Wasn't it also the first time the kids were meeting Gene? I thought I read that they were also unaware of this prank and it made it a lot less intimidating for the actors when he opened up with a fun gotcha.
On rewatch, if you focus on Gene, you can see his entire persona is an act up until Charlie returns the gobstopper. His whole demeanor flips after Charlie 'wins' and we finally get to see the real Wonka for the last few minutes of the movie. It's an incrediblely nuanced performance by Gene. RIP to a treasure.
@@andrewr311Gave up movies early? He was in several movies during the 70’s and 80’s. He was also a whole lot older by the 90’s. His wife died and then he stopped working.
@@taoist32 He said: "If something comes along that's really good and I think I would be good for it, I would be happy to do it. But not too many came along," Wilder said. "I mean, they came along for the first 15, 18 films, but I didn't do that many." I am sure some of it was age too
The last three lines of that rant are used in lots of memes nowadays. Practically this entire film has become one giant meme at this point! That's LEGENDARY, if you ask me!
While we were introduced to the TV kid, you wondered what kind of games we had in 1971. The video game Pong was still 6 years in the future. We had board games, card games and sports. That's it. If someone wanted to re-watch a movie, there was no such thing as a VHS (or Betamax). Back in the day, to watch a movie a second time, we had to wait for it to show again in the cinema or on the TV. For those of us who were desperate because the story was THAT GOOD, there were books. The Roald Dahl books are hysterical! If you get a chance, read "Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator."
@@johnkelly90 Pong, and the Magnavox Odyssey, actually both came out in 1972. So a year after this film released and probably 2 years after it was filmed. No home video games yet. The first arcade game, Space War, did release in 1971 but certainly wasn't available in homes. Prior to that there were a few computer games created by programmers but they weren't commercial products and few were distributed in any way.
Yup. Years before video games would become the destruction of youth and the future... it was TV. Dungeons and Dragons was also far in to the future time for religious pearl-clutching. Luckily, they still had rock 'n roll to continue demonizing.
When you find out at the end that "Slugworth" was actually working for Wonka, it makes a lot more sense how he got to each of the golden ticket winners so quickly; of course, Wonka would know where each golden ticket was being shipped to and could send him to those locations.
I don't understand why they keep remaking it. The weirdness of everything and sociopathic Wonka makes the movie what it is. A remake is never going to capture that magic.
Gene Wilder IS Willy Wonka! ❤️. He is for me. Kinda a quirky role model! Who tests and challenges people. But with the best of intentions at heart! 😊. The Tunnel sequence for me is one of the BEST standout moment in the film. Yes it is DARK. But INCREDIBLY funny too! 🤣. Just hearing him deliver that line near the end of the film: “So shines a good deed in a weary world”. So deeply touching and incredible! Gene. R.I.P. Your kind is sorely missed from this world! 😊❤️🙌
The actors playing Veruca Salt and Mike Teevee did a tour during showings of the movie around the US at the Alamo Drafthouse cinema chain. When they came to San Francisco, I went to see them, and got to meet both of them after the show. They were both really personable and fun/funny. I revealed to Julie Dawn Cole that I'd had a bit of a kid-crush on her (I'm slightly younger than the kids in the movie), to which she said "Well, I AM single, you know..." ;-) I'm sure she was just kidding around, but I wonder what would've happened if I had asked her out. 😀
After seeing all different versions of Willy wonka. I have to say that gene wilder is the most unhinged out of all of them. BUT….that is what makes him stand out the most and love it lol
A fun fact: During the trippy tunnel scene, Gene forgot his lines and start singing random things, all the other actors though he was losing his mind so their faces and screams were genuine. In addition the yellow cup he bites into wasn’t actually edible it was pure wax.
Fun fact Marilyn Manson did a version of the tunnel scene and it’s so so cool. Made even creepier. In a good way. As it could have been for the film iMO
Does anyone else get annoyed when people know a meme before the real things. Lol kills me that people are obsessed and use memes yet don’t know their references. It’s so extremely sad. This generation needs to figure things out better and watch in the right order.
