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...which Steven Spielberg has added his patented parent-and-imperiled-child theme to H.G. Wells' alien-invasion novel, memorably filmed in 1953. Tim Burton has imposed his lovable eccentricity on the Roald Dahl children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Johnny Depp replacing Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. In 1974, Burt Reynolds starred as the football-playing con in The Longest Yard; now he supports Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in their replay. And if your memory of Herbie, the Disney Love Bug, is as rusty as the fender of a '68 Volkswagen, strap yourself in (next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once More, With Feeling | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

...Batman movie looks great—I hope it’ll save the franchise after Joel Schumaker destroyed it. I want to see ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’—because I love Johnny Depp and the original Willy Wonka. I guess they’re trying to make it more modern…I was really upset because they said they CGIed the Ooompah Loompas— whatever happened to dying midgets orange...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Prying Game: Summer Flicks | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...know what the cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is staring up at either. Honestly! We'll all find out together next year, when the Tim Burton remake of the Roald Dahl classic hits theaters. JOHNNY DEPP, in the top hat, plays the off-kilter Willy Wonka, with FREDDIE HIGHMORE, far left, as Charlie Bucket. Let the hunt for a golden ticket begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Look: Never Trust a Strange Film with Candy | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

Alfred Hitchcock's passport and one of WILLIE WONKA'S ORIGINAL GOLDEN TICKETS are among items being offered at a private auction for the school's 75th anniversary

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchcock's I.D.? Going Once ... | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...play is set in Spellville, an imaginary alphabet world. Putnam describes it as a mix between Dr. Seuss and Willy Wonka. Music by Derrick L. Wang ’06 completes the production...

Author: By Veronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Primps for New Season | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

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