Willy Wonka, Charlie and his Chocolate Factory... The Whole Story Never Told Before! 

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Personally, I like the first two but i absolutely LOVE this new version! Tim Chalamet nailed the role. But also, from here on, I can't help the image of Paul Atreides singing about chocolate while standing on a massive sand worm that keeps popping into my mind. LOL!

Gene Wilder for me. To me he will always be Willy Wonka.

Finally saw the most recent Wonka. It is pretty much fantastic.

Gene Wilder will always be Willy Wonka to me. Nothing will be able to replace the 1971 version

Gene Wilder will always be my favorite Willy Wonka of all time, I was probably 5 or 6 years old when my parents first showed me Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for the first time. I’ve LOVED it ever sense!!!

Gene Wilder for me! I loved the ORIGINAL when I was young. MY children love it. Even my grand daughter is hypnotised by the original.

Jim Carey as Wonka? I'd have paid to see that 😆

There's no version that I don't love! Glad to have all three!!!!!!!

😂l Loved Wonka with Timothy

Loved the 2023 movie!! It was full of surprises, can’t wait to see it again!! I also loved the Gene Wilder version!

I was 14 when the Gene Wilder version came out. My elder brother saw it & remarked how cool it was. I never saw the Johnny Depp version of Wonka. I'm in my mid 60's now, and finally saw the Wilder version for the first time in Nov. 2023. This latest version with Timothy Chalamet resonates well with me due to its nuances, kudos, and references to the Wilder version, finding it to be just as whimsically delightful as well. This newest installment of Wonka with Chalamet and Hugh Grant is worth seeing again!

First time I saw Willy Wonka was in 3rd grade. Watched it in school. But I remember seeing all of those commercials of him with those old real-world candies of Runts, Nerds, Sweet/Shock Tarts, Laffy Taffy, etc. voiced by Maurice LaMarche.

Enjoy all the Willie Wonka and have a good time.

I'm old enough to have seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in theaters when I was 12 years old. I like Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka much better than Johnny Depp's. But I have to say that Timothée Chalamet was wonderful in "Wonka." I didn't go to the movie with high expectations, after the disappointment of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" but I really enjoyed it!

Gene Wi”Dee for sure. It may not have been a big hit when it came out, but my brother, myself, and a bunch of our friends watched 3 times in a row when it debuted at the Claremont theater in San Diego. But to this day I’m annoyed that Grandpa Joe couldn’t get out of bed to help his family, but jumped up and danced to get to go to a chocolate factory.

Thanks very much for doing this as Willy Wonka is one of my favourite movies ever :)

Him : prequel to Charlie and the chocolate factory Paul king : Willy wonka and the chocolate factory 😂

. FILMED IN MUNICH!!! THAT is why I never thought "London" looked like, well, _LONDON!!!_ . That was a cool bit of trivia to learn...

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is not a remake. It’s a different adaptation

I’ve seen Wonka seven times before it left theaters it make me genuinely happy when was the last time you felt genuinely happy like nothing can touch you this is my comfort movie I cried like crazy I love it so much it’s a love letter to Gene Wilder at least in my opinion I can’t wait to own it

NFL football is very important. NBC did not want a repeat of the Heidi game in 1968. This was a great video. I knew nothing about the movie and I got all the facts. It was fantastic.

Could you imagine Christopher Walken as wonka?

it's Patricia Neal not Patricia Dean at 5:10 mark.

I remember seeing another behind the scenes and making of Willy Wonka, saw how they made the Wonka Teeny, (boat) where they had it on very high stilts with a screen on the side of it and how they did MikeTV's scene of being small and the dance scene between Charlie and Grampa, but cant find it ANYWHERE.

I loved the movie Wonka that 1's my favorite😁

In my humble opinion. The best Willy Wonka movie is the 2023 with Timothy Chalomet. Is not a re-make, this Willy Wonka has a lot of charm and all the dark sides needed and greedy, where put in the chocolate cartel. I think Wonka movie is a complete success and the best of all 3 with Timothy Chalomete as the best Willy Wonka actor.

For that one sequence/scene on the boat, the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is categorized as a horror film

Great report on the Wonka Theatrical Legacy. Gene Wilder will always be my Wonka. Although Timothy did a great job if not for the somewhat consistently predictable story. I remember seeing Gene on the big screen in 1971 in wonderment!

Ebert's weak spot begins above his collar.

The attraction at Alton Towers closed a while ago and was replaced by a Merlin Dungeons attraction

I like the og the wilder version the best.