That how you get herpes. Lol girl it’s a fantasy film not reality you can’t get sick or catch things in these worlds. They don’t really exist. Lmao serious it’s called make believe and times were also different. Please understand these concepts and facts.
The Tim Burton Wonka doesn't even compare to this. I never need to see that one again, but I definitely rewatch the Gene Wilder Wonka every few years. Loved it since I was a kid. And Gene Wilder just got funnier as I got older and could pick up what he was putting down.
Did you notice that the boat only had enough space for the group, without Augustus and his mother, and the vehicle only had enough seats for the surviving four people and Wonka?
Hi Mary!😊 "The Candy Man" song is by Sammy Davis Jr. "Nerds" were not released until 1983, more than a decade after this film. Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) is best known from the 70s sitcom "Chico and the Man" with Freddie Prinze, father of Freddie Prinze Jr. For people that grew up with this film, Gene Wilder is the quintessential Willy Wonka!🏆 His passive reactions when the kids get in trouble is very funny!😆 Great reactions to the original Willy Wonka film, Mary!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏
Jack Albertson is also the mail worker in “Miracle on 34th Street” who comes up with the idea of sending all the Santa Claus letters to the courthouse. Also, Violet Beauregard is played by Denise Nickerson, who was also featured in the 60s supernatural soap opera “Dark Shadows.” Roy Kinnear (Mr. Salt) was a British character actor who was in everything from Hammer Dracula movies to “Watership Down.” He was also in the Beatles movie “HELP!”
The score was written by Anthony Newley with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. They had both written songs that had become classics. They won an Oscar for this score. Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe) was a Tony and Oscar winning actor when he did this film. He would go on to win an Emmy award for the American TV show "Chico and the Man"
Charlie's reaction to Wonkas outburst in his office is real. The director forbade Gene from telling him about this scene beforehand, and Gene really wanted to, because he felt so bad.
Tim Burton's _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ was it's own (nice) translation from novel. But Gene Wilder is why Timothée Chalamet was told to channel into the recent _Wonka_ movie. A nice sequel to the recent movie could easily lead into Gene Wilder's movie.
I first saw this movie in grade school during assembly and it's been my favorite movie since. Thank you so much for reacting Mary😊 Fun Fact: Julie Cole who played Veruca did NOT like chocolate.
one more thing about Gene Wilder. I was truly heartbroken when the love of his life: Gilda Radner, succumbed to cancer. I luv what he said in an interview MANY years ago. It went something like this: "If ONE person thinks you're the worlds greatest lover, you are."
in the commentary where all the kids watch the movie for the 40th anniversary someone asks what ever happened to him and Veruca's actress mentions that she had just done a stage production with him in the last 8 months.
Those were not bees in the gum machine. Those were wasps. And the kid that played Mike let them loose. Just one of the examples of how he was actually a nightmare to work with.
Indeed, matting effects are as old as when George Melies was making movies. Granted, they weren't used as regularly as they are today, but they definitely aren't something that weren't used until CGI became the norm. That said, CGI as it functions today has since made it more economical to shoot against an exposure screen than to build a set or shoot on location, whereas in the past, the exposure shots were often the most difficult ones to produce.
I love this movie. I don’t care how different people say this is from the book. This is my Wonka. Gene Wilder is the true Wonka to me and he always will be.
So fun fan theory I saw on another reaction- The Candy Man does not get the candy bar he gives to Charlie from the counter it was in his pocket. The Candy Man works for Wonka and targeted Charlie.
This is such a dark movie. Especially when you notice that, when they got in boat or "car", there was only enough seats for the kids and parents who were left. There was no room for Augustus and his Mom, in the boat. There was no room for Veruca and her Dad in the Wonka mobile. And, of course, each song fit the kid.
31:14: Funny that you bring that up, because apparently the director had to ask Veruca's actress to be even more spoiled and rotten because she was really nice.
It doesn’t matter how far into the movie when ever it’s on tv, I’ll continue watching to the end. Cheer up Charlie always gets me 😢. Great reaction video as always. 😊
Always preferred the Gene Wilder version probably because it's from my childhood. Did you notice that as they moved to the next room there was only enough seats for those that where left it's as though Wonka already knew what was going to happen just like how Slugworth was always in the right place as the tickets are found.
