this movie didn't actually think that much about it? Because if that's true it's pretty cool and pretty fucked too.
Well the whole point of the movie is that only one person will end up taking over the factory so whether or not his character planned on taking one of them out early doesn't necessarily matter. We needed a reason why Agustus got cast out but in reality it probably would've been Gene confronting his mother saying they were cast out and not a good fit for the ownership.
Haha I noticed that too, i guess they either didn't catch that mistake or didn't care enough to change it😂
Wonka knew each contestant's weakness and planned tests playing to them. He knew exactly who would advance to the next level, as it were, and adjusted accommodations accordingly.
I can just imagine, in the bubble room scene, Wonka letting the kids try the Fizzy Lifting Drinks...
But there would only be three of them. :D
It's a refrence to Willy Wonka inevitably getting older and dealing with age. The river is time and and the boat is his life and as wonka says "there is no earthly way of knowing", and also "shows no signs of slowing".
+Daniel Hernandez AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA
(CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA)
After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene:
The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca.
There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline.
(specifically Amanita muscaria)
Willy is the shaman who leads the journey.
Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song)
The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void.
They move forward through fearful scenes.
After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves.
Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
@@TerriRorek interesting
1:55 they already a series as creepy as this, its called The Twilight Zone
+Johann Schmidt// Red Skull You can actually find the 1950s Twilight Zone tv series on Netflix.
+Captain Jack Harkness The Twilight Zone movie was even more creepy. Instead of chickens getting their heads cut off, it was actors.
A creepy boat show was on the air in 1971.
Candle Cove.
The Twilight Zone was the 60s
Thay wont see this
To be honest, I'd like to try that Tunnel ride
Nope (I don't do drugs)
Just normal
Ohhhh hail naw
They should make a Willy Wonka amusement park 😂👍
@@rachels6582 You can experience everything the actors did?
1. Dive into a *chocolate* river, and get shot up a pipe
2. Turn into a giant blueberry
3. Fall down a garbage chute
4. Get shrunken so you look like an action figure
@@DakariKingMykan I'll join you, that tunnel ride looks like fun
"What is this a freakout?"
Zultan “Hey, this isn’t funny, Wonka!”
Wonka's singing was ad-libbed. And I believe people said none of the other actors knew about the tunnel. Would that mean that everything the other actors said was ad-libbed?
@@Melcat96 you can't possibly see where your going wonka!!!!
@@patrickstar2358 You're right. I can't.
I like to think that, just at that moment, the boat goes off course, and slams into the side of the tunnel.
You can't possibly see where your going wonka!!!!
You're right, I can't. *CRASH*
@@nbuehster boy what a great series this would make!!!
How did a song about pure imagination and eating candy lead to this!? ;-;
Acid is a hell of a drug, that's how...
They were all on XTC. That's what the rainbow drops were.
If they made this movie now, with this scene:
"Hang on, where we going?"
"I don't know, but I don't like the looks of that tunnel up there. Hey, Wonka! I want off!'
"Round the world and home again! That's the sailor's way"
*"Pure Imagination" music is suddenly replaced with Dubstep*
3:17 Me on Space Mountain at Disney Land.
When you think about it, this scene is like a messed up Space Mountain.
A comedian made a great joke about Wonka as an airline pilot doing this bit on the intercom, and now I can't watch this scene with a straight face
That was Rifftrax, wasn't it? Mike Nelson and Neil Patrick Harris?
Jaylene Hake
No, it was an unknown comedian I saw at a comedy shop years ago.
+Julianne Hannes well, he stole it then.
+Julianne Hannes well, he stole it then.
Jaylene Hake
I doubt it, I heard it back in 2004 and the Rifftrax was recorded in 2012
I used to hate this scene as a kid but now I absolutely love it. 😍
"Boy what a great series this would make!" lmao I'm gonna say that to every unexpected situation that can't be explained. LMAO and I just realized he freaken took out his gun at 2:22
"There's no earthly way of knowing...
Which direction we are going...
There's no knowing where we're rowing...
Or which direction the river's flowing...
Is it raining? Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Bah! Not a speck of light is showing.
So the danger must be growing.
Are the fires of hell a-glowing?
Is the grizzly reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing,
So the rowers keep on rowing!
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!!!"
Ah Willy Wonka... You never get old with your insanity. Gene Wilder, you never stop making me love ya even more. ^w^
Willy Wonka = Wily Wonky
The chicken getting beheaded is terrible! The millipede is bad too. Scared me to the point of crying as a kid.
What's a Millipede?
+obsesstivereader21 a long insect with a long body and tons of legs. Some are poisonous....
About the chicken:
Willy Wonka had a tunnel E-I-E-I-O
And in that tunnel he had a chicken E-I-E-I-O
With a *CHOP CHOP* here
And a *CHOP CHOP* there
The 2005 boat ride was much more magical and beautiful! Dahl would have approved of that one a bit more.
This....was...interesting to watch as a kid.
Kafss There were no redeeming factors for the 2005 movie compared to this one
AppleAssassin
I think the fact that Roald Dahl himself called the first movie a disgrace is good enough to compare that the 2005 probably upped the old version in many parts.
Kafss His opinion is as worthless as any of ours. He was so close minded he probably would've hated both.
Kafss His opinion is as worthless as any of ours. He was so close minded he probably would've hated both.
+Kafss DON'T SAY THAT! I was 100% more terrified of the 2005 one. The people is what mostly creeped me out, and the music.
I will never forget this scene! One minute everyone was having the time of their life eating candy, and the next they are screaming for their lives! This is filmmaking at its best!!!
