Revealing mistake: When Charlie and Grandpa Joe drink the fizzy lifting drink and are floating in the air you can see the hook that is connected to the wire that Charlie is being held up by.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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Directed by: Mel Stuart
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Peter Ostrum
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A classic, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a strange and captivating family movie starring Gene Wilder in the title role of the amazing Mr. Wonka who's leaving his super candy enterprize to an imagineative and "pure" child via a contest. Whimsical Oompa-Loompas, magic and more come together to fulfill Charlie's dream come true, while the other children learn life lessons. Enjoy.
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Willy Wonka: Invention, my dear friends, it's 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
Mrs. Teevee: That's 105 percent.
Trivia: Peter Ostrum won the role for Charlie while acting at the Cleveland Playhouse children's theater in 6th grade. He had no acting experience after that, and is now a veterinarian.
Question: When Charlie goes into the candy shop and gets a Scrumdiddlyumptious bar, he gobbles it down and the man warns him he'll get a stomach ache. The fifth golden ticket had been found (or so Charlie thinks at this point), so he can't be digging for it. I've never understood: what was the point in eating it so fast?
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Chosen answer: In the original book, Charlie has an obsession with chocolate that he only satiates once a year on his birthday. Also, at this point in the book, the Bucket family is going through an extremely hard time and Charlie has had less food than he usually would have, so he is EXTREMELY hungry.