Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

30 November -0001

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The £36.4m Box Office Smash Hit from Director TIM BURTON starring two-time Academy Award® nominee JOHNNY DEPP as Willy Wonka is based on Roald Dahl's beloved classic novel.Available as a 2-Disc Deluxe Edition loaded with scrumptious special features! Come and enjoy a tour of the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world when the £36.4m box office smash hit Charlie and the Chocolate Factory arrives on DVD and video on 21st November from Warner Home Video. Based on the beloved, classic novel by Roald Dahl, the DVD is a must-own family classic, perfect for children and adults alike. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton (Batman, Batman Returns, Big Fish, Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice), this visually spectacular masterpiece stars two time Academy Award® nominee Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Edward Scissorhands), Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland, 5 Children and It) and Helena Bonham Carter (Big Fish, Planet of the Apes). Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw Golden Tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.

DVD ELEMENTS
The two disc set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVD includes the following special features:
Making-of Featurettes:

• Chocolate Dreams: Learn about Tim Burton's vision for the film and how he adapted the story
• Different Faces, Different Flavours: Meet the actors and learn about the characters they play
• Designer Chocolate: Learn about the film's production design
• Under the Wrapper: Go behind-the-scenes to see how the film's special effects were created
• Sweet Sounds: Watch the creation of the 4 Oompa-Loompa songs by composer Danny Elfman
• Attack of the Squirrels: See how real squirrels were trained to perform in the film
• Fantastic Mr Dahl: Learn about author Roald Dahl's life story and extraordinary body of work
• Becoming an Oompa-Loompa: See how one actor, Deep Roy, was turned into a multi talented army of Oompas
• DVD Menu Challenges:

Oompa-Loompa Dance

The Inventing Machine

The Bad Nut

Search For the Golden Ticket

• DVD-ROM (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory PC game demo and web links)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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