Visible crew/equipment: There is a cameraman shooting near the gate of Wonka's factory: he is strategically placed to get up close shots shown in the movie yet he blends in to the crowd to make the movie audience think he is one of the many media technicians filming the event of Wonka opening his factory. Later, when the guests are passing through the gate, the cameraman has disappeared.
Scott215
5th Aug 2019
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
26th Jul 2005
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Corrected entry: How come Charlie didn't get any publicity after he found his golden ticket? Everyone else did.
Correction: Actually, Charlie did get some publicity, as Wonka tells Charlie he read about him in the papers.
Correction: Because he found his ticket the day before the tour, there was not enough time for publicity.
After buying a regular Wonka bar and finding the last golden ticket, a woman comes up and pulls Charlie to a group of people and announces loudly that he found it. There could have been enough time from the moment the crowd of people saw Charlie with the golden ticket to Charlie making it home for someone to get the information.
9th Dec 2015
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Corrected entry: After Charlie finds the last ticket, "Slugworth" stops him to make an offer. As he talks, he mentions a better home, good food and comfort for the family. It wouldn't be possible for him to know Charlie's entire situation in the couple of minutes since the ticket was found.
Correction: As Willy Wonka tells Charlie near the end of he movie, "Slugworth" is really Mr. Wilkinson who works for Wonka. By no coincidence does Slugworth/Wilkinson shows up whenever a Golden Ticket is found, it is possible Wilkinson planted them to get the appropriate mix of children (spoiled rich, gluttonous, poor, etc.) Wonka would want to test to see who is worthy to inherit his factory. Slugworth would no doubt have cash on hand (provided by Wonka) to tempt a poor child with money to get the secret of the Everlasting Gobstoppers to test the child's reliability.
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Suggested correction: The Cameraman is part of the news crew that was filming the event all around. Not a mistake.
The point being is that the cameramen in the crowd are part of Director Mel Stuart's film crew, getting angles and footage of the crowd for the movie without hiring additional crews to get the same shots.
Scott215