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Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory
Please
DO NOT hotlink
There may
be SPOILERS
From the New York Times
May 22, 2005
Advanced Screenwriting According to Me
(excerpt of article interviewing John August screenwriter of the Factory)
To describe his feelings at getting the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" job, for example, he unselfconsciously invokes a cliché: it was "a dream come true," he says. And then he retrieves a 28-year-old postcard. His third-grade teacher, in Boulder, Colo., had asked everyone in the class to write to someone famous. Most kids went for President Jimmy Carter. Young John, having read "Charlie," wrote to its author, Roald Dahl. The postcard that arrived shortly thereafter seemed like a treasured reward: a personal note from the man himself. Eventually, someone broke the news that it was no more than a form letter.Mr. Burton wanted his film to follow Dahl's text more faithfully than had the 1971 version, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," starring Gene Wilder. However, the book offered no guidance about Willy's boyhood. So Mr. August playfully made him the son of a renowned, candy-hating dentist.
In one of the script's flashbacks, Willy's father throws his son's Halloween candy into the fireplace; in another, Willy finds one piece spared from the flames and bites in. Then, the script says, the opening chords of Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" begin to play, and "we begin a spinning perspective shot that would leave Hitchcock jealous. In little Willy's eyes we see a reaction. He's like Isaac Newton getting beaned by the apple."
Found by Reemi at Trident Online
(excerpt)
That was fun, however, I have something even more enjoyable, I am talking about Johnny Depp, and Tim Burton. I am talking about a remake of the greatest children's film to ever hit the silver screen. It is Willy Wonka time children. You can have your Kingdom of Heaven, I don't want your religious war. I want some chocolate, a golden ticket, a meal in a piece of gum, and a wall covered in snazzle-berries.
From Austin 360
To the ticket window!
From 'Batman' to 'Cinderella Man,' here are the potential blockbusters.
(excerpt)
2. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'— Tim Burton and his new Willy Wonka, a mincing Johnny Depp, swear this isn't a remake of the demented 1971 family musical, which is good and bad. Good: They've reinstated the book's actual title. Bad: They've abolished the creepy Oompa-Loompa theme song. Good: Freddie Highmore, tiny Peter in "Finding Neverland" (with Depp), plays Charlie. Bad: Gene Wilder's hair — not here. Good: Exploring the confectioner's childhood, Burton shows why Wonka gives us the willies. July 15
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