WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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- WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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As much as I adore Johnny Depp absolutely no one can compare to Gene Wilders portrayal of Willy Wonka. He OWNED this role 💜🤩💥
My least favorite Johnny Depp role
Wilder was also much kinder to women, so there's that.
Yeah, I always appreciated that Johnny Depp took chances with his characters but his Wonka-as-Michael-Jackson was a definite swing and a miss. It also didn't help that Tim Burton took all the magic out of the Wonka character by making him a child-like idiot who just FOUND the candy machines and had no idea how they worked instead of being a candy genius. Or that he ham-fistedly tacked on the whole "Wonka's dad was a dentist" backstory that further demystified Wonka rather then letting him be the mysterious character he's meant to be. And once you get to Danny Elfman tossing out the whole Oompa Loompa vibe and just writing their songs as new Oingo Boingo tracks... idk. Man, it just wasn't a good movie.
@@johnplaysgames3120 I agree. I thought it sucked actually
@@urthboundmisfit and Presidents.
Our childhood classic! Gene Wilder should never be forgotten.
Him and Richard Pryor were some fools in Stir Crazy!!! Iconic scenes...
Blazing Saddles was *ours..
And I agree. Gene Wilder should not be forgotten 👍
Hell yes! Definitely one of my favorite films in my childhood!
@@user-vu7us9sw9i See No Evil, Hear No Evil was always a favorite of mine
Yes! Willy Wonka, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy and many more. A master
Fun facts:
-Faking a limp with his cane and then suddenly doing a somersault as Wonka's first actions in the movie was Gene Wilder's idea, he insisted on it. He felt it would get across that NOTHING about Wonka should ever be trusted or taken at face value. Peter Ostrum's (Charlie) worried reaction is genuine, he thought that Gene had injured himself because he had been walking just fine the previous day.
-Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum (Charlie) became really close friends on-set and remained in regular and frequent contact throughout Gene's life, even after Ostrum retired from acting and became a veterinarian. When Gene Wilder died, Ostrum added to his facebook profile that he had just inherited a chocolate factory.
-during the 'YOU GET NOTHING!' scene, Pete Ostrum was not told just how vitriolic Gene was going to be. His heartbroken and terrified reaction as he's shouted at is very real... he thought he had done something to upset his friend. Just before the scene began, Gene told him 'You have never really seen me act before now. Now you will see me act.' After, Gene gave him a hug and told him it was okay, he was just pretending, because he didn't like yelling at children.
-When Gene Wilder was diagnosed with and began his battle with Alzheimers that he would eventually lose, he made the conscious decision to keep the whole struggle a secret. Why? 'I don't want the children of the world thinking about a poor, old, sick Willy Wonka.'
When Gene Wilder was acting crazy on the boat, the kids all said later they thought he really was losing his mind.
Gene Wilder IS Willy Wonka.
@@karenhall4645 It was also because the whole thing was ad-libbed.
Gene terrified EVERYONE with that, adults included. All their reactions are totally genuine!
I talked to Peter Ostrum on the phone about twenty years ago. He is a vet in upstate NY and lives an hour away from me.
Gene Wilder is THE Willy Wonka. no one else can compare. this movie made up a huge part of my childhood and even as an adult, I still find it magical and it never fails to put a smile on my face. so glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤
This is why you can’t do remakes. This movie is iconic and you can never reimagine the magic of the original.
I loved this as a kid...certain parts and lines made me laugh so hard! So good! ❤
@@heidisprouse4290 The fact Gene Wilder didn’t give an F about the kids was great
It's a shame that Roald Dahl didn't approve of this movie
I love Gene, but Johnny Depp is THE Willy Wonka for me!
The 2005 movie was my whole entire childhood and nothing will ever be able to compare, plus Depps version actually stayed true to the book and even the Dahl family themselves much prefer Depps version 💜
Imagine seeing this as a young kid in 1971 (I was in second grade). Long before computer graphics and CGI stuff was invented. This was pure magic to a generation of kids.
I can only imagine how disturbing/scary the boat scene was. 😂
I saw this the first time in probably 1992 or 1993 (so six or seven), and it was still scary.
Same here. I remember going to the cinema with my mum and dad to see....
I remember when it hit network TV, they only showed this movie once a year and if you missed it you missed it. I recall the first year it was on TV begging my folks to leave my Aunts place to get back in time to watch it. I think we got home just in time. Only 3 channels back then.....and if the president came on you were boned.
I was 12, and my brother was an newborn, so this sticks with me for that reason alone.
Was still amazing to me in 1990's so can only imagine.. timeless film 👌 x
Love when Amber says you can't live on chocolate and Jay's defense is that there's gummi bears too.
That's MY kind of balanced diet 😂
Scarily prophetic, seeing all those gummi "vitamins" on the shelves.
Sadly, as Gene Wilder aged he was diagnosed with dementia, one of his requests was to endure his final days at home because he was so honored by each generation who he met and was told how enamoured and revered by parents and their children, that he didn't want children to see how sick he truly was ruining their memory of him in his most iconic role. Makes me cry just thinking about it. 🥹
I always loved that man!
Wilder was accustomed to dealing with tragedy. He was married to SNL alum Gilda Radner, who died of cancer.
@@davestang5454 True, I was alive then. Loved them in "Haunted Honeymoon".
When Gene Wilder was approached for the role of Wonka he had one condition: he wanted to do a trick entrance (the limp and cane bit) because after that no one would know what to expect from him. The little flower cup was actually wax and, yes, Gene actually bit into it. He also improvised that creepy scene in the boat tunnel.
