Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

film by Burton [2005]

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discussed in biography

  • Tim Burton
    In Tim Burton

    …Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s book of the same name.

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reception

  • Roald Dahl
    In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Reception

    Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), with Freddie Highmore as Charlie and Johnny Depp as Wonka, was more faithful to the book but received mixed reviews. Dahl wrote a sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972).

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role of Depp

story by Dahl

  • Roald Dahl
    In Roald Dahl

    …the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). His other works for young readers include Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970; film 2009), Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972), The Enormous Crocodile (1978), The BFG (1982; films 1989 and 2016),

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