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wednes ([personal profile] wednes) wrote2004-12-20 04:08 pm

Willy Wonka: the amazing chocolatier!

Last weekend at my place, someone who shall remain nameless asserted that Roald Dahl co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I didn't see how this could posibly be the case, for while Dahl is in fact a sometime screenwriter, I seemed to remember him really hating the movie. And then when I read the novel, I couldn't imagine how he could have turned his novel into that film.

Turns out, I am right!


Take THAT Guernica (and anyone else who doubts the trivia collecting mindpower of [personal profile] wednes)!!

EDIT: I did not mean to bemoan or besmirch the 1970 version of the film. I enjoyed it very much as a kid, and with the exception of that one song the mom sings in the laundry, I still like it a great deal. However, it's tone and themes are very different than those in the book.

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2004-12-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Huh...I never thought of it as much of a "fuckin' movie".

hahahahahahahaaa!

[identity profile] brettsyboy.livejournal.com 2004-12-21 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
what about that chubby german kid, dont tell me you never thought about it

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2004-12-21 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, not until now.

*shudder*