The lyrics for the creepy song are straight from the book. The way he sang it was improvised though. 😊
Fun Fact: During the tunnel scene when Wonka was singing, like the rest of his scenes, Gene Wilder improvised the song. But what makes it better is that none of the adults or kids knew he was going to do that and all their reactions during the scene were genuine and presumed Wilder was going nuts.
And Depp's version failed since it didn't include that scene, IMO.
@@mhill781 There are a number of reasons Burton and Depp's version didn't work, IMO. Among them, (1) Depp's weird Wonka-as-Michael-Jackson impersonation was more distracting than magical; (2) Depp's Wonka NOT being a candy genius, but instead just being a child-like idiot who found some machines and pushed buttons without knowing how they worked (which takes away the magic of Wonka in the same way that midichlorians took the magic out of the Force); (3) Danny Elfman throwing out the whole Willy Wonka vibe and just writing the Oompa Loompa songs as new Oingo Boingo tracks. I mean, I loved Oingo Boingo but, man, just release a new album. That movie was neither the time nor the place; and (4) that whole ending with the backstory of Willy Wonka's dad being a dentist just felt tacked-on and ham-fisted. I get that directors often want to put their own stamp on things but adding a clumsy, stilted motivation to a classic character and movie that didn't need it (and which, like the "Wonka doesn't know how the candy machines work" thing, took away from the magic of the Wonka character) felt like someone painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
The entire movie is just trolling anyone not named Gene Wilder.
@@brianl8481 This is the best summary of this movie I've ever heard.😂
Improvised the song??? It's in the book!
Gene Wilder was so patient with the kids whilst making this movie both on and off set. He took time to amuse them and make them laugh & never made them feel like they were bothering him. Great guy! Also the actor who plays Charlie (Peter Ostrum) made only one movie. When he grew up, he studied to become a veterinarian.
He became a large animal veterinarian - horses, cows etc - and lives near me in the Hudson Valley.....along with Liam Neeson, James Earl Jones and Peter Dinklage.
He said they were all very nice and easy to work with, well except for one. He famously admitted that Mike Teavee was a pain in the ass LOL!!!
Both of the young girls-- now adults obviously-- admitted they crushed on Peter Rostum for a bit while shooting the film.
@@isoldejaneholland8370 , ahh I used to live in the Hudson Valley....so beautiful around there.
@@isoldejaneholland8370 Now I want to see a series where they are all in the same social group and hang out drinking beer like the characters in King of the Hill.
FYI: Gene Wilder was considered to be a comedic acting genius in his day. He used to be married to actress/comedienne, Gilda Radner (of original SNL cast fame), but unfortunately, she had passed away in the prime of her career due to ovarian cancer in 1989 (42yo). Gene was never quite the same after her death. He took her passing hard and the quality of his work suffered. Felt really sorry for him. They were an adorable couple. Gene passed away in 2016 due to complications from Alzheimer's disease (83)
Well the "quality" of his work suffered may have suffered because his heart just wasn't as into it anymore once Gilda passed.
@@1Cheytown I believe that was implied in the above comment.
@blacksheep_edge1412 it's called reiterating something
Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) said that the little boy who played Charlie was so sweet and soft spoken that during that last scene when Willy had to shout at him, he wanted SO much to sit and talk to him before hand to tell him to not be afraid, but if he'd done that then that might have made it harder for the child to act in the scene so he let it stand. He was such a sweet man himself. I had a huge crush on him all through my teen years. Him and Danny Kaye lol.
Roald Dahl is a phenomenal child author. His books will definitely get your kids into reading. From this to James and the Giant peach, to Matilda, his stories are legendary. The entire collection is a must for any child's library.
Roald Dahl is a great author. There is a Roald Dahl Museum. His own Museum just announced that "Roald Dahl's Racism is Undeniable and Indelible. Because of course they did. Welcome to 2023.
Roald Dahl hated this movie, though.
@@amputeerightyeah I heard he hated it. But the son of JR Tolkien (owner of the estate at the time) hated the LOTR movies too, so.
@@Duck420Agi mean, he was. I'll be reading his stories to my kids one day but c'mon now, thats no reason to bury my head in the sand and deny reality. Being a good author doesn't erase everything else, and being racist doesn't erase being a good author. Just ask Lovecraft fans
My 3rd and 4th grade teacher (same teacher) would read too us after lunch every day. So many of his books, the "Little House" books, "All of a Kind Family" books. It really gave me a great love of reading!
So many classic lines from Gene in this movie
"Help. Police. Murder."
"Stop, don't, come back."
By gum it's gum, "WRONG!"
"These suspense is TERRIBLE…I hope it'll last"
And of course
"SO YOU GET…NOTHING…YOU LOSE…GOOD DAY SIR!"
Iconic performance, will never be duplicated or surpassed.
Lose. It’s lose. So sick of idiots spelling it loose
@@kevinjoy7728 it's called auto correct and I didn't notice, chill homie 😅
This was one of many stories written by Roald Dahl. He was a marvelously imaginative writer of short stories and wrote for children in a way that did not treat them like idiots. He was not afraid to place dark and scary elements in his stories trusting that children were smart enough to take it. Other stories of his that were made into movies were "James and the Giant Peach" "The Witches" "Matilda" and "The BFG". Gene Wilder , who played Willie Wonka was a fantastic comedic actor who is worth further reaction in "Blazing Saddles" "Young Frankenstein" and formed a great parnership with the late great Richard Pryor in the classic buddy comedies "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy" .
