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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Poster

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005) - PG

Country:	United States Location: London
Genre:	Children, Comedy, Drama

Credits

Production Company:	Brillstein Entertainment Partners Plan B Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures Zanuck Company, The
Director:	Tim Burton
Producer:	Brad Grey Richard D. Zanuck
Exec Producer:	Bruce Berman Felicity Dahl Patrick McCormick Michael Siegel
Co-Producer:	Katterli Frauenfelder
Assoc. Producer:	Brenda Berrisford Derek Frey
Prod. Executive:	Dan Lin Kevin McCormick
Writer: Book:	Roald Dahl
Writer: Screenplay:	John August
Writer: Uncredited:	Scott Frank Gwyn Lurie Pamela Pettler
Cast:	Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly
	Helena Bonham Carter James Fox Jordan Fry Christopher Lee Missi Pyle Annasophia Robb Lusia Strus Noah Taylor Philip Wiegratz Julia Winter
Casting Director:	Debra Dion Susie Figgis Lora Kennedy
Production Manager:	Nikolas Korda
Editor:	Chris Lebenzon
Production Design:	Alex McDowell
Dir of Photography:	Philippe Rousselot
Composer:	Danny Elfman
Costume Designer:	Gabriella Pescucci

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Trailer:

Synopsis: A poverty-stricken boy stumbles across one of the five golden tickets that wins an exclusive tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The other four winners are grotesque brats who get their comeuppance in the course of the tour, leaving Charlie to become Mr. Wonka's heir.

Comment: Remake of the classic film which was based on Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel.

SBD Review: 3.5 stars

Other Reviews:

Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Chicago Tribune

Ebert & Roeper and the Movies [+,+]

Entertainment Weekly [A]

New York Post (Lou Lumenick) [3.5/4]

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) [3/4]

Slate (David Edelstein)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Arizona Republic

The Baltimore Sun [2.5/4]

The Hollywood Reporter


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