One of the conditions that Gene Wilder asked for, before agreeing to make the film, concerned Wonka's first appearance. It was his idea for Wonka to pretend to be partly crippled and then reveal that it was a fake. He felt it was a good idea to immediately establish with the audience that you didn't know what is true or false regarding Wonka

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Good observation, I missed that!

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment the same thing. Wilder was a genius.

@danielallen3454

3 жыл бұрын

And, as was so often the case, his instincts proved correct.

Fun fact: None of the actors had seen the candy room, it was their real reactions seeing it for the first time.

@robertdurant7934

3 жыл бұрын

evhleppard reminds me when the Goonies saw the pirate ship for the first time, you don’t get moments like that in films anymore.

@evhleppard

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertdurant7934 Yes, great stuff.

@Emsky1989

3 жыл бұрын

Those actors didn't know about what was going to happen on the boat ride either, so that was real reactions from them

@christianrepizo

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, just like the kid actors in Goonies when they see the ship for the very first time.

@Emsky1989

3 жыл бұрын

@@nilefly it's been confirmed by the cast

"Stop, don't, come back."

@Serai3

3 жыл бұрын

"Help. Police. Murder."

@nickmanzo8459

3 жыл бұрын

Nil desperandum, my dear lady, across the desert lies the promised land!

@sauronishere8040

3 жыл бұрын

"Stop! Don't Come Back."

@tree6787

2 жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂😂🤣🤣😅🤣😂😂

@John-el1ki

2 жыл бұрын

“stop the boat!”

The actresses playing Veruca and Violet didn't get on initially as they both fancied the actor playing Charlie. They did become good friends by the end of filming. Julie Dawn Cole wrote an excellent book describing her experiences playing Veruca. Unlike her character, she's really nice in reality.

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the background David!

@VeganGroceryLife

Жыл бұрын

That’s always how it is. The one who plays the brat or villain is actually se sweet in real life!

@only257

Жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies1971 BEST MOVIE EVER MADE 🎉

FUN FACT: The actress who played Violet was originally cast to play Regan in "The Exorcist" but her parents freaked out when they saw how much foul language and explicit horror was involved.

@bradleyelsken622

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly, the actress died just last year

@Jiff321

3 жыл бұрын

Rightfully so lol

@sallyatticum

3 жыл бұрын

Denise Nickerson, I used to follow her on myspace. She was very funny and outspoken.

@frozengamer3030

3 жыл бұрын

She died

@strawberrysoulforever8336

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky that Linda Blair was able to step in. She was SCARY. And it's especially good since she was such a sweet girl before she was possessed.

Just FYI, Gene Wilder did sing the songs in the film.

This is a classic dark comedy. Gene Wilder is simply fantastic (as always), and his "Pure Imagination" holds a place in the hearts of many film lovers.

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

I wish they explored the dark side a little bit more!

@Serai3

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies The book does. Dahl was not a cheerful or naive writer. Here's one thing: in the first edition of the story, the Oompa-Loompas were not weird orange-skinned creatures - they were tiny little _black people._ Yes, really. Dressed in skins and grass skirts, with blindingly bright smiles. Oy. (Ironically, when I read it as a kid, it was one of the things that influenced me in _favor_ of black people, because the O-Ls were just so damn _smart.)_ Another bit that didn't make it into this version (but is in the Burton version), is the tale of Prince Pondicherry, a mad monarch who contracted Wonka to come to India and build him a palace made completely of chocolate, inside and out. You can imagine where it went from there. It's one of the things that Burton really got right, in my opinion, as the sequence is quite beautiful, almost poetic, as well as funny. (Burton's film is a hit-and-miss affair, at least for me. Some of it is just perfect, while other things - like Wonka _himself_ - are dreadful. The parts that are good are so good that the crap feels like a personal affront!)

@wfly81

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies It's a hard thing to balance. But they were more interested in making it a movie for all ages. Any darker and it wouldn't be appropriate for very young children.

"I'm NOW telling the computer EXACTLY what it can do with a lifetime supply of Chocolate." Has to be my favorite line in the movie.

@prod.byzaha954

Жыл бұрын

while pressing just three buttons lol

During the Pure Imagination filming, the child actors were instructed to not pass Gene Wilder on the stairs. The kids reactions to Mr. Wonka on the stairs are genuine!