Roald Dahl also wrote adult horror novels and short stories. Imagine if Stephen King wrote a children's book. Please, Mr. King, please. A touch of darkness couldn't help but ooze into his children's stories. I think Amber and Jay, as teachers, would enjoy Matilda. I mean, who doesn't wish they had a teacher like Miss Honey. I haven't seen the remake of The Witches, but I have heard it's darker than the original movie, staying closer to Dahl's original storyline.
Please react to Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles which features Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid and Cleavon Little as Sherriff Bart.
Am I wrong, or didn't they react to Blazing Saddles a while ago? I'll have to look.
Dont forget 'Danny the Champion of the world' starring Jeremy Irons.
It's also true to say that Grimms fairy stories were really dark. It's the modern day that things got toned down surprisingly. Disney probably had a good deal to do with making things a bit chocolate box, even though I am a huge fan and at least he likes to make you shed a tear also, so not totally snowflake.
I was born in 1965. I have to say that this and Mary Poppins are still my most favorite two (non-animated) movies from my childhood. I love the song “Pure Imagination” from this movie, and I love “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from Mary Poppins.
1964 here. Yes. Don't forget about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Those songs are so catchy and fun to sing along.
Oh yes, you have to watch Mary Poppins.
They’re better than Bad Moms
A fun fact about Julie Dawn Cole, who played Veruca Salt. She was often told to be “nastier” because she wasn’t being bratty enough. And that was likely because she was the complete opposite of her character in real life. Her parents were divorced and she lived with her mother and sister in the “Low Rent” district. Shows you how good she was as an actress.
I used to call my niece Veruca when she would say she “wanted something” in a nasty tone lol.
She also detested Chocolate hahah as another side note, there was a Band named Veruca salt, after her character..
If I recall correctly the "bratty" scene was a treat she got for her birthday just turning 13
And my first crush.
@@danlayne9436 yeah explains my hs years. some real pieces of work i got with.
I was 6 years old in '71. I can't overstate what an impact this movie had on kids growing up in the '70s. As others have said, few have ever embodied a role so perfectly as Gene Wilder did with Willy Wonka.
Born in 87, it still shaped us. Hard to pick a singular more influential film.
"So shines a good deed in a weary world." I was also six when I first saw this probably ten years after you did, and I wish they hadn't left that scene out of the YT cut, because that one hit me hard when I was a kid. It changed the whole movie for me, up til that point I thought Wonka was the villain for sure and Grandpa Joe was the hero. My little clay brain took in the lesson intended 40 years ago and ever since I've tried to do good even when it costs me everything. They don't make movies for kids like this one any more.
born 93, im late but even in my childhood owning this on VHS it was a monthly watch like jurassic park, So few movies back then stuck out so much in my childhood. I recently watched the where are they documentry and i think it was my only one i ever watched that i can remember because of how they aged and stepped from the spot light to be humble everyday people.
Same here
I was 8 when it came out and I saw it in the theater. I've loved it my whole life. And I've loved Gene Wilder my whole life.
The first time the kids and their parents see the chocolate room was literally the first time they had seen it. The director kept everyone in the dark until the shot of their reactions, to get the real reaction from them. The director used the same trick for the Wonka-Mobile. He did not tell the actress that she would be spewed with a huge amount of suds and her reaction is genuine.
I'd read once that the boat ride scene was done the same way. The actors were just told to stay in character xD
@@Perid0tStarThey didn't know about Gene's creepy delivery of his lines ("There's no Earthly way of knowing... which direction we are going... " etc) either, adding to their genuine reactions. The background film with the chicken getting his head cut off etc was unknown to them as well.
Just a perfect, feel good film. No other remake will ever come close
Instead of viewing the subsequent films as mere 'remakes’ of the original, perhaps consider them for what they all are - distinct and unique adaptations of the original book.
Gene Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe, and I feel like he should've been nominated for an Oscar. The performance of a lifetime and in my opinion it will never be topped. Amazing.
Yes but there were some other great performances that year. Like Topol in Fiddler On The Roof and Gene Hackman for The French Connection
@GamingSaturnMoonManBoy this is true. I believe Hackman won that year.
@@CSC52698 He did. Another performance that wasn’t Oscar nominated but was one of the best that year was Malcom McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
Willy Wonka, Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks were a huge part of my childhood. Thank you for this.❤ Almost forgot.. The Neverending story. They played every summer on TV. Give those a chance when you can please.
Mine too! I remember seeing all of them at the movies when I was little
@@laurabailey1054 me three!
So many of my childhood favorites listed here! The Neverending Story is a must!
I vote for Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang
Mary Poppins is a must. Stars Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke (both are living legends).
Gene Wilder played every part, in every film he was in brilliantly! HE was a national treasure…Please watch more of his films. Young Frankenstein would be the perfect movie for you to watch his brilliance explode into perfection. ❤❤
I loved this movie as a child and even today as an adult I still have a fondness for Charlie. He is the child we all wanted to be. Unselfish and kind. The world could use more of that right now.
Gene Wilder made a lot of great films but he was born for this role. He nailed it. Great lessons for kids and parents alike in this movie.
Fun fact about the movie. Wonka was actually seeing if Charlie was a good pick to replace him since the beginning. None of the other kids ever mattered. It's in the book also. At the end Charlie passes the final test by giving the candy back to Wonka. Go back and look at the scene when the Candy man gave Charlie the chocolate bar. Look at the meaningful look in his eyes. He was in one it also. Slugworth worked for Wonka. He was choosing what kids should win the golden tickets. Thats why he was in every scene when someone won.
