CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Contest
Twice a day, on his way to and from school, little Charlie
Bucket had to walk right past the gates of the factory. And
every time he went by he would begin to walk very, very slowly,
and he would hold his nose high in the air and take long deep
sniffs of the gorgeous chocolatey smell all around him. Oh,
how he loved that smell! And oh, how he wished he could
go inside the factory and see what it was like.
- Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative
style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (JOHNNY DEPP)
and Charlie Bucket (FREDDIE HIGHMORE), a good-hearted boy from
a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka’s extraordinary
factory.
Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down
bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly shares with
his mother (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) and father (NOAH TAYLOR)
and both pairs of grandparents. Theirs is a tiny, tumbledown,
drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every night,
the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory,
and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside.
For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a single worker
going in or coming out of the factory, or caught a glimpse
of Willy Wonka himself, yet, mysteriously, great quantities
of chocolate are still being made and shipped to shops all
over the world.
One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement. He
will open his famous factory and reveal “all of its secrets
and magic” to five lucky children who find golden tickets
hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars.
Nothing would make Charlie’s family happier than to
see him win but the odds are very much against him as they
can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year, for his birthday.
Indeed, one by one, news breaks around the world about the
children finding golden tickets and Charlie’s hope grows
dimmer. First there is gluttonous Augustus Gloop, who
thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all day,
followed by spoiled Veruca Salt, who throws fits if her father
doesn’t buy her everything she wants. Next comes
Violet Beauregarde, a champion gum chewer who cares only for
the trophies in her display case, and finally surly Mike Teavee,
who’s always showing off how much smarter he is than
everyone else.
But then, something wonderful happens. Charlie finds
some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest
store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight,
thinking only of how hungry he is and how good it will taste. There,
under the wrapper is a flash of gold. It’s the
last ticket. Charlie is going to the factory! His
Grandpa Joe (DAVID KELLY) is so excited by the news that he
springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger, remembering
a happier time when he used to work in the factory, before
Willy Wonka closed its gates to the town forever. The
family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one to accompany
Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
Once
inside, Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another. Wondrous
gleaming contraptions of Wonka’s own invention churn,
pop and whistle, producing ever new and different edible delights. Crews
of merry Oompa-Loompas mine mountains of fudge beside a frothy
chocolate waterfall or ride a translucent, spun-sugar, dragon-headed
boat down a chocolate river past crops of twisted candy cane
trees and edible mint-sugar grass. Marshmallow cherry
creams grow on shrubs, ripe and sweet. Elsewhere, a hundred
trained squirrels on a hundred tiny stools shell nuts for chocolate
bars faster than any machine and Wonka himself pilots an impossible
glass elevator that rockets sideways, slantways and every which
way you can think of through the vast and fantastic factory.
Almost
as intriguing as his fanciful inventions is Willy Wonka himself,
a gracious but most unconventional host. He thinks
about almost nothing but candy – except, every once in
a while, when he suddenly seems to be thinking about something
that happened long ago, that he can’t quite talk about. It’s
been said that Wonka hasn’t stepped outside the factory
for years. Who he truly is and why he has devoted his
life to making sweets Charlie can only guess.
Meanwhile,
the other children prove to be a rotten bunch, so consumed
with themselves that they scarcely appreciate the wonder of
Wonka’s creations. One by one, their greedy, spoiled,
mean-spirited or know-it-all personalities lead them into all
kinds of trouble that force them off the tour before it’s
even finished.
When
only little Charlie Bucket is left, Willy Wonka reveals the
final secret, the absolute grandest prize of all: the keys
to the factory itself. Long isolated from his own
family, Wonka feels it is time to find an heir to his candy
empire, someone he can trust to carry on with his life’s
work and so he devised this elaborate contest to select that
one special child.
What he never expects is that his act of immeasurable generosity
might bring him an even more valuable gift in return.
Warner
Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow
Pictures, a Zanuck Company / Plan B Production of a Tim Burton
Film: Johnny Depp stars in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
based on the book by Roald Dahl, and also starring Freddie
Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi
Pyle, James Fox, with Deep Roy and Christopher Lee. Directed
by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, the film is
produced by Brad Grey and Richard D. Zanuck. Patrick
McCormick, Felicity Dahl, Michael Siegel, Graham Burke and
Bruce Berman executive produce.
Director of photography is Philippe Rousselot, A.F.C./A.S.C. Production
designed by Alex McDowell. Edited by Chris Lebenzon,
A.C.E. Costume designer is Gabriella Pescucci. Music
by Danny Elfman. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will
be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village
Roadshow Pictures. This film is rated PG by the MPAA for “quirky
situations, action and mild language.”
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY opens on July 15th, 2005
The Grand Prize Winner will receive
- Custom Candy Tin filled with Wonka Candies (Yum!)
- Custom Willy Wonka Cane, Individually Numbered Collector’s Item
- Set of 4 Custom Dessert Plates (For chocolate, of course!)
- PlayStation 2 or X-Box Charlie and the Chocolate Factory video game
5 Second Place Winners will each receive
- Floaty Pens
- Hopper Balls
- Red Loompaland Kids Tees
- Grey & Black Ringer Mike Teavee Tees
- Veruca Salt Tees
- Paperback Movie tie-in edition of the Roald Dahl Book from Penguin Publishing. (This
brand-new picture book features a revised text, and fullcolor movieart throughout,
capturing all the chocolaty goodness of the film and
making Roald Dahl's classic text accessible to even the youngest readers.)
5 Third Place Winners will each receive
- Violet Tees
- Gloop Tees
- Golden Ticket Tees
- Wristbands
- Loompaland Caps
All you have to do is enter your information below starting
July 1st thru July 17th. We'll draw names randomly on July
18th, 2005. Winners will be notified by E-mail. Only one entry
per e-mail address will be accepted, and multiple entrants
may be disqualified. Employees, agents, consultants and other
advisors of blackfilm.com, Inc. are not eligible to participate
in this contest. No one under -3 is eligible. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
GOOD LUCK!
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