Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by the British writer Roald Dahl. It features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of an eccentric chocolati
First US edition
Costumes of Willy Wonka (from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and the Hatter (from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books.
Golden Ticket from the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on display at a convention in Spain
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical playing at Drury Lane in the West End of London in 2013
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on Dahl's 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It sta
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
…was published in 1972. Dahl planned a third installment in the series, but never finished it. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). A standalone film exploring Willy Wonka's origins, simply titled Wonka, was released in 2023. The…
Theatrical release poster
The main cast during filming in 1970: Back row (left to right): Böllner, Reit, Wilder Second row (left to right): Stone, Kinnear, Denney, Albertson Front row (left to right): Nickerson, Cole, Themmen, Ostrum
The child cast of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 2011
Wonka Factory 2