I just rewatched that scene. I think you’re right that the candy man knew what he was giving him!
So millions of people are buying bars based on being told that they have a chance of winning a golden ticket by doing so, when in fact they have no such chance. I see a consumer fraud and deceptive practices case in Willy Wonka's future.
Dude we know this. 😂
@@jimipurple123 no. Most people don't
@@jimipurple123I've seen this movie Many times and I admit that I didn't know this. I didn't read the book and, to be honest, I just never thought about it until now. So, not everyone knows
This is one of those childhood movies that has a special place in my heart. Fun fact: a lot of these scenes were arranged so that no one but Gene Wilder knew how they were going to be played. The other actors didn't know he'd come out with a limp in his first appearance, so their confusion is genuine. When they step into the chocolate room for the first time, that was the actors' actual first time going in there - that's real wonder on their faces. In that hallucinogenic boat scene, they didn't know Wilder was going to be so unhinged with his line delivery or that he was going to sing, so they're all genuinely like "WTF" there. Charlie's actor also didn't know Wilder was going to yell at him in the office scene: Wilder played his lines much more calmly in previous takes and wasn't allowed to tell Charlie's actor he'd be ramping it up, even though he wanted to clue him in, because the directors wanted more genuine distress from Charlie. Afterwards Wilder made sure to check in with him and make sure he was ok. Wilder was such a unique actor, and he killed this role - he will always be the one and only Willy Wonka in my heart.
I got a special edition of this where the kids (now adults) did a commentary throughout the film. All of them would talk about how they wished they had been able to keep the props (the golden ticket, the gobstopper etc) and then Veruca's actress would admit that she snuck them out 😆 The others teased that she really got into character.
I loved that Veruca's actress mentioned that she had worked with the great performer who sang Candyman a few months before the commentary.
The reactions of the kids to the candy room were genuine. They weren't allowed to see it till that moment.
And everything really was edible. Except that lemonade flower Willy eats. That was wax and Gene Wilder was not a fan. Anyone that has had halloween wax lips can tell you they're not high on flavor.
It's too bad there aren't any close-ups of their reactions to make it more impactful
Yes, I've heard that also ... The cast wasn't allowed to see the Candy Room until that moment in filming to get their true reactions.
The cane scene where Wonka falls forward into a front roll was all Gene's idea. He thought that it would make him untrustworthy. It's cool that you guys picked up on that.
LOL at Martin Bormann being the photo of the ticket fraud guy.
@@fredfinks GASP! Is that who that is??? I never knew!
@@thinkbolt Ol Marty probably would have listened to Wonka and not been a naughty boy! (charlie still stole the burp drink)
@@fredfinks Because his deadbeat grandpa told him to.
That old geezer almost made Charlie lose everything. Don't forget, Slugworth worked for Wonka. Nobody was getting that $10K.
Pfft. Whadda maroon.
hahaha
One of the all time classics! Fun fact, Peter Ostrum who played Charlie never ended up doing any more acting - he'd considered it, but he found that his real love was in veterinary work, and he still practices, mostly for large animals like horses.
My cousin lived down the road from him. He was a vet with a farm in upper N.y. His daughter went to the same school as my cousins son.
Great reaction! The genius of Gene Wilder is that he insisted before filming that everybody keep guessing about Wonka's character, so Wilder thought up that business with the walk, cane, and somersault at the beginning--the audience will always be kept off-balance about Wonka until the end. Masterful performance.
As a child in the '70s, one could always look forward to certain movies on television on an annual basis. This is one of the movies that I watched repeatedly growing up. Others that I watched annually would include The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). I hope you'll consider adding both to your reaction list, and even consider showing them to your own children if you like them.
Yes! And The Sound of Music!
Oh yeah. It was special, because you waited, anticipated watching every year. Not being able to just stream anything, anytime, anywhere. It just loses that something special.
Remember the "SFM Holiday Network"?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFM_Holiday_Network
Every Holiday we got off of school, they showed those specials. All the animated classics, and the claymation movies too.
I've been looking for one specific movie for the past 25 years, and can't remember but one scene with an evil character (think Tim Burtonesque) and his minion "candle" when it's raining, where the evil guy says to the candle, "Do something you waxy dolt!" and the candle replies "Rain, rain, go away!" I have no other memory of the movie, just that scene, but it was animated, not claymation. If anyone knows the name of that movie (it was on the SFM Holiday Network"), then please reply! Thanks. ;^)
So true ❤❤😊!! And The Ten Commandments, or Ben Hur, around Easter!
I was just thinking about that, how special it was to watch this, Oz, and Sound of Music with the family on holidays. And, as kids who rarely got candy, we were *mesmerized* from the intro credits onward.
🎉😊 the remake was terrible
This is a classic. The remake years later, "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory" with Johnny Depp was good but the original movie was the one I saw in theaters. Yes, Wonka Bars were introduced with the "Golden Ticket" in a attempt to generate excitement for the movie. It didn't do well at the box office when it came out, but is now looked upon as a favorite. If you liked this movie, then I would recommend at some time that you give "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" a try with Dick Van Dyke.
I like both movies. Gene Wilder is, by far, the superior Wonka; while the Johnny Depp version is much closer to the original book.
@susanowen1709 exactly. Most people only know the story from this movie, so this is the Wonka they know. In the book he is kind of creepy and Depp's performance brings this out.
