Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.
The Big Picture While the term “family entertainment” can often be taken as a slight, the truth is that crafting a film that appeals to multiple generations of viewers is far more challenging than it may seem. Although it may not be hard to make a film that appeals to children’s sensibilities, crafting a story that respects them as audience members and gives them valuable life lessons is no easy feat.
Release Date June 30, 1971 Director Mel Stuart Cast gene wilder , Jack Albertson , Peter Ostrum , Roy Kinnear , Julie Dawn Cole , Leonard Stone Runtime 100 minutes Gene Wilder Was an Unusual Casting Choice for ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' Dahl was a very prolific author of children’s novels and had a career that spanned over five decades.
Although the role would become one of the greatest of his career, Wilder was an unusual casting choice to play Wonka. Before signing on, Wilder had been best known for appearing in the Mel Brooks film classic satire The Producers and the crime thriller Bonnie & Clyde, neither of which suggested he would be appealing to younger viewers. However, casting an actor of Wilder’s eccentricity proved to be a masterstroke.
In addition to having his first two choices turned down, Dahl hated the idea of Wilder as Wonka. According to Sturrock, Dahl thought that “Wilder was rather too soft and didn’t have a sufficient edge.” Although Dahl has imagined Wonka as a slightly more sinister, reclusive character, he stated that Wilder’s “voice is very light and he’s got that rather cherubic, sweet face.
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