Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Country of Origin: USA/UK
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times:
Format: colour     Panavision (anamorphic)     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/The Zanuck Company/Plan B Entertainment
Executive Producers: Felicity Dahl, Bruce Berman, Graham Burke, Michael Siegel, Patrick McCormick
Producers: Brad Grey, Richard D. Zanuck
Co-Producer: Katterli Frauenfelder
Unit Production Manager: Nikolas Korda
Associate Producers: Brenda Berrisford, Derek Frey
Production Coordinator: Hermione Ninnim
Assistant Production Coordinator: Miranda Marks

SCRIPT
Script: John August
Novel: Roald Dahl

DIRECTION
Director: Tim Burton
1st Assistant Director: Katterli Frauenfelder
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Gareth Tandy
2nd Assistant Directors: Ben Dixon, Toby Hefferman
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Toby Hosking
3rd Assistant Director: Jonny Benson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot
Camera Operator: Des Whelan
1st Assistant Camera: Tim Battersby
2nd Assistant A Camera: Rene Adefarasin
2nd Assistant Camera: Dean Morrish
A Camera Focus Puller: John Conroy
B Camera Additional Focus Puller: Tim Battersby
Gaffer: John Higgins
Electrician: David Sinfield
Video Supervisor: Ian Kelly
Camera Equipment: Panavision (UK) Ltd

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Chris Lebenzon
1st Assistant Editor: Joseph Bond
Assistant Editor: Emma Gaffney
Apprentice Editor: Julie Saegert

MUSIC
Music: Danny Elfman

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Tony Dawe
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Neil Kingsbury
Boom Operator: Christian Bourne
2nd Unit Boom Operators: Alex Kingsbury, Gareth John
Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
Playback Operator: Emma Meaden
Sound Assistant: Denise Yarde
Sound Maintenance: Tom Barrow

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up Designer: Peter Owen
Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci
Costume Department Coordinator: Sabrina Canale
2nd Unit Costume Supervisor: Tom Hornsby

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Animatronics and Special Make Up Effects: Neal Scanlan

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Joss Williams
Special Effects Floor Supervisor: Alexander Gunn
Special Effects Assistant Supervisor: Michael Dawson
Senior Special Effects Technician: Dave Poole
Special Effects Technicians: Benjamin M. Esterson, David McGeary
Special Effects Crew: Ben Broadbridge
Special Effects Assistant: Jody Eltham
Puppeteer: Andy Garner

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Nick Davis
Visual Effects Unit Supervisor: Chris Shaw
Visual Effects Producer: Nikki Penny
Sequence Supervisor: Matt Hicks
Shot Technical Director: Jessica Braun
Digital Artist: Michael Ridgwell
Lead Character Rigger: Matthew Muntean
Roto/Prep Artist: Alasdair McNeill
Previs Supervisor: Nic Hatch
Lead Previs Artist: Martin Chamney
Previs Artist: Jonathan Edward Graham
Logistics Lead: Oompa Loompa: Sean Mathiesen
Match Move Technician: Mike Woodhead
Miniatures: David Sculley
Model Makers: Peter Tindall, Dan Frye
Model Unit Director of Photography: Nigel Stone
Supervising Digital Colourist: Peter Doyle
Visual Effects Editor: Paul Alexiou
Assistant Visual Effects Editor: James Winnifrith
Blue and Green Screen: Chromakey-Hire.Com

The Motion Picture Company
Visual Effects Supervisor: Chas Jarrett
Sequence Supervisor: Nicolas Aithadi
Technical Directors: Lee F. Sullivan, Matthew Gidney
Digital Compositor: Andre Brizard
Digital Texture Artist: Balazs Kiss
Modeling Lead: Stephane Paris
Motion Capture Supervisor: Isaac Partouche
Motion Capture Lead: Graham Bell
Motion Capture Assistant: Gary Marshall
Software: Hugh Macdonald
Systems: Martyn Drake

Warner Bros.
Visual Effects Coordinators: Gina Willis, Laya Armian, Nicholas Atkinson
Visual Effects Editor: Mark Sanger