I read this book as a child and I just cannot stand what Depp and Burton did to Willy Wonka. He was described in the book as a little man with a sparkle in his eye, energetic and chipper, and looking like "a squirrel". He didn't hate kids, he only disapproved of bad kids. Wilder was much closer than Depp by a mile.
Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke is also wonderful. The Apple Dumpling Gang with Tim Conway was such a fun movie too. There were a ton of fun movies from back in the day for kids and adults to enjoy together. :)
+1 for _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ vote.
Welcome to the world of Roald Dahl. He wrote so many wonderful children's books... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and my personal favorite: The Magic Finger. Most of his stories include the elements you saw in this film -- the defined awfulness of the parents and their bratty children, the sometime questionable decisions of the hero, and the overall quirkiness of pretty much everyone. It's what makes his writing so unique and enjoyable, especially from a child's perspective!
"A Wangdoodle, sounds like Australia" had me dead...I love listening to you guys interpret your feelings and ideas. I would love to have seen the girls reaction to this as well only bc I watched this when I was their age, thank you RSMR. Love from Perth City, Australia.
I love that word Wangdoodle! You're from Perth City!?!? Say hi to Kevin Parker for me!!!
This was my childhood in the 70s I was 10 years old in 1971 I was raised in Kodiak Alaska with my family I had a wonderful Childhood. I miss the 70s bad.
I'm amazed that you haven't yet watched what is considered to be one of the GOAT classics. The 1939 version of the Wizard of Oz is an amazing story with music that you may recognize and ground breaking effects for it's time. You and you're kids will love it! It was televised once a year from the 60's to the 80's and was considered a big yearly event.
Absolutely.
It aired on CBS from 1959 to 1991, when it was bought by Ted Turner. It showed 3 more years (not in a row) on CBS per the deal, then has been shown on TNT every year since. So it's still aired every year, just now on a cable channel not a lot of people watch.
That's true. I watched it on TV every year growing up, but I stopped watching television altogether in 2001, and I never went back to it. Just a couple of years ago, I decided to rewatch Wizard of Oz, after not seeing it for at LEAST 20 years. I expected it to be horribly dated, but I was blown away at how well it still held up. The storyline, music, and comedy is still great. I was surprised at how much I still enjoyed it. I guess that is why it is still a classic after 84 years.
Totally second the Wizard of Oz rec.
this discrepancy has gone on far too long and must be rectified, Wizard of Oz is a key stone in the history of movies
The Candyman was a hit song for Sammy Davis Jr. Check out the song as a reaction. A bit more up tempo than the movie and really catchy.
If you can catch the video showing Sammy with the Boston Pops Orchestra, that would be an awesome bonus!
21:36 fun fact: while most of the stuff on that set actually _was_ edible, that cup Gene Wilder took a bite of was _not._ He improvised it.
I’m a 61 years old man, I hear that opening theme music, and I immediately start to tear up with joy!!
Honestly, my favorite song in the whole movie is "Pure Imagination". I love the way Gene Wilder sang the lyrics.
There is no life I know to compare with it.
I was six years old when my parents took us to see this movie. It’s always been magical. No other actor except Gene Wilder, could have played the part as Wonka. Peter Ostrum, the child actor playing Charlie Bucket, graduated from Cornell University Veterinary Medicine and works in Lowville, NY.
I believe I've read that he does not like to talk about it and prefers to keep his life quiet like any other ordinary person.
Edit: he does talk about it occasionally. But he has not acted in any other movies or TV shows.
@@adammoldover8769 someone will eventually deep fake him into the shining, a redo of the whole movie.
As a young child the boat ride was a bit disturbing but it slowly became one of my favorite parts
Fun Facts:
Gene Wilder (Willy Wanka) insisted on doing the limp and tumble roll (not in the book) and only agreed to do the movie if the producers accepted.
In the book the Ompa Lumpas were written as African type, dark skinned natives. They changed it for the movie to maintain sensitivity.
In the book there was no Slugworth tempting the kids. No great test at the end.
While filming, the actor who played Charlie fearfully said that he couldn't sing. During his song and dance number the director told Charlie that they would dub his voice over with a professional singer to make him more comfortable. (They didn't.)
During filming, the girl actresses were all in love with Charlie, to the point of fighting over his attention.
The young actor playing Charlie never acted in another movie. Today he's a farm animal vet.
And finally the name of the book actually is... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
As a former paperboy back in the late 80s, at that time not only did I throw papers up on porches & driveways, I also had to first sort and fold the newspapers from big stacks the newspaper would drop in my driveway. Helped me buy comics as a kid. 😃
Didn’t they also have a red box, where the papers would be dropped off and the kids would go take them from that box?
@@laurakali6522 it’s possible, mine were delivered right to my driveway. Probably all sorts of processes used by different newspapers
and bump the sack of papers over the bridge into the river when the weather was BADBADBADBAD lol
As a paperboy in the 90s had to do the same thing. Got a stack of the papers and a stack of the ads/inserts ya had to stick in the papers. Bagging them if the weather was forecast to be rainy too. Also had to do collect the subscription fees from the customers who didn't chose to pay the paper directly. $130-140 a month for 7 days a week delivery (but only about 30-35 papers in the neighborhood that was my territory tho) but that was good money in the mid 90s as a 13 yr old. Bought my 1st car at 16 from my paper route money.
@@pencilnecked1579 nice job saving for the car! I didn’t have to collect from anyone but I do remember how annoying the ads/inserts were. Bagging for rain wasn’t too bad but growing up in San Diego it didn’t happen often.