Grandpa Joe is the true villian in this movie. He was bedridden until Charlie won the ticket, he sang "I've got a golden ticket" and it was his idea to drink the fizzy lifting drink disqualifying Charlie from winning.
The golden ticket is magic. Grandpa Joe is not a villain! He did make the one mistake in the tour, though. The Golden ticket song isn't about Charlie or Joe... the song is about their situation. Living in hopelessness and despair and finally having a golden opportunity that changes everything.
Still having Tobacco in the family budget while they're starving, faking his disability, convincing Charlie to drink the fizzy drink, the coke nails, the strawberry wallpaper licking.. the man's a monster.
Some Fun Facts: When they shit the door scene and Augustus Gloop said “Let Me In I’m Starving” the actor was really starving because the producer had him go hungry all day. Nice element of realism there. Also you’ll notice in the movie how the Actress who plays Veruca her English Accent rubs off on some of the Children. Violet in never ending gum stopper scene and Mike TV in the Scene where he says lights, camera, action scene where he say Am I coming in clear.
My favorite line, delivered in deadpan fashion: “Stop…don’t…come back…” Also “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” No sequel or remake is a substitute for the original. My only regret is that more young folks haven’t seen this in their squandered childhoods 😂
I find it interesting that Roald Dahl, the author of several wonderful children's books (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, etc) also contributed in the field of suspense and horror 42:00 . Imagine if Stephen King wrote a children's book. Denise Nickerson, who played Violet, was part of the cast, for a while, of the American television soap opera Dark Shadows. This was, however, no ordinary soap. What began as a Gothic tale set on the coast of Maine, soon introduced vengeful ghosts, a phoenix, witches and warlocks, werewolves, and the role that made Jonathan Frid a sex symbol, the vampire Barnabas Collins. Denise predominately played Amy Jennings, a visitor at the estate of Collinwood. Her brother, Chris, was the caretaker/handyman and also a werewolf. She was also Nora Collins and Amy Collins, as several plots involved time travel and an alternate universe. This show has inspired over forty books, three motion pictures, several radio plays, and a prime time television series. The entire series is also available on DVD. We would rush home from school in the late 60s to early 70s to see what Barnabas was up to now. He was the first vampire with angst, trying to rid himself of the terrible curse.
He knows the kids are going to do what they want and not listen to anyone, so he puts little effort into stopping them or shows more concern with the objects they'd be ruining in the process. "*sigh* Stop. Don't. Come back."
I knew Violet (RIP Denise Nickerson). We had a nice talk about filming the movie. Sadly the Actor who played Augustus Gloop didn't speak veru much English and wasn't involved with the other kids as much. The girl who played Baruka was such a nice, sweet girl in real life it showed what a great Actress she was. The kid that played Mike TeeVee was also nice although a bit micheveous. Denise had one bad thing happen during the filming, she recieved a bad concussiion (which you can see happen in the movie). As the Ompaloompas are wheeling her Blueberry Body (fat suit) out the doorway they accidentally smahed her head on the doorframe. Peter Ostrum (Charlie) is currently a Large Animal Veternarian in Upstate NY.
Mary Mary Mary! I was 6 years old when this came out and I saw this in the movie theatre. I absolutely LOVED your reaction and insights that only someone from your generation pics out, like calling out grandpa for being in bed and being waited on for 20 years LOL! I loved how you would crack up over details! Well done!!
The village in the end of the film that you thought was Dubrovnik, is Rottenberg ob der Tauber in Germany. Beautiful city. Major tourist stop. They sell Christmas decor year round.
The Paraguay subplot did happen in the Burton version. It was a child from Russia instead of a man from South America, but there was a fake ticket claim. The adults were talking about it while Charlie was uncovering the ticket in the candy store.
When I was in first grade, me and my friend Mikey Icino, would go to his house after school every day and we would watch this film. My family moved to England shortly after and I was introduced to all of the Dahl books. BFG, etc. I'm slightly biased, but I think this is the best film, while not being as accurate to the book.
