Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton. The screenplay by John August is the second adaptation of the 1964 British book of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world.

Charlie Bucket Freddie Highmore is a kind and loving boy living in poverty with his parents Noah Taylor and Helena Bonham Carter and four bedridden grandparents. They all rely on his father for income, employed at a toothpaste factory, responsible for putting the caps on the tubes. Down the street is Willy Wonkas Johnny Depp chocolate factory, which reopened after industrial espionage forced him into seclusion and to sack his employees. Charlies Grandpa Joe David Kelly worked for Wonka before the termination.Wonka announces a contest whereby children that find five Golden Tickets hidden in Wonka bars will be given a tour of the factory and one a chance to be presented with an unknown grand prize. Four tickets are quickly found the greedy and gluttonous Augustus Gloop Philip Wiegratz from Dsseldorf the spoiled and rotten Veruca Salt Julia Winter from Buckinghamshire the competitive and boastful Violet Beauregarde AnnaSophia Robb from Atlanta and the arrogant and aggressive Mike Teavee Jordan Fry from Denver. Charlie hopes to find a ticket but chances are small as money is tight so the best has to be made of is his annual birthday present of one Wonka bar and a bar bought by Grandpa Joes money. All hope is crushed when the last ticket is claimed in Russia. Charlie, on finding some money in the street, just intends to enjoy one chocolate bar when news breaks that the last ticket was fake. Charlie finds the bar he just bought has the last Golden Ticket. Bystanders attempt to separate him from it, only for the shopkeeper Oscar James to see that he keeps the ticket and gets back home with it. ........

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