I was very young at the time (3 or 4, I think), and I was at my godparents' house rummaging through their movie collection. I was also becoming a huge Bugs Bunny fan at the time, and I saw the character on a cover of a DVD of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. I wanted to watch it, seeing how that Bugs Bunny was on the cover, but he only showed up in the opening logo. However, I adored the movie, nonetheless, as I was in awe at 2 things - the scene where Violet turns into a blueberry (not to mention giving birth to my inflation fetish), and Gene Wilder's performance as Willy Wonka. Now that I think about it, Wilder's Wonka is kind of like Bugs Bunny.

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I grew up watching the 1971 movie on VHS

I like them all for different reasons. But, I just saw Wonka and loved it!

This Wonka was better than Depp's

I don't think the Depp version is more faithful to the book. I don't remember Wonka's father being mentioned in the book, and even if he is, not in the ridiculous way portrayed in the film!!

I had a teacher that read the book in class and those were days that were never missed to hear what was next !

These films are so unique, it was amazing seeing a full breakdown like this. I had no idea that the original was such a failure initially that's crazy! Can't believe the Rock almost played Wonka hahah

All the Willy Wonka actors are great, and it is really hard for me to pick. In my opinion, Johnny Depp captured the Willy Wonka I imagined when I read the book. Gene Wilder was amazing and used to be my favorite. All 3 of them are awesome, but Johnny Depp is my personal favorite!

Seeing how I worked at the St Louis Wonka branch for 12 years, there was never a mention of Quaker Oats involvement. Only that Gene Wilder walked through the factory dressed up as Willie when the movie first released. The company then was called Sunmark Inc. The then new Wonka Factory was actually in Chicago. Nestles bought the company back in 1990. In the years that followed, all of Sunmark was closed down and its candies were spread throughout other different Nestles factories. Ill never forgive Nestles for the damage their management did to the best job Ive ever had.

I was a little kid when the first one came out. My grandparents took me into NYC to see it. I still remember being amazed by the candy room and chocolate river...I mean what kid wasn't? The original will always be my favorite. It is also my kids' favorite. Hated the Johnny Depp version. Felt about it the same way Gene Wilder did. I thought the prequel in 2023 was fantastic and Timothee was fabulous, quirky and perfect for the part. He did Wonka proud.

in 2005 i was 1 and I watch Charlie and the choclate factory when it got on DVD

Oat meal cookies are yummy. I love the movie and creative.

The 1971 movie was already 15 years old by the time I was born.

Nicholas Cage would have been great and I’ve always thought he looked a lot like Gene Wilder. I’m also old enough to remember that late start of the film back in the 70s.

I have to admit I found out only recently that gene wilder played in other movies. I only knew about his role in Willy Wonka. I was so surprised he played in other movies and tv shows. Then again I do normally watch movies for the story and hardly pay attention to who the actors are so it is rare I learn the real names of actors in the first place.

Rahm's wife was Patricia Neal...not Dean.

I love Johnny Depp but for me I am loyal to Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. His portrayal was so manic but not too much and yet he also brought heart to the character.

The original for sure with Gene Wilder

Saw Wonka! Tops!

I loved the new Wonka movie.

It’s also a movie just a movie what’s in the movie that’s everything

Why do people talk about which version they like. There’s THE original movie, then there’s the other movies.

I think the Gene Wilder version is the best version.

Gene Wilder's Wonka will always be my favorite. Depp's version, through Burton's adaptation, tried to stay so close to the book, that it failed theatrically, in my opinion. I've only seen the new version once, and felt like I was watching a new version of Annie. It was too much of a musical. Even though, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had quite a few songs in it, it didn't come off as a musical, but more as a fantasy film.

Agree

I havent seen the new version but from the other two i choose the original. Gene wilder on W wonka and the chocolate factory.

Patricia NEAL was a movie star.

Seen the original many times. Only made it about 1/2 way through the second, and only made thru the third cuz I watched it with my mom and she wanted to know how it ends.

Where's your source for Depp saying that about Michael Jackson?

Johnny Depp was perfect

Nice into beat

Marking my place for when this goes viral, im the 65th commenter, 445th liker and this was posted 3 weeks ago at 12k views

for me personally Depp will always be Wonka I think he’s so funny and did such a good job but Gene is good in its own way not sure if I want to see the newest one though

Wonka is currently in a weird place for me where i actually love each rendition as each have 10x more positives than negatives. Rare to see that in a franchise. Wilder brought the man to life. While chalomet may seem too earnest to become that, a few decades around grant might guide him there. Burton's accuracy to the source material and Depp's insane performance as a man layered in solitude isnt something to discard. Also, one man show from Roy. Man put in WORK. In my mind willy wonka is a kid of a dentist and a nomad, who either grew up with one or the other. One leads to depp the other to wilder. Either way chocolate is the endgame

I did see Depp's take on willy Wonka, However because of the original movie the line that talks about today's society the famous line is " you lose you get nothing good day sir." from gene wilder's willy Wonka makes it more meaningful and explains the world we all live in. And that makes it very important for so many people that in my eyes Gene Wilder performance is more inspiring to me more than any other remake because it cares about just turning a profit and disobeying the level of respect to the original actor of the same character. And that is disgraceful at the highest level in the favorability of the other actress and actors that made the original great for me when I was a kid myself.