This movie absolutely terrified me as a kid …that crazy acid trippy boat ride and all the things that happened to the bad kids I thought they all died and I never watched it again until I was way way older like 30 or 40 and now it’s one of my favorite movies lol my son and I love it
The geographic and time period mashup is one of the great things that keeps this the definitive version. Somehow it takes place simultaneously in Victorian England, mid-century West Germany, and random American city from anywhen.
Note that the songs in this version were original works made for the movie, whereas the lyrics of the Oompa Loompas' songs in the 2005 version were lifted verbatim from the book.
This is one of the beloved films I grew up with! I've heard Timothy's Wonka is pretty good but in my mind Gene will *always* be my Willy Wonka. Such a great soundtrack, such great acting by Gene.
Oh Mary I envy you - you have had a tase of Gene Wilder and is skill. Now you can go enjoy his other works - Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and The Producers to name a few of his work with Mel Brooks.
Wilder is an actor that makes a film. If you ask people about any film that he stars in they will say it is a great film even if it really isn't. Because his performances are so fun to watch that the rest of the movie doesn't exist. Not the case hear at least in it's era. There are a lot of glaring flaws in this movie but it gets a nostalgia. Of course like Wizard Of Oz it is also an "establishing" film which was in it's time used to promote advances in filmmaking and set a precedent. Greatly as WOZ this actually determined everything that happened in Hollywood from that point on. And a franchise of course. Oh and Young Frankenstein for Gene Wilder for you. Every review/reaction channel does that film at some point. Sort of a prerequisite and I think you will adore his performance in that as well. I had assumed you had actually already done it since it just is a thing around RU-vid.
Mary cherry this movie was shot in Munich Germany and is the late great Gene wilders #1. I don't know if he was with Danny Kaye though. Those guys would be perfect for a movie because of the comedy and singing they provide
I’m always a little saddened whenever someone doesn’t like the “Cheer Up, Charlie” song. I always found it super sweet, but granted, I like musicals more than Mary said. I didn’t realize it was that popular of an opinion for how beloved this movie is.
Classically, tinkers were travelling craftsmen who did things like repairing pots and pans. They were "useful outsiders" for the most part, and tolerated with suspicion.
This is my Wonka, watch at least once a yr or when ill. Got my son watches it & loves it. Whenever we win a game of something we always say You lose, good day Sir to eachother
OK fun maybe fact.......the reason why it was Willy Wonka and not Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was because Vietnam was still going on and "Charlie" was slang used for the Vietcong.
Loved your reaction to this movie...and your jokes during it. For me, this movie has always been the best "Chocolate Factory" movie. I love Tim Burton's films, but the newer version of this lacked the warmth and heart of the original. That being said if you've not seen Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands", I highly recommend you watch and react to it. You would love it. Keep up the great vids!
I always thought that it was strange that Charlie, and his family and Willy Wonka had an American accent, but they lived in a town where people had an English accent.
20:36 - "Why didn't they include Nerds?" For the simple reason that Nerds the candy were not invented until 1983, twelve years after this film came out. It's a decent question, but that's the answer. It's also worth noting that as of the making of this film, Wonka only ever existed as a fictional character in the 1964 Roald Dahl book. Coinciding with the making and release of this film, real chocolate and other confections were marketed under the "Wonka" name. The book came first. This film came second, and the real candy brand came with it. NOT the other way around!
If there's any doubt that Wonka intended those kids to get their just rewards, analyze each vehicle that's introduced. They contain the exact number of seats for the remaining group, as if Wonka expected two people to get eliminated each time
Repeatedly, you referenced the Tim Burton version. It's not a terrible version. However, so many liberties are taken with remakes, reboots, etc. The heart and warmth of this, the original, is far better than anything that's come after. Thank you for the reaction. 🙏
This was originally made as a promotion for a new candy bar they were going to be selling. But the recipe was flawed and they couldn't keep the chocolate from melting in room temperature so they were going to shelve the movie. They released it with a hope of recouping some of their financial losses but never expected it to become such a classic.
