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Who better to bring Roald Dahl's adored children's story to life than the mastermind behind inventive films like EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BEETLEJUICE? From Tim Burton's opening...
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Who better to bring Roald Dahl's adored children's story to life than the mastermind behind inventive films like EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and BEETLEJUICE? From Tim Burton's opening shot--against Danny Elfman's eerie score--this CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is recognizably darker than the Mel Stuart-directed 1971 version starring Gene Wilder. Though the mysterious chocolate factory has been closed for 15 years, it continues to produce and ship candy all over the world. When a contest promises a tour of the plant to the lucky finders of five golden tickets hidden inside wrappers, no one is more excited than Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), an impoverished boy whose family lives mere steps from the factory. Though he can barely afford even one candy bar, fate intervenes, and Charlie finds the last golden ticket. <br> <br> Joined at the gates by a group of despicable brats named Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Augustus Gloop, and Mike Teavee, Charlie and his Grandfather (David Kelly) venture inside propr... Less
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This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King...
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This classic Monty Python comedy, directed by Pythons Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. <br> <br> In addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN. Melding the ridiculous with the sublime, the film quickly inspired a cult following, generated a host of ... Less
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Stars
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David Kelly
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Monty Python Cast
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Actors
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Adam Godley
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John Cleese
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DVD: Widescreen Deluxe Edition
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DVD: Subtitled French and Spanish
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Directors
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Tim Burton
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Terry Gilliam
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012569593381
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043396052765
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Genre
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Comedies
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Comedies
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Kids Adventure
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Based On A Novel
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Family Life
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Adaptation
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Remake
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Storytelling
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Fantasy
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Recommended
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Spoof
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On-The-Road
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British
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Satire
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Animals
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Medieval
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Classic Fight Scenes
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Legends
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Witches And Wizards
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Poverty
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Essential Cinema
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MPAA Rating
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PG (MPAA)
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PG (MPAA)
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Release Date
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2005
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1975
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Running Time
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1hr 55min
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1hr 30min
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Original Language
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English
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English
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- DVD: Full Frame
- 1hr 55min
- Warner Home Video
- November 08, 2005
- PG (MPAA)
- 012569593367
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- DVD: "Extraordinarily" Deluxe Edition; 2-Disc Set
- 1hr 30min
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- October 03, 2006
- PG (MPAA)
- 043396124516
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- VHS: Spanish
- 1hr 55min
- Warner Home Video
- November 08, 2005
- PG (MPAA)
- 012569801035
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- VHS
- 1hr 30min
- Movies Unlimited
- PG (MPAA)
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| Credits |
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Screenwriter
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John August
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Graham Chapman
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(07/28/2005, p.92, Peter Travers): "Tim Burton surrounds Depp with miraculous visuals of spun sugar and creeping menace. Their missionary lunacy is a treat for twisted children of all ages."
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(10/26/2001, p.98, Ty Burr): "...One of the funniest films ever made..."
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"It's just a flesh wound."--The Black Knight (John Cleese) to King Arthur (Graham Chapman), after Arthur has cut off his arms
"I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"--French Guard (John Cleese) to Arthur
"Sir Launcelot had saved Sir Galahad from almost certain temptation."--Narrator (Michael Palin), upon Sir Galahad (Michael Palin) having been "rescued" from the castle of virgins
"We are the Knights Who Say...'Ni'!" --Head Knight (Michael Palin) to Arthur
"One day, lad, all this will be yours!"--Father (Michael Palin)
"What, the curtains?"--Prince Herbert (Terry Jones)
"We are now...no longer the Knights Who Say 'Ni.'"--Head Knight
"Ni! Shh!"--Knights of Ni
"Shh! We are now the Knights Who Say 'Ecky-ecky-ecky-ecky-pikang-zoop-boing-goodem-zoo-owli-zhiv.'"--Head Knight
"Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!"--Tim the Enchanter (John Cleese)
"And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'"--Second Brother (Michael Palin)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Product Review Summary
75% recommend this product
Pros
- interesting (2)
- Entertaining (2)
- Enjoyable (2)
- Engaging (1)
- Funny (1)
Cons
- not for young children (2)
- Poor ending (1)
- Not for Everyone (1)
- slow (1)
Good For
- Entertainment (3)
- Men (1)
- Adults (1)
- Women (1)
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Consumer Reviews
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Pros
Wonderful visuals; Depp, Highmore and Pyle
Cons
Unnecessary subplot
Recommended it?
Yes
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - you know, the one with Gene Wilder - used to play once a year on TV when I was a kid. Only once, and I relished every delicious moment. Oh, the lickable wallpaper, the chocolate river, the delectable fantasy room where each and every thing was sweet and...
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Pros
Neat-o ending, nice special FX
Cons
Huge fans of the 1971 version may be put off.
Recommended it?
Yes
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971) is one of those movies I must have watched over a hundred times as a kid. Even just writing about it, I can hear the music in my head as Charlie goes to open that last candy bar...
The prospect of a remake didn't exactly send me off the deep...
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Product Review Summary
97% recommend this product
Pros
- Funny (3)
- Entertaining (2)
- Engaging (1)
- Good Value (1)
- Enjoyable (1)
Cons
- Confusing (2)
- Not for Everyone (2)
- Nothing (1)
- Old fashioned (1)
- Boring (1)
- not for young children (1)
Good For
- Entertainment (4)
- Adults (2)
- Teenagers (1)
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Consumer Reviews
Pros
You either get it...
Cons
...or you don't.
Recommended it?
Yes
[Note: For best results, read this review aloud, using a clipped British accent. If you?re a female, put a slovenly growl around the edges; if you?re male, go up to a quavering, Julia Child falsetto.]
[Oh, and one more thing: Flap your arms like a swallow.]
[Pardon me, I...
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Pros
gut busting humor
Cons
nada
Recommended it?
Yes
Once in a lifetime a movie comes along that is unparalleled in it's genre. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is just such an endeavor. Nothing that came before it can hope to compare, nor anything since. This movie spurned sooo many catch phrases, phrases to which the mere allusion will bring folks...
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