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the trivia!

@only257

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies this movie was better than the awful Tim burton remake my dad hated it too he said the director must have been on drugs and also said that it wasn’t like the original movie at all📼

"Stop. Don't. Come back" I love Family Guy's homage to this film! 🎥 💓 🍿

Years later in talking about the film, Wilder said that all the kids were wonderful, except for the young actor who played Mike Teavee, who he described as "a handful". lol

@jimballard1186

3 жыл бұрын

I saw a documentary about the movie maybe twenty years ago. The kid who plays Charlie didn't want to be an actor, so at least at the time of the documentary, he was a veterinarian. I got the impression he was more about livestock than pets, but I can't trust my memory on that one.

@hotflesh66

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that is true. The actor who played Charlie was offered more roles but declined and ended up a vet after graduating from Cornell Veterinary School of Medicine later in life. A band was named after the bratty girl: Veruca Salt. Mike Teevee did a slint on the tv show Jeopardy when Alex Trebek was alive. To make it funnier, I thought Grandpa and Charlie could fart too as well as burp to get out of danger. Some of the cast ended up on Top Chef: Just Desserts as a reunion but sadly Violet passed away currently.

@bkurtz8770

2 жыл бұрын

Augustus actor is an attorney

It was indeed Gene singing. He actually has a halfway decent voice. You can hear him sing a couple of times in the FANTASTIC movie called Stir Crazy, with Richard Pryor. Those two are an amazing acting pair and they collaborated on at least three movies.

@oaf-77

3 жыл бұрын

4

@jimballard1186

3 жыл бұрын

Halfway decent? My hearing is kinda dull, but I like his singing.

"Judging from the first 5 mintues, it seems like a very...wholesome film." Just wait.

@IggyStardust1967

3 жыл бұрын

ROFL! I said the exact same thing!

@TheLottolandus

3 жыл бұрын

it is not, the wheel that cries out in paint will eventually get a over the counter medicacation. Black Stallion.

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

I actually laughed out loud when he said that.

@GalahadGregory

3 жыл бұрын

There was no Earthly way of knowing which direction he was going.

@tophers3756

3 жыл бұрын

It is wholesome, but with a subversive side.

Never realize it makes sense that slugworth aka Mr. Wilkinson was working with Willy Wonka, how else would he find the winners so fast.

@chaddon7685

3 жыл бұрын

How would he find them so fast unless it was rigged?

@Grimium

3 жыл бұрын

@@chaddon7685 My first guese would be lazy 70s plot device put their for the movie.

@ericjanssen394

3 жыл бұрын

He was there BEFORE Veruca found the ticket!...Explain that! ;)

@acgearsandarms1343

11 ай бұрын

@@chaddon7685Don’t think it was rigged, but that he had the means to track the shipments that contained the tickets. But then again, a lot of things don’t make sense in this movie for plot convenience. Just enjoying the movies

The actor who played Charlie, Peter Ostrum, quit acting after this film. He was actually offered a three picture deal upon the success of this, but he turned it down. These days he's working as a veterinarian in upstate New York, specializing in large animals like horses.

@angelminaj617

3 жыл бұрын

I guess some people really love their jobs regardless of the money

@Cobalt-Jester

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelminaj617 Funny how you think a child actor in the 70's get's more money than a specialist veterinarian... He probably earns more in a month than he's ever made from being in that movie. I'm guessing not one of the child actors got more than a few hundred $ maybe a couple of thousand tops, in their whole life from this movie.

@angelminaj617

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cobalt-Jester thanks for the information

@kingmidas2112

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cobalt-Jester Actually yeah, they mentioned in an interview like, 20-30 years after the film came out, that people assume they're rich from being in such a big movie when they only got a couple hundred bucks a piece

I love this movie, love your honest critique of it. The Oompa-Loompas act as a Greek Chourus in the film commenting on the actions of the characters.

I was 7 years old when this first came out in the theaters, and I loved every minute of it back then! It's a fun movie, and in 1971, I was definitely in the target audience. Even now, at 56 years old, it's still a fun movie, along with the nostalgia of it. Anyone who saw this movie as a child can almost relive that time while watching this movie now as an adult. It's also a great moralistic movie, emphasizing honesty and goodness, and serves as a good inspiration to young minds watching this today.