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Alex McDowell
Supervising Art Director: Leslie Tomkins
Senior Art Director: Kevin Phipps
Art Directors: James Lewis, Andy Nicholson, Stuart Rose, Leslie Tomkins
Assistant Art Director: Anthony Caron-Delion
Assistant Art Director (Graphics): Kathy Heaser
2nd Unit Standby Art Director: Neal Callow
Set Designer: Helen Xenopoulos
Set Decorator: Peter Young
Assistant Set Decorator: Lee Sandales
Production Buyer: Michael King
Props: Terry Royce
Prop Modeller: Dan Frye
Construction Coordinator: Andy Evans
Graphics: François Audouy
Concept Illustrators: Gert Stevens, Ravi Bansal, Tino Schaedler, Dermot Power
Storyboard Artist: John Greaves
Draughtsmen: Neal Callow, Tom Whitehead
Sculptor: Andy Garner

OTHER CREW
Assistant Accountants: Elaine Harrison, Emma Short, Sarah Brook
Production Assistant: Stephen Deuters
Additional Set Production Assistant: Paul Sacks
Assistant to Executive Producer: Berenice Percival
Assistant to Unit Production Manager: Boo Motjuoadi
Driver For Patrick McCormick: Harry Taylor
Driver For Richard Zanuck: Michael Phelan
Researcher/Archivist: Monika Gray
Production Runner: Chloe-Miranda Finch
Set Runner: Mark Hopkins
Publicist: Sarah Clark
Set Tutor: Susan Weeks

LOCATIONS
Locations: Compair Factory, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; London, England, UK
Studio: Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Location Manager: David O'Reilly

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jim Dowdall
Stunts: Rick English, Cecily Fay, Paul Hornsby, Tina Maskell, Andreas Petrides

CASTING
Casting: Susie Figgis
Extras Casting: Mad Dog Casting

CAST
Johnny Depp (Willy Wonka)
Freddie Highmore (Charlie Bucket)
Helena Bonham Carter (Mrs Bucket)
James Fox (Mr Salt)
Jordan Fry (Mike Teavee)
Garrick Hagon (Denver reporter)
David Kelly (Grandpa Joe)
Christopher Lee (Willy Wonka's father)
Missi Pyle (Ms Beauregard)
Annasophia Robb (Violet Beauregarde)
Deep Roy (oompah loompah)
Harry Taylor (Mr Gloop)
Noah Taylor (Father Bucket)
Philip Wiegratz (Augustus Gloop)
Julia Winter (Veruca Salt)

PLOT SUMMARY

Charlie Bucket dreams of escaping his impoverished background by winning one of five gold tickets that chocolate factory magnate Willy Wonka has hidden in his chocolate bars. The children who find the tickets will win a once in a lifetime tour of Wonka's fabled chocolate factory. Against all the odds, Charlie finds a ticket and joins four rather spoilt and naughty children on a strange tour with the even stranger Willy Wonka.

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Sogefilms S.A.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

2006
BAFTA Awards (UK)
Production Design (Alex McDowell) - nominated
Costume Design (Gabriella Pescucci) - nominated
Achievement in Special Visual Effects (Nick Davis/John Thum/Chaz Jarrett/Joss Williams)
Make Up and Hair (Peter Owen/Ivana Primorac) - nominated

2004
June
21: UK - filming begins

2005
July
13: France - theatrical release
15: Brazil, USA - theatrical release
21: Germany, Netherlands - theatrical release
22: Austria, Spain - theatrical release
28: Portugal - theatrical release
29: UK - theatrical release

August
5: Iceland, Romania - theatrical release
10: Belgium - theatrical release
12: Finland - theatrical release
18: Czech Republic, Russia - theatrical release

September
1: Australia - theatrical release

REMAKE OF
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

WEB LINKS
Official Site

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Screen International no.1530 (6 January 2006) p.40
illustrated note (Box Office: North America: The chronicle of 2005 by John Hazelton)

book into film, candy, children, chocolate, factories, grandfathers, grandsons, insanity, poverty, sweets, trapdoors

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008