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National Film Preservation Board | 2014
Best Music Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score | 1972
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1972 | Gene
Best DVDBluRay Special Edition Release | 2012
Budget 3,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,000,000 USD
The reactions of the actors and actresses in some scenes are spontaneous: In the scene in which Wonka limps out of his factory to greet the Golden Ticket winners, everyone's reaction was genuine.When the children first enter the Chocolate Room and see the candy gardens, their reactions are genuine.When filming the tunnel scene, the actors' reactions to Wonka's singing were genuine; Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, and Denise Nickerson were all terrified and had thought Gene Wilder had gone into a psychotic meltdown.In the scene where Wonka is screaming at Charlie and Grandpa Joe, Ostrum's and Albertson's reactions are real. Wilder actually wanted to tell Ostrum beforehand, but director Mel Stuart advised strongly against it, so as not to ruin the illusion of surprise.
Ernst Ziegler, who played Grandpa George, was nearly blind (from poison gas in World War I), so he was instructed to look for a red light to guide him when his character was meant to be looking in a certain direction.
After reading the script, Gene Wilder said he would take the role of Willy Wonka under one condition: that he would be allowed to limp, then suddenly somersault in the scene when he first meets the children. When director Mel Stuart asked why, Wilder replied that having Wonka do this meant that "from that time on, no one will know if I'm lying or telling the truth." Stuart asked, "If I say no, you won't do the picture?" and Wilder said, "I'm afraid that's the truth."
In the DVD commentary, Peter Ostrum mentions that, toward the end of the shoot (with him being the only kid left) he and Gene Wilder often ate lunch together. Fittingly, they finished those lunches by sharing a chocolate bar for dessert as they walked back to the set.
According to the DVD commentary, Julie Dawn Cole kept several props from the movie (after being instructed not to) including the Golden Ticket, an Everlasting Gobstopper, and a Willy Wonka candy wrapper.