They also didn't tell anyone that Gene Wilder was going to start singing/screaming during the boat ride. Thus everybody's shocked looks and Veruca's dad nervously trying to sing along. They made the scene even creepier for the whole cast.

Oh, and Gobstoppers are indeed a real candy and they're pretty awesome. Not quite everlasting, but they do last for a LONG time.

@bradleyelsken622

3 жыл бұрын

They're basically jawbreakers with multi-colored layers, but yes, they were pretty fun when I was younger

When I was little they showed this in school and I loved it. But I was always impatient for them to get to the chocolate factory and I thought the stuff leading up to it was boring. But now as an adult I get all the jokes and subtle humor in those unconnected vignettes. My favorite is the one you included, three woman whose husband was being ransomed for Wonka bars. When I saw that scene as an adult and having forgotten the punchline it was a true laugh out loud moment for me.

"There's no knowing where we're goooooiiiinng...." That wasn't for kids. That was a horror scene.

@ericjanssen394

3 жыл бұрын

FUN FACT: Roald Dahl actually hated the movie, since he had written the script on the assumption that batty, twittering Spike Milligan would be playing Wonka, and wasn't quite prepared for getting calm, mad Gene Wilder. You can hear some of Wonka's quotes as they might have been written for Spike, and Wilder's psychotic boat song was originally going to be a bit of mad Milligan fluff.

@phousefilms

3 жыл бұрын

"A BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!"

@genisonkobe

2 жыл бұрын

Movie for X generation, my friend. Not for the fearful and tearful Z / Alpha generation

Shan, your face after the tunnel scene says it all: what in the blue fuck was that all about?!

@Billis75

3 жыл бұрын

How many other rated G films can you say show a real beheading of a chicken?

@nickmanzo8459

3 жыл бұрын

@@Billis75 this one!

I always found it interesting that Roald Dahl, known for writing children’s books, wrote the screenplay for the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice

@Serai3

3 жыл бұрын

Roald Dahl wrote a lot more than children's books, but they get remembered because of the movies made from them. And his books weren't exactly the light fare we tend to associate with kid's books. Check out "The Magic Finger" sometime - a story about a little girl who acquires the power to point her finger and create any change she wishes. Happily, it gets exactly as dark and terrible as you'd expect! :)

@colettebezio1913

3 жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 He wrote a lot of dark and twisted short stories that were made into a TV series called Tales of the Unexpected. Roald Dahl introduced each episode, the first season was all his stories. Later they did stories by others that had the same sort of twist endings.

@Serai3

3 жыл бұрын

@@colettebezio1913 Oh, that title sounds familiar. I'll have to look for the series. Thanks for the rec! :)

@ericjanssen394

3 жыл бұрын

In fact, Dahl's experience doing BOTH got him the job writing the screenplay for Ian Fleming's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", turning it from a short children's story into a "kiddy 007 adventure". (Have we seen that one yet, btw, Shan?--It usually accompanies Wonka.)

Gene Wilder's intro was improvised, as he wanted to get legitimate real reactions from the child actors. The girl who played Violet recently passed away. The boat ride was also not revealed to the actors for the same reason. To get their genuine reactions. This movie truly is a classic. I refuse to watch the remake, as I don't think it ever needed one except as a money grab.

@socialmoth4974

3 жыл бұрын

That was money well saved. The remake was awful.

@ethanhart129

3 жыл бұрын

Burtons film wasn’t a remake of the 1971 film. It was another adaptation of the book.

@robertpresley1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhart129 a better adaptation actually. The Burton film follows the book a lot more than the original movie.

@robertpresley1503

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhart129 and the author of the book said he actually hated the original movie.

Strange but always entertaining , that Veruca Salt tho lol. My heart always broke for Charlie .As a kid I must have read the book 100 times.

@Wawagirl17

3 жыл бұрын

The funniest thing about Veruca to me is that her father always looks like he's about to have a heart attack.

@sugarcakes-sv9dj

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wawagirl17 so true, Veruca is giving him a heart attack every hour lol.

@charlesborden8111

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wawagirl17 And he's probably secretly hoping to have one, just to get away from her. LOL

Edward Scissorhands & Sleepy Hollow are among the fan favorites of the Burton-Depp collaboration as well.

