Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory: Book vs. Movie
Jared Stern and Elaine Bogan's Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory continues the world of Roald Dahl's book with a new story. Kit Connor voices Charlie Paley, who plans a factory heist with his friends to save their homes.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Year
- 1964
- Pages
- 192Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 3 hr 18 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Douglas Hodge
Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and four grandparents in a house where food is scarce and chocolate is an occasional treat. Finding one of Willy Wonka's five golden tickets lets him and Grandpa Joe enter the factory he has long watched from outside. Inside, Charlie encounters inventions that seem impossible, while the other visiting children struggle to keep their appetites and demands in check.
- Director
- Jared Stern, Elaine Bogan
- Year
- 2027
- Cast
- Kit Connor, Taika Waititi, Nicola Coughlan, Charithra Chandran
- Genre
- animation, comedy, family, fantasy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Willy Wonka returns to his factory after serving a prison sentence for turning a child into a blueberry. Across modern London, Charlie Paley and his friends face losing their homes. They plan to steal a priceless Wonka Bar to save them, bringing a new group of children into the confectioner's strange domain.
Other adaptations of this book
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · Movie · 1971Details
- Director
- Mel Stuart
- Writer
- Roald Dahl, David Seltzer
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 1 hr 40 min
- Cast
- Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear
A worldwide search for golden tickets gives Charlie Bucket an unlikely chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Before the tour begins, a stranger offers money for one of Wonka's secret sweets, making the invitation more complicated for a boy whose family is desperately poor. Inside, Charlie and Grandpa Joe encounter a host whose wonderful inventions come with rules the visiting children struggle to follow.
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryMovie · 2005Details
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Writer
- Roald Dahl, John August
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 1 hr 55 min
- Cast
- Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter
Charlie Bucket lives with his family in a cramped house beside a chocolate factory that has shut out the world. A golden ticket brings him inside with Grandpa Joe and four other children, where Willy Wonka unveils edible landscapes and strange inventions. The tour becomes a series of tests, while the secretive owner struggles with ideas about family that Charlie takes for granted.
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