
COMING SOON
Sat Jul 05 - Tue Jul 08
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Part of "The Wonders of Technicolor"
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DIRECTOR
Mel Stuart
CAST
Gene Wilder,
Jack Albertson,
Peter Ostrum,
Roy Kinnear,
Denise Nickerson,
Leonard Stone,
Julie Dawn Cole,
Paris Themmen,
Dodo Denney
SYNOPSIS
Gene Wilder, as the iconic on-screen Willy Wonka from Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, plays a mistrusting, volatile chocolate manufacturer who hides five Golden Tickets in his famous Wonka Bars. The lucky ticket finders are invited to Wonka’s mysterious factory tour, where fantastical exuberance and unpredictable happenings unfold. Director Mel Stuart emphasizes the Wonka Bar’s importance through the film’s color palette: the bright orange wrapper, beautifully realized in Technicolor distribution prints at the time of its release, pops in contrast to young Charlie’s drab grey surroundings. The original “Wonka Bar” prop is now on view in the Academy Museum’s Color in Motion exhibition.
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The Wonders of Technicolor
The Paris Theater and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures co-present this new summer series
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