@KrystalAnn0688

3 жыл бұрын

Sweeney Todd as well I’d say

There's a 2nd book, Charlie and the Glass Elevator. I never read it or had it read to me in school and I don't think it was ever made into a movie. The thing that really sticks out to me always was Willy Wonka's reaction to the kids doing something that they shouldn't have done..."Oh no, stop. Don't do that." It was the most half-assed response and it was great.

One of the creepiest parts of the movie is 4 people in the same bed who havent gotten out of bed in 20 years NASTY AND THEN for the grandpa to get out of bed after 20 years and start dancing TOO FUNNY

@druidkhan6066

3 жыл бұрын

There's a meme on that about the grandpa.

@dawggirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@druidkhan6066 Yep. "good morning to everyone except grandpa joe who sat in bed for 20 years and allowed his family to wallow in poverty but hopped up like a mf to go to a candy factory"

@angelminaj617

3 жыл бұрын

Their funky asses. Bed full of bugs and everything else

@bluelagoon1980

3 жыл бұрын

The bed thing... sadly, that's how poor people slept for much of human history. Multiple people in the same bed, both for warmth and safety and because how many beds can you afford? Most people slept piled together on pallets or piles of straw and other plant matter (including plants that repel insects and plants that smell nice). In Charlie's shack, what space or money would they have had for multiple beds? They'd all be getting bed baths and the sheets changed and washed, but two beds would also mean twice as much laundry for mom.

@angelminaj617

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluelagoon1980 I need to address several of your points. 1. When we watch the movie, we see that there is plenty of space for another bed. Grandpa Joe had plenty of space to dance in, they could have easily put a bed there. 2. They were not receiving a bed bath. Charlie's mother worked at the laundry mat for most of the day to keep a roof over their head. She would not have had time to work, cook, clean, empty 4 bed pans and give 4 grown adults bed baths. 3. An extra bed would not have been a problem when it comes to laundry. She already worked at a laundry mat, what is washing an extra sheet and blanket? 4. These 4 grown adults were not piled up for warmth as this wasn't the stone age, a blanket can provide adequate warmth.

The reaction of the kids to the Chocolate room was genuine. They were kept away from the set and not told what to expect until the first time they saw it as shot.

Silver streak and Stir Crazy are amazing movies Gene Wilder did with Richard Pryor. They were awesome together. Silver Streak was the first one. You will love the chemistry they had together. Also young Frankenstein, and the producers are great Gene Wilder movies. Love the reaction!

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll Google them and add them to the list!

This is one of my all time favorite films.

Fan theory, not official: The things in Wonka's office are all cut in half because his ex-wife took half of everything in the divorce.

@ThisUserIsNoLongerAvailable

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds more like a joke than a theory

@Heroshii15

2 жыл бұрын

There was also the explanation on the old Wonka brand website: He has another room with all the other halves of things. I like to think it’s an east vs. west office kind of thing.

@migiplayz91

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a CinemaSins joke

I love that you mentioned that “Ed Wood” is on your list to react to. I do recommend that you watch some of Ed’s films before you get to the Burton film. “Bride of the Monster”, “Glen or Glenda” and of course Ed’s masterpiece😂 and the film voted as the worst ever made “Plan 9 From Outer Space” Trust me when I say your knowledge of those films will enhance your enjoyment of “Ed Wood”.

Please watch "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" ( 1989, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor ) !

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

I'll add it to the list Peter!

@maximillianosaben

3 жыл бұрын

So darn funny!

@maximillianosaben

3 жыл бұрын

@James Cooper - Mens rea !!!

@centuryrox

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, if you're going to promote a Wilder/Pryor film, I think "Stir Crazy" is the better of the two.

@oaf-77

3 жыл бұрын

No, if you’re going to watch a Pryor/wilder movie, watch the best one. Stir Crazy (1980)

One thing I’d suggest is to watch Young Frankenstein as Gene Wilder said that when he died, he wanted to be remembered for this film and that one

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, didn't know that. Young Frankenstein is already on the list though :)

@Zofer-1920

3 жыл бұрын

Young Frankenstein for sure! Great Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder work

@OblivionGate

3 жыл бұрын

Stir Crazy is better!! The 2nd part of Young Frankenstein becomes a bit boring imo.