This movie means so much to me. Back in the day, before VCRs, this movie would come on only about once a year, and it was always a big event at our house. It was the movie that introduced me to the amazing Gene Wilder and to this day, I get misty eyes over the song "Pure Imagination".
And fewer commercials so we could enjoy the movie.
My children were introduced to the Movies we grew up with,and My children keep it going with their children,I wish the generations Now could grow up like we did,so fun and mostly innocent. We can pass these kind of movies on Thankfully
Yes!!!! Just like The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music!!! You could really only see it once a year so when it came on it was a real event!!
Another truly great musical film from back then that has a similar spirit to this movie, that I know you two will love, is "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)". This was the trifecta of these kinds of movies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Wizard of Oz. All the kids had to watch these movies every year. And also "March of the Wooden Soldiers" from 1934, starring Laurel and Hardy.
This film kept as close as possible to the book , which made it such a joy to watch . I do hope they do a version of the sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Gene Wilder is absolutely fantastic as both a comedian and an actor. If you haven't yet seen them, I highly recommend "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", and "Young Frankenstein". I think you guys will enjoy both.
Don’t forget him in “Blazing Saddles”, a Mel Brooks classic along with “Young Frankenstein”
Add in the “The Producers” as a great Gene Wilder film.
Stir Crazy is hilarious with Richard Pryor
The Frisco Kid with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford was pretty good too!
@@johnhamilton748 Any of the movies with Richard Pryor -- those two were great together. So very funny!
It seemed to me Wonka had it planned and knew who would find the tickets based on the room's, Mike TV, a TV room, Violet a gum champion, a machine that makes, gum, Augustus was in a room where you can eat anything and Veruca was told she couldn't have a golden egg when she was spoiled and got anything she wanted, they were all tested in their rooms and lost, and I believe Charlie was picked for his good heart and his test was at the end where he passed
Also if you pay attention whenever there was transportation there would be exactly enough seats. After Augustus falls in the chocolate river the boat shows up, but no seats for him or his parent.
@@martinramey1224 Yes, and the machine spitting out the foam, and the Wonkavater too.
Just wonderful. I love this movie. When Gene Wilder dies some years back some theaters across the country for one day played Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory for the price of a Wonka chocolate bar around $1.50 to see the movie in theaters. It was wonderful. The theater audience (including me) gave Gene Wilder a standing ovation.
Denise Nickerson, the young actress who played Violet Beauregard (the gum chewer) was also part of the cast of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. She played Amy Jennings, the girl whose brother, Chris, was a werewolf.
"Play the game, Amy!"
There are two constants in this world when it comes to movies, ones that never age - The Wizard of Oz, and this film. Pure magic. I love this, my parents love this - your kids will too. A film for the ages. I adored Gene Wilder - you need to watch more of his work. A brilliant actor, with laser precision comedic timing, and an impossibly nice man in real life. Thanks for this, a lovely reaction.
He married Gilda Radner ( SNL ). She died of cancer.
@@treetopjones737 I know. Not sure he ever got over that to be honest. But, a lovely man by all accounts.
So many iconic moments and quotes in this movie. No remake/reboot/re-whatever can ever come close to what this one brings.
It feels so good seeing you guys experience part of my childhood for the first time. This movie was adored by us all when we were kids. Willie Wonka, Oliver, Wizard of Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fitzwilly, Never a Dull Moment, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, the Gnome-mobile and the 60s version of Babes in Toyland were all must sees whenever they were on.
I LOVED Gnome mobile!! I also loved Darby O'Gill.... but it gave my older and younger sibling some nightmeres....
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rules!!
Great reaction. I remember watching this movie as a child and loving it. Now as an adult, it makes me feel like a little kid watching it. In my opinion, Gene Wilder is and always will be Willy Wonka.
My mom showed me this movie, when I was a kid. I've loved it ever since. I lost my mom six years ago. Whenever I watch it, I think about her, and it makes me smile/cry.
So glad you enjoyed it. For me, it's a classic. Gene Wilder will always be Willy Wonka to me. The songs have stayed with me for over 40 years, especially "Pure Imagination".
Over 50 years for me I'm now 63
This was a childhood favorite! Before the days of VCRs, the networks would air this and The Wizard of Oz once a year and we’d gather around the TV set as a family to watch.
Yes - when I was a kid, this, The Wizard of Oz, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang were my three favorites, and I waited and waited for them to be shown on TV. This was before we had cable and home video, never mind streaming, and the networks only showed them once per year - usually around holidays like Thanksgiving or Easter. If you missed it, that was it, and you had to wait until they aired again. That made it more special and gave it a certain magic.
The story of why the Oompa Loompas are orange with green hair is kind of funny: In the book, they are African Pigmies but the director realized that this might be viewed in a negative light someone on the production team said something to the effect of, "Well what are we supposed to do, make them orange with green hair?" and that's exactly what they did (hopefully not offending anyone!). The Tim Burton version follows the book more closely (including the Oompa Loompas), but this one will always be my favorite. I hope the prequel coming out soon, "Wonka", is good.
The boy who played Charlie….this is the only movie he was ever in. He was offered more roles, but turned them down. His passion was for academics. Apparently, he’s extremely intelligent and he went on to become a college professor.
Several legendary songs came from this movie. Sammy Davis Jr. had a big hit with his cover of "The Candy Man." "Pure Imagination" has been covered by everyone from Barbra Streisand to Maroon 5. And the Oompa Loompa song lives in the head of everyone who's ever seen the film.