2:22 scuse me as a citizen of Norway myself i tought Rhoal Dahl was a Norwegian

I was introduced to the original movie very young at daycare probably around 3 or 4 years-old. I loved it. We'd watch it every year. I then came across the books and read them, even though I hated reading at the time. I loved the first one, the second left something to be desired but was still okay. Then I watched Burton's version...wow was that terrible. It didn't embody any of the book or the original movie IMO. It was just weird. I really disagree with anybody who thinks the Burton version is true to the book. I'll watch this new one, but I'm nervous about it. The Wilder version had such a great cast, even the kids were perfect. I just don't see the cast being matched from the previews, but we'll see. I do like that it's a prequel. At some point someone has to make the sequel.

He said tim holland

Algún día y Wil Smit algún día también sea Willi Wonka sin racismo. Con diferente umpa lumpa.

Bro literally called Tom Holland Tim Holland 💀. 28:52

To me I loved Chalomain and Depp but Wilder will always be the best Wonka, I enjoyed the more musical take on the new Wonka, but honestly as good as Grant's acting was i could not take his character with any real seriousness its to ridiculous and i wonder why they did not cast a Little person as it would look less jarring. So for me if I am rating them based on enjoyment of the story I would say 1971 Wilder version is my favorite followed by Wonka and then The Depp version, I enjoyed Johnny's version of Wonka but the story for that version to me was not quite as flushed out as the 1971 version, maybe its because i grew up on the 1971 version but I did enjoy all three movies.

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GameCube game Charlie and the chocolate factory

Gene Wilder is THE eponymous Willie Wonka.

picture an alternate universe where micheal jackson got the role

My favourite has to be gene wilder

Tim Holland

What about the African chocolate tier

Triestig!

the first film, (1971) what was wrong with charlies buckets teeth? must be an odd story there... ( 13:33 to illustrate ) i am not the first to ask, but i have yet to hear a good answer. there are more, better pics on the internet of what i mean.

His name is Roald Dahl. Not doll.

#1 Willy Wonka #2 Wonka #3 Charlie

I never liked James and the Giant Peach.

Jean Wilder was the ONLY reason this movie was a masterpiece! There has never been any actor who comes close to his supreme acting abilities, and there never will be. I'm a huge Johnny Depp fan, but I hated the second Wonka movie! I definitely think they should make a Wonka series! 🍫🍬🍭

What a tragedy for that RIP

Sad about what happened to two of Roald Dahl's kids, but now I'm kinda confused about why he didn't care about the happier ending for The Witches, and what was his animosity against Gene Wilder's portrayal of Wonka? I've heard/ read, in fact, a good review of the newest version of the Wonka story, but I did NOT care for the Johnny Depp version. Deeply creepy almost on a Pedo level. THANK YOU, though, for being a REAL person, narrating. I've heard some A.I. narrations of bios and they reeked!

Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory was the absolute best Wonka is pretty good too. Charlie and the chocolate factory with depp, hideous

Gene Wilder was the first. I thought it was fun and colorful and was a fan of Gene Wilder. Never read the book, but was given to believe this was it. As a fan of Johnny Depp, I gave it a shot. I never expected it to be exactly like the first. It wasn't. And I catch on to each person Depp is copying in an movie and Wilder was not it. So, I loved the movie for what it was, dark and colorful. Haven't see Wonka yet but am looking forward to it. Also, it is not the book or the two movies. This is a completely different movie and should not be put in the same category. It is sad and colorful. I followed a review in which the reviewer sad that the main problem was when they tried to make Timothee do jokes in Wilder's style. He is not Wilder. And the ending tells you what lead to the other movies and why Wonka eventually had to escape. Oh, and this movie is made by the Padding Bear people and has a similar vibe.

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Derbyshire = DAHR - bih - shirr Staffordshire = STAA - ferd - shirr I think Gene Wilder is my favorite, Johnny Depp was saddled with a totally unnecessary backstory (as much as I love Christopher Lee), and it just didn't work, but I blame the director for that. Depp had to work with what he was given. With Tim Chalamet, I can see how his interpretation can grow into Gene Wilder's.

Sorry buddy but I’m into Swiss Miss Hot chocolate

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I think Charlemagne Wonka

Patricia NEAL, not Patricia DEAN

He was fighting in world war 2 u08

But the Olivia part was true