@rustincohle2135

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies Also, watch "The Producers" from 1968, not the 2005 version. It's Mel Brooks's and Gene Wilder's first collaboration and it's one of the best comedies ever made. Other great films with Wilder include "Bonnie and Clyde", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex", "The Little Prince", "Start the Revolution Without Me", and also Wilder's collaborations with Richard Pryor including "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy".

@tia2d381

3 жыл бұрын

"Blazing Saddles" and "The Little Prince"

The part in the tunnel where Wanka went nuts wasn't in the script and was just something WIlder and the director made up on the spot, but they didn't tell the rest of the cast about it. So the reactions we see of them is them legit thinking Wilder had lost his mind.

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for the trivia Mike!

@thebcplayer

2 жыл бұрын

The speech in the tunnel is actually in Roald Dahl's original novel.

“It’s your husband or your case of Wonka bars!” “How long will they give me to think it over?” Lines like that are why it’s still one of my favorite movies nearly fifty years after I first saw it in the theaters. Oh, and the photo of the gambler from Paraguay is actually of the Nazi Martin Bormann who disappeared in the last days of the fall of Berlin to the Soviets in 1945. A very sly reference to the fact that so many of the Nazi hierarchy who escaped capture after the war ended up in South America. (It was discovered years after this movie was released that Bormann actually died in Berlin before VE Day.)

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the trivia Kathy!

Please be the first who reacts to "Short Circuit" ( 1986 ) !

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

It's already on the list Martin. The list has 200+ movies already LOL. I pick most of them at random and watch it.

@Mikde-zf9gz

3 жыл бұрын

Be interesting to see his take on Fisher Stevens performance lol

@matsv201

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies is 13th floor and ghost in the shell on the list?

@John_Locke_108

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies Crossing my fingers that the gods of random choice are kind to us.

@PV1230

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mikde-zf9gz I wonder if he'll be offended by the stereotype

The actor who played Grandpa Joe was a former Vaudeville performer.

@grandgnd

3 жыл бұрын

That's "the man" from Chico And The Man

@Thievius333

3 жыл бұрын

I knew him from a couple of Elvis Presley movies.

@robertdean925

3 жыл бұрын

He was in the Original Poseidon adventure 1972 movie

I'm happy to see this reaction. Gene Wilder was and still is my favourite actor ever. A future recomendation: The Little Prince (1974). There, you have Gene Wilder as the fox, and Bob Fosse as the Snake.

@oliverbrownlow5615

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. A great, often overlooked performance is given by Wilder as the Fox in Lerner and Loewe's musical version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic, with Fosse giving arguably the best screen performance of his career as the Snake, and a cast also including a pre-*Chorus Line* Donna McKechnie, and Broadway veterans Richard Kiley and Clive Revill.

I only found out the other day that the whole film was supposed to be just a big chocolate bar advert. Apparently an owner of a big chocolate company ( I can't remember which) funded the entire movie after his daughter told him all about the book and he thought it would be a great idea to tie it in with the release of his new chocolate bar that he would name Willie wonkas. Unfortunately due to problems at the factory they had none of the bars ready for sale when the film was released. Kinda fed it up 🤣

@barreloffun10

3 жыл бұрын

Cadbury.

This classic is loaded with trivia like: the actor who played Charlie never acted in anything after, when the candy store owner raised the counter he clipped a little girl on her chin but she went with it then there's the most famous of all, Gene's changes from the book (there's a story behind the set designs too but too much to write here), and the actors who played the Umpa Lumpas couldn't speak a lick of English. How come no one talks about Frisco Kid? To me, that was one of Gene Wilder's best films! *subliminal reaction request* Deep Rising and Screamers!

@misterkite

3 жыл бұрын

"How come no one talks about Frisco Kid?" How about The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother?

@jayeisenhardt1337

2 жыл бұрын

Deep Rising, I remember some ballroom scene being used in several movies and yet somehow this is the only one I can remember.

I'm 52 and still love watching this movie!

I used to have a boss who's personality was like Willy Wonka. I liked him from time to time.

Besides Young Frankenstein, it is definitely worth checking out some of the films Wilder did with Richard Pryor (in which he did a few of them). My favorite is "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" from 1989.

The tunnel scene is now a part of Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments, and every one thinks that Willy Wonka is a serial killer.

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

It was pretty psychedelic for a kid film!

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that they actually show a chicken getting decapitated in a “children’s movie” still blows my mind.