Besides Wonka Bars and Everlasting Gobstoppers, the most well-known real world Wonka candy is probably Nerds. They used to have a version of M & Ms called Oompas which were peanut butter and chocolate filled that I loved as a kid.
I loved nerds. I remember when they came in a nerd. I collected them all.
Quaker Oats sponsored film’s production (David Wolper).
Nerds is not strictly a Wonka product, dumbass.
The crazy thing about Willy Wonka (71) is that they had an incredibly small budget and a lot of novice actors. And although Gene Wilder and a few other great talents and veteran actors hold the film together, the whole thing comes together and just...works. It turned out to be a classic. By the way, 13:17 is the first movie scene ever to make me cry - and it still gets me choked up. Charlie is such a good kid and so underprivileged and you just want to see him smile for once. Another fun fact, the band Veruca Salt is named after the spoiled girl in this film. Also, a good percentage of what was in the "chocolate room" WAS actually edible. The only scene I could have done without is the trippy boat ride. As a kid, that was pretty terrifying to me.
To this day I can't watch the scene with Charlie and Grandpa Joe without some waterworks starting up. We were poor as dirt so I really identified with those two.
Gene Wilder is a legend, so good in this movie. And the boat scene tripped me out as a kid, but as an adult it's one of my favorite scenes, just adds another layer to the mysterious onion which is Wonka's chocolate factory.
Bit of trivia, all of the dwarfs were German and didn’t speak any English!
My favorite anecdote about this movie is how Gene Wilder got along great with all the kid actors... except Paris Themmen, the kid who played Mike Teavee, who was just an insufferable little shit from day one 😆 At one point during filming, he lifted up the dome that had all the bees in it and let them loose, necessitating a full evacuation of the soundstage. An interviewer asked Wilder how he liked working with the kids, and he said "Oh, four of them are great and one of them I'm going to shoot in the head tomorrow." 😆
@@smitty8663 Not true at all. Most of them were English.
WOW this was my first reaction to someone watching Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory! What fun seeing new eyes on a classic like this. This is one of my favorite childhood movies. They just don't make movies this magical anymore. What a great time looking back.
Little Charlie didn't do much more acting after this movie. He actually grew up and went to college and became a veterinarian. He practices in upstate NY. Love this one more than the remake - even though the remake wasn't too bad.
Jack Albertson portrayed Grandpa Joe.He was an amazing talent winning both an Academy Award and a Tony award. Interesting trivia. If you watch the original Miracle on 34th Street, the Christmas classic, he was the post office worker that suggested sending all the letters to Santa to the man on trial that claimed to be Santa.I had the pleasure of meeting him. I worked at a hotel that housed Broadway touring casts. He was performingin The Sunshine Boys. I was having lunch by myself in the coffee shop and he came in and asked if he could join me. Of course I said yes. We chatted through lunch. He was one of the most kind and down to earth man I've ever met.
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I think nerds are also willy wonka; this brings back such childhood memories...in a child's view; who wouldn't wanna visit a candy factory😂
5:58 This sequence demonstrating how far people are willing to go to win this contest is one of my favourite parts of the movie. So much of the humour went over my head as a kid, but as an adult it brings me so much joy.
A beautiful film, one that the remake could never come near.
As many times as I have seen this, at the moment when Wonka gives Charlie the factory I shed a tear.
That act of kindness moves me every time.
Also, some of the actors who played Umpa Lumpa's went on to play droids and Jawa's in Star Wars.
huh huh...you said Umpa Lumpa!!!🤣🤣🤣
I would disagree with your assessment about the "remake." This movie takes so many liberties when it comes to the story Roald Dahl created that his estate wouldn't allow the studio to make any more movies related to it. It uses none of Dahl's songs and it entirely changes what happens to the kids as well as creating sub plots that just don't exist. This is a good movie, but it is not a good adaptation.
Oh wow! I wasn't expecting a reaction from this movie, it's always been very charming and fun to me too so I hope you guys enjoy it! It's always fun to see people watching this for the first time
There are a lot of movies I know that NO ONE has EVER watched or heard of before! Have you ever seen Faces in the Crowd? One of my favorite Milla Jovovich films.
This movie came out the same year I was born, and it never stops being magical. You cannot even imagine the mesmerizing wonder of the chocolate waterfall/candy room to a child in the 70's and early 80's! It still makes me smile and "Stop. Don't. Come back" still makes me laugh out loud.
You've got to look up the behind-the-scenes and trivia on this. Gene Wilder insisted on this entrance (somersault) because the audience would never know whether they could trust him. The actors walking into the first chocolate and waterfall scene was their first look at it, and their amazement was genuine.
And, for an "adult" search, when they were licking the wallpaper and he said "The snozzberries taste like snozzberries"... Roald Dahl wrote another adult poem that talked about "snozzberries". They aren't fruit ;)
One of my all time favorite movies. Also, the fudge room was kept hidden from all the actors, so that is their real reactions, seeing it for the first time.
Willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory is based on the brilliant novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ( he also wrote Matilda, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach and more)
I enjoyed this movie so much more as a grown up than a kid, because I could truly appreciate the genius of Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka.
I watched one of his interviews maybe 10-15 years ago, where he told the story of being at a farmer's market and a little girl thought she recognized him and asked her mother if she could talk to him and find out if he really was Willie Wonka. Of course he said "Yes" to her question. The mother told him, "What a wonderful legacy". Warmed my heart, he knew how important that movie and Willie Wonka was.
If you don't have the tingly warm fuzzies after watching that classic, you are clinically dead.