I like how all the other kids seem frightened except charlie.
"You're Going To Love This!! Just Love It!" Don't They Find That A Little Suspicious When Wonka Said It Like That?
"What business you in, Saul?"
"NUTS!"
"
I saw the Tom and Jerry version of this scene (seriously I can't get over how they got away with saying "Hell"), and even that insanity doesn't hold up to the sense of primal fear performed in this version. Gene Wilder did an amazing job in this scene; he alone is making my heart race. Kudos to this movie for providing a really scary scene that I'm surprised no one in the movie mentioned again. I would hope Wonka or Charlie does something to that tunnel for future visitors though, geez.
Willy Wonka has invented "Creepypasta for Kids"
Gene was such a great actor.
He was very good at the serious stuff, only wish he did more than just comedy roles.
Finally something Veruca DIDN'T want.
Veruca: hey daddy, I want a boat like this one.
*after the nightmare ride*
Veruca: daddy I do not want a boat like this.
Me: wise choice.
Me: It wasn't the boat. It was where the boat was taking you.
This scene scared me when I was a kid.
"What business are you in, Salt?"
"Deez Nuts!"
-(Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2015)
Oh... I believe that this was probably the cause of my fear of tunnels that I has as a child.
2:25
Your welcome.
The little comment by Veruca "Daddy, I do NOT want a boat like this!" Made that scene funny again for me.
R.I.P Gene thank you for bring hours of entertainment to us 😔
ROUND THE WORLD AND HOME AGAIN THAT'S THE SAILOR'S WAY
Translation: You're staying on this boat wether you like it or not!
2:23 Did he just, pull, a, gun? *watches it again* HE DID!!!!!!!!
Hsaw Aknow scene:
"It's sticking to my gun!"
When he starts singing, Veruca shakes her head and gives a look like "this guy is fucking insane.". lol
and the dad is like hehe hes singing - ill act just as crazy to blend in then he wont kill me
@@rhiannon650 Wonka: "There's no knowing where we're rowing"
Veruca's dad: "Rowing"
"What business you in, Salt?"
"Nuts!"
*turns away*
What might be lost on many viewers is that his shying away after being told this is because that response can be interpreted as shorthand for "Nuts to you!", which is essentially old-timey vernacular for: "Fuck off!".
They put so much subtlety and wit into old films, whereas newer films prefer to shove everything down your gullet and mask the pauses in between with explosions and naked women.
becomes creepier as you get older
"We're there" - "w-where.. - "here." Gene you beautiful bastard x]
Interesting fact everyone's reaction to Wonka's scream was genuine as when shooting this scene they had no idea he was going to do that.
"Your going to love this....just love it."
Yeah...
Michael Townley th-cam.com/video/SnZ7wHytYXs/w-d-xo.html
Favorite scene of his. . RIP
2016 in a nutshell
"IS THE GRIZZLY REAPER MOWING
YES
THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING
FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING
AND THERE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING
ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOH
a small step for mankind, but a giant step for us."
- US Election, and post-election 2016
2020 in a nutshell
@@nbuehster Hah. It ages like a fine wine.
@@jamieohjamie Hopefully it won't be 2021 in a nutshell. (What happened on January 5th made me think this year was going to be the same as, if not worse than, 2020.)
But worst of all,...
DAFT PUNK BROKE UP!!!!!!!!!!! :(
Taking about death AND hell. You know A KIDS MOVIE!
Aw how I sweet, I still remember the childhood trauma. So nostalgic!
did shrooms yesterday in a hotel room, this is literally the best video I can use to describe the experience
+Robert Smith AYAHUASCA & MAGIC MUSHROOM REFERENCES IN WILLY WONKA
(CHOCOLATE IS ALSO AN MAOI LIKE AYAHUASCA)
After having been on an ayahuasca journey, I now understand the symbolism of this scene:
The water is the color and consistency of ayahuasca.
There are magic mushrooms along the shoreline.
(specifically Amanita muscaria)
Willy is the shaman who leads the journey.
Willy uses his poetry as an icaro. (shaman's guiding chant/song)
The visuals start with architectural forms within a black void.
They move forward through fearful scenes.
After the fearful part of their journey, they can now continue their journey through the magical factory to learn lessons about themselves.
Those characters (representing personality flaws) are purged throughout the tour to leave only the one that is pure.
Did anyone notice that the tunnel was a green screen you can tell because if you look closely at the boat its not moving at all and i think the scary things in the tunnel are short clips from scary movies
Except the video where a millipede crawled over the person's face.
Tim I looked closely and i still don't see the boat not moving
+Powerranger6342 to this day I am frightened by that part!
No, the images are not, but the feelings of the actors are real. Fact, to create the illusion of movement, they projected footage from a Munich traffic tunnel behind the boat.
@@brandoncolis3841 I know Wonka's poem was ad-libbed. But what I want to know is, since I believe people said the actors didn't know about the tunnel, period, if everything they said was ad-libbed.
This scene scared the hell out of me as a kid
I couldn't re-watch this film for years afterwards after watching it late at night as a kid (about six at the time) . it scared the heck out of me.
I find it hilarious that the dads start freaking out first.
Did you guys know Willy Wonka improvised what he was saying? That was the cast's real reaction to what Gene Wilder was saying. It was improvised. The directors wanted him just to say stuff to actually scare them instead of having them "acting" scared
No he didn't, it's in the book
display name Reread my comment. "Willy Wonka improvised what he was SAYING." That was NOT in the book.
Kinda like the lunch scene from Alien.