@deadgrandma9407

3 жыл бұрын

Marilyn Manson has a great version of that "song" kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJqTtqmmcc6-f9o.html

@zombiTrout

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a reaction to that show.

10:39 -- Oh yes... Gene had a wonderful voice. The stern look, the limp, and the forward flip when we're introduced to Wonka was all Gene's idea..

Gene Wilder: Haunted Honeymoon was always one I loved.

I’m glad you were able to get this up Shan!

As a kid in the 80's seeing Willy Wonka, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and bedknobs and broomsticks on a black and white tv was "Pure Imagination". Oh and Mary Poppins which I remember seeing in a drive-in theater somehow.

I will have to recommend you to watch Snowpiercer next after this movie. And then watch the fan theory as to why that makes sense.

@fritzk3627

3 жыл бұрын

💯 an unauthorized sequel!

For me when this came out it was an amazing wonder. I was in First Grade when this movie came out. There were no video games there was no Cable TV no home computers or ipads or electronic gaming devices. In our area there were 3 television channels which all had morning news afternoon news and evening news maybe some kids shows in the morning for an hour then soap operas in the day time, some after school kids shows then news then evening programming. IMAGINATION was our way of living You played with toys and your imagination and to see a KIDS MOVIE that was all about imagination come to life on the big screen was amazing. I saw this version for many years and took my kids to see the other version when my kids were little. I like this version better but the other one is okay but NOT a big fan of Johnny Dep or his performance.

Classic. All about Gene's performance.

I'm 37 and I can remember every word for every song. Gene Wilder's Wonka is an absolute sociopath 😂

Grandpa Joe is the villain of the movie. He pretends to be bedridden for years, he convinces Charlie to drink the floating juice almost getting them killed, then he tries to get Charlie to give the gobstopper to Slugworth.

@robertdean925

3 жыл бұрын

At least he isn't like that in the Depp version

Another wholesome film that has lots of music numbers that came out in the same time period and also has Gene Wilder as one of the characters is the 1974 The Little Prince.

So glad I found your channel. Love your synopsis on all of the videos I have watched. Keep it up.

Really enjoying your reactions. You pick up on a lot of things that are often missed or glossed over by others, and so much intelligent insight. Keep it up :)

Fun trivia:When Willy Wonka drinks from a flower-shaped cup and then eats the cup, the cup itself was made of wax. Gene Wilder had to chew the wax pieces until the end of the take, at which point he spat them out. Fun trivia: Ernst Ziegler, who played Grandpa George, was nearly blind (from poison gas in World War I), so he was instructed to look for a red light to guide him when his character was meant to be looking in a certain direction. Fun trivia: This movie was shot in Munich, Germany, but the producers had to go outside of Germany to recruit enough little people to play the Oompa Loompas. Many of the people cast as Oompa Loompas (German or otherwise) did not speak English fluently, if at all. This is why some appear to not know the words to songs during the musical numbers. Fun trivia: The reactions of the actors and actresses in some scenes are spontaneous. For example, when the children first enter the Chocolate Room and see the candy gardens, their reactions are genuine. Fun trivia: Most of the chocolate bars were made of wood.

It’s the darkness that Wilder brings to Wonka that makes the movie so good.

Wilder was singing. He also adlibbed the slow walk and tumble entrance. If they didn't leave it in he was done.

Truly one of the greatest movies of all time.

there's a subtle tone of a childhood experience when watching this movie. something about the first time you had candy for the first time and the happy memories that came with it. and Gene Wilder's performance was always top notch. making this movie a timeless classic.

Shan: Knows everything there is to know about cinema, has never seen a movie.

No matter how old I get the ending always plucks my heartstrings. Such a wonderful film.

I must've watched this movie an absurd number of times growing up in he 80s. Over 30 years later and I still feel Charlie's excitement when he finds the last Golden Ticket and I still tear up at the last line. "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted. He lived happily ever after." Gene Wilder is forever my Willy Wonka. If there's one way I could describe the effect it has on me as a viewer, I'd have to say it feels very genuine. From the opening credits, rarely does anything take me out of its reality. It really does pull me into a world of pure imagination to this day.

Julie Dawn Cole, the actress who played Veruca Salt, recalled that during the filming of her song “Don’t Care How, I Want it Now!” It was her birthday and she was such a little monster to her co-stars that no one wished her a happy birthday. She grew up to be a lovely person but she was indeed something of a monster at least a bit on set but nothing to the Mike Teevee kid.

"Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. It was written by British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. It was sung by Gene Wilder who played the character of Willy Wonka.

Glad you were able to finally get an edit out! Wilder deservedly gets the loin's share of acclaim here, but I love veteran actor Jack Albertson's work here too! Somehow, even though I'm a huge fan of his work, I never realized that Harper Goff was the production designer here, until watching your reaction. He did stunning, iconic work in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Fox's Fantastic Voyage (now ALSO Disney...). I guess that Leagues, being a formal Disney film, would be off limits. But would love to see you react to Fantastic Voyage...it is a 60's film, but it's set design and effects still astonish...

Julie Dawn Cole played Veruca Salt. In real life, she was poor. She loved playing a spoiled rich girl.

Side Note: At the time of its release the opening song Candy Man became a very popular hit for Sammy Davis Jr.

I remember when this movie came out. I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade. All the kids in school made a big deal out of it and I had no idea what they were talking about because our family never went to the movies. I saw it years later and remember thinking, "THAT'S what everyone was making a fuss over?" /shrug

The reason why they are called "kisses" is because of the way they are made

Denise Nickerson, who played Violet in this film, also worked on the original TV daytime soap opera "Dark Shadows."

I have to admit when it got to the part where she says, "how long have i got to think it over", and your smiling crack up laugh 😅 that was it, just had to subscribe awesomely awesomeness

Some years ago there was a documentary programme on TV about the child actors and their careers. The British & American actors came to stay on location when they were filming it in Germany, but the actor who played Augustus Gloop lived locally, commuted from home and didn't speak much English, so he didn't interact with the other child actors as much. He went on to have a career as an accountant, I think. This was one of my favourite films of my childhood, but it was only after watching it many times over many years, growing older, that we understood better the morality story which was the hidden agenda behind the basic adventures.

Fun fact: Actor Peter Ostrum (Charlie) grew up to be a Veterinarian, in upstate, NY, working mostly with Horses and Cows.

Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Literal comedy gold.

Hi Shan. I'm loving this channel. Your narrative for me is great. You're making me see new details in some films that I've loved for quite a few decades (I'm 54) so firstly, thanks for that. I'd recommend "The Elephant Man" from 1981 with John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. I'm sure you would find it more than interesting and I think you're reaction would be a great new addition to your channel. Cheers!

An absolute all time classic. Over time, it became a mainstay played around Thanksgiving time every year. Yeah we had to wait for movies to be rebroadcast back in the 70s and 80s lol.

God, I'm so happy I subscribed to you, this was another exciting notification that made me squee "Ooooohhh!!!!" instantly. Can't wait to watch! This is gonna be good!

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch :)

@Wawagirl17

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies You're welcome! You just pick some of the best movies!

Shan, "Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?" This is a quote from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and deals with where one's passions originate from.

Notice the kids represent some of the 7deadly sins?

I remember an interview with the man who played Charlie and he was mortified that he was expected to sing with Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe) who was actually a Tony winning Broadway actor. I didn't notice it as a kid but the poor boy really isn't a very good singer. The boat scene always scared the crap out of me as a kid but now it's one of my favorite parts. I do tend to like when things get weird.

The movie is amazing, the second half is paced and plotted like a horror film.

"Oompa loompa doopadie dawesome, Dwight is now gone which is totally Awesome"

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Why is he gone? He was such a nice guy

Great reaction! (Also, awesome shirt.)

There's a fairly recent tv documentary out there* about the kids in this movie with interviews with them. The woman who played Verruca recalled that in the Golden egg scene where she gets weighed she was worried that her knickers would show 😳 when she dropped down the chute🤭 Also both girls had a huge crush 💖 on the kid who played Charlie *Might be on KZread even.

cant believe you never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory one of my favorite movies growing up

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

All movies seem to be your favorite movie growing up 😂😂😂

@randomreviews4278

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies not all but some

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe just the ones I watch!

@randomreviews4278

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShanWatchesMovies some of you wacthed i never seen are, Raging bull, what about bob, Mars attack its a wonderful life, trading places,my cousin vinny, the fall, platoon, scrooged, stand by me, dark city, the burbs, planes trains and automobiles, oldboy, Angel heart, dead zone, dawn of the dead, misery the green mile, 12 monkeys, the mist, the thing, close encounters of the third kind,one flew the cuckoos nest, and Taxi Driver

@ShanWatchesMovies

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's quite a lot man! I take my words back and recommend you to watch those!