This movie was part of my childhood for so long. And it came full circle in my senior year of high school. I was chosen to go to an all-state honors choir concert where we sang an arrangement of Pure Imagination, and I was chosen to read the excerpt from the book where he congratulates Charlie on winning and passing the test...I've never forgotten that day. It was truly and absolutely perfect.
I was 3 in 1971 when this movie came out. I still smile with joy every time I watch Charlie find that golden ticket.
The underscoring makes a powerful contribution to that scene, both leading up to and at the moment he actually finds it, when the first line of "I've Got a Golden Ticket" is heard twice in the brass on two overlapping instruments, followed by a crashing fanfare.
Love this movie so much. Gene Wilder is perfect as Willy Wonka. And I for sure had dreams of one day living in the chocolate room where everything is edible. I’d probably be the one to fall into the chocolate river. 😂 I love the sets so much. They look so much more fun than the digital effects on the recent Wonka film. And the lesson of always doing the right thing even in the face of great temptation is one most people could still stand to learn.
Nobody ever talks about the dirty, dark secret of this movie - that Wonka's chief competition is actually himself marketing inferior candy under the Slugworths brand (as seen on the shelves in the Candy Man scene)! 😃
My favorite piece of trivia about the movie is that the film essentially ended with Charlie hugging Wonka at the end, after being told he was given the factory and ended without music. The director thought that was a little weak, and called the writer, who was on vacation, thinking he was done, and said, we need a line to end with, and he came up with the "You know what happened to the boy who got everything he wanted?" line standing at a pay phone.
I still love this movie 50 years after seeing for the first time. Gene was a great actor and had many great roles but was born for this one! As much as I loved the book, Charlie and the great glass elevator, is one on my all time favorite children’s novels… so much love for Roald Dahl!
I read that book on a whim when I was in 4th grade, and I *loved* it. The dark (but still childish) humor really appealed to me. One of the best children's books I've ever read.
@@Johnny_SockoI read this book over and over when I was a child ❤
I saw this in the theater when I was a young boy. In the beginning when you’re seeing all the different chocolates during the opening credits, all of us little kids in the theater were yelling out the names of each candy. Such a great memory and movie. ❤️
This movie always made me crave chocolate LOL
"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker."
As a kid was funny but as an adult I understand the deeper meaning. Alot funneir. 😂
The child actors always said what a loving, kind, generous man Gene was 😊
The song he was singing in the candy garden with the chocolate river is called Pure Imagination. Excellent song. Gene Wilder wasn't a singer but yet he did such a great job.
He also sings in *The Little Prince* (1974).
This movie was a sleeper hit, it did not do very well when initially released but grew and grew in popularity when broadcast on tv. I worked in a grocery story in 76 and 77 and you could tell when the movie had just played on tv, because there would be a surge of parents coming in with their kids to buy candy...lol!! Gene Wilder is brilliant, check him out in the Mel Brooks classics BLAZING SADDLES and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
And the original "the Producers" film.
"Daddy needs to get her a timeout chair". No, Daddy to whoop her butt.
Another one from us old folks' childhood is "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", 1968. If you loved Wonka, then Chitty is perfect. Kids will love it!
Never will forget my dad showing me this when young- eyes glued, all the hope and emotion, and I’ll always remember my dad giddy with laughter at genes scenes one of few times I’ve seen him in such enjoyment.
This was filmed in Munich Germany in 1970. Where my mother is from. She recognized places and loved the ending where they fly over the city. So pretty. I was born nearby just a year later. So I have special memories if watching this with my mom. But it is a great movie. Better then the re make for sure.
Something that I want to to point out is that Charlie's classmates know that he found the Golden Ticket only after opening three Wonka Bars. They must've been so jealous.
This is my favourite film from my childhood. I remember as children we would get gobstoppers from the local lolly shop they would cost us 20 cents and came in a paper bag. In America they’re called jawbreakers. Thank you Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Gene Wilder is such a great actor. This was a favorite of mine as a child. And even though the FX are nothing compared to today, the story and the adventure make you believe it was real. Great reaction fam!
If you would like a suggestion for another childhood favorite... it is a musical from 1968. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".... It has Dick Van Dyke in it as one of the main characters. One piece of trivia... it is based on a children's book written by Ian Fleming. The man that originally wrote the James Bond novels.
This movie is a CLASSIC amazing performances all around!
There are still Wonka candies, Nerds are by Wonka, for example. The little boy who played Charlie, Peter Ostrum, never acted again; he is now a veterinarian in upper New York (I think NY). The entrance by Wonka was all Gene Wilder. I grew up in and around the city that makes JIF peanut butter, I drove through the other day on "roasting day," oh yeah. This was one of the movies that would be shown every year or so, along with "the Wizard of Oz" and "The Ten Commandments," that were more or less events. Everyone would gather around the TV and watch as a family.
EDIT: verruca is a kind of wart, lol. Ronald Dahl was good at combining adult humor with children's.
This used to come on commercial television, once a year, and it literally was an EVENT. I looked forward to it every single year as a kid.
And the boat scene - was freaking terrifying.
Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) passed this week. He had a great kid movie (and great for adults) "Pee Wee's Great Adventure" Please put it on your list
Hard agree ! 🫶🏽
YUP 100% ! Unfortunately, the sequel Pee Wees Big Top was TRASH.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure, not great adventure.
I live in Birmingham UK. Back in the day workers at the Cadbury’s factory were allowed to take all the chocolate home they wanted, soon getting sick of it, so they stopped bothering!
sammy Davis Jr. had a number one hit with The Candy Man-great song!!