8:53 Gene Wilder has gone on record saying he would NOT be in this movie unless they added in a scene he wanted. And this was it. He said he wanted the audience to be introduced to this character not with joy but with confusion and to not know whether or not he was lying or telling the truth. So walking slowly on a cane is brilliant. You HEAR so much good stuff about him for the first 45 minutes hoping to see him. And you feel disappointed to see he isn't what you thought he was. Then he loses his cane, you think he is going to fall. You feel fear for him. But it turns out he was just putting on a performance. Then you feel happy again. It's so surreal and you barely notice it as a kid. But as an adult it's strange, but captivating, and genius. And I'm glad they decided to keep it in. It sums up Wonka's entire character and Gene Wilder's performance entirely all within a few seconds. Brilliant filmmaking.

I first saw this film in 1972. I was seven years old. I have loved it ever since!

Two more 60s movies of the same feel from about the same time are "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968) and "Doctor Dolittle" (1967). Both are as whimsical as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". The Tim Burton remake "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is quite different in tone but is said to be more faithful to the book. I found it to be surreal and depressing compared to Willy Wonka. Then there's the character of Wonka himself and each Wonka couldn't be more different from one another. Happy viewing. In the seventies, it was a treat to see this movie televised. One of the early times my siblings and I watched this, there were a lot of Wonka chocolate products on the market and I bought a whole bunch for us to enjoy while watching the movie. Long story short, we over-chocolated ourselves and had to stop eating before the movie was half-over. If you ever wish to try this, "pacing" and "rationing" are your keywords.

@oliverbrownlow5615

3 жыл бұрын

What do you get when you guzzle down sweets, eating as much as an elephant eats?

"I told you not to silly boy." One of my absolute favorite lines of the whole movie. The other being, "I bet those Golden Tickets make the chocolate taste terrible."

Little Charlie actor grew up and became a veterinarian. He will do appearances with the other actors. Sad fact: The actress that played Violet recently passed away. :(

I LOVE that ending. (makes me tear up with "happy tears" everytime) The Grandpa's love for Charlie throws him into a rage when Wonka crushes Charlie's hope. And so he wants to give the Gobstopper to Slugworth, not just for the money, but as REVENGE on Wonka for hurting his Grandson. Charlie's performance/expression was perfect. You can see he is horrified that his, normally sweet & kindhearted, Grandpa would suggest that Charlie take REVENGE on someone. To me, THAT is why he gave the Gobstopper back. He didn't want his beloved Grandpa to turn into a vengeful person. (nor turn himself into a bad person) Even though he KNEW he was likely dooming himself to a lifetime a hard labor & poverty.

Thanks for the great reaction. Gene Wilder did so many fun things. One of my Favorites is "The Silver Streak" 1976

Fun facts! Almost everything in the Candy room was in fact edible. Except the buttercup he drank from and then ate, it was wax. Additionally if you look at Veruka’s knees, you’ll see red on her tights. She fell and hit her knee on a real rock. The boy who played Charlie is now a veterinarian, and this was the only film he ever acted in. The Oompa Loompas we’re all grown men, but they were all little people. When Gene Wilder did the tumble in the opening scene, he hurt his back pretty well. And my last bit of knowledge. The film was supposed to be ambiguous when it came to where it took place and when.

And with this Shan becomes my favourite reactor. So many are just reacting to the same movies as everyone else but Shan has such a varied selection on his channel. There’s a lot jumping on the bandwagon recently but not many give in depth analysis and opinion like Shan does. Most movie reaction channels, I watch just to see someone watch a movie I like. With Shan, I watch because I genuinely want to hear his thoughts.

First off, I love your reactions. You analyze many more aspects than most reactors, yet you're not constantly talking over the movie and missing important stuff. Fun facts: the "Candyman" song was Rat Pack actor Sammy Davis Jr's signature song, and originally he was going to play the candy shop clerk, but the director decided he was far too recognizable and would distract from the timeless feel the director wanted. Also to that end, the setting is meant to be as generic as possible, to make it feel like Charlie's town could be anywhere.

Looking forward to the Ed Wood reaction!