Eliza, this is most excellent trivia...
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There is a punk/pop band, based out of L.A., billing itself as Vermicious K. One of the band's members, Michael, has dubbed himself Mike T.V. for their live gigs. They decided to call their first album "scrumdidilyumptious". Needless to say, they are fans of the movie.

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Thank You Hun. I'm glad you're enjoying it.

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from www.us.imdb.com

Full Cast and Crew for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Gene Wilder .... Willy Wonka
Jack Albertson .... Grandpa Joe
Peter Ostrum .... Charlie Bucket
Roy Kinnear .... Mr. Henry Salt
Julie Dawn Cole .... Veruca Salt
Leonard Stone .... Mr. Sam Beauregarde
Denise Nickerson .... Violet Beauregarde
Nora Denney .... Mrs. Teevee (as Dodo Denney)
Paris Themmen .... Mike Teevee
Ursula Reit .... Mrs. Gloop
Michael Bollner .... Augustus Gloop
Diana Sowle .... Mrs. Bucket
Aubrey Woods .... Bill, candy store owner
David Battley .... Mr. Turkentine
Günter Meisner .... Arthur Slugworth
Peter Capell .... The Tinker
Werner Heyking .... Mr. Jopeck, newspaper stand owner
Peter Stuart (I) .... Winkelmann
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Dora Altmann .... Grandma Georgina (uncredited)
Rudy Borgstaller .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Tim Brooke-Taylor .... Computer Operator (uncredited)
George Claydon .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Pat Coombs .... Henrietta Salt (uncredited)
Frank Delfino .... Auctioneer (uncredited)
Malcolm Dixon .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Stephen Dunne (I) .... Newscaster (uncredited)
Rusty Goffe .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Shin Hamano .... Japanese Candy Store Owner (uncredited)
Ismed Hassan .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Franziska Liebing .... Grandma Josephine (uncredited)
Gloria Manon .... Mrs. Cruthers (uncredited)
Norman McGlen .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Angelo Muscat .... Oompa-Loompa (uncredited)
Anthony Newley .... Candy Store Man (uncredited)
Ed Peck .... FBI Agent (uncredited)
Pepe Poupee .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Marcus Powell .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Bob Roe .... Peter Goff (uncredited)
Albert Wilkinson .... Oompa Loompa (uncredited)
Ernst Ziegler .... Grandpa George (uncredited)

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The building used for the front of the chocolate factory was The Munich Gas Works. Peter Goff made the doorway and the inside, of course, was all filmed on a set.

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You know how everything in Willy Wonka's office is cut in half. Well, someone put a coffee pot in the scene and the prop guy started sawing it in half until he realized that it was full of coffee!

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The picture of the guy that they show as the fraudulent golden ticket holder in Paraguay, was actually, in real life the last man known to have contact with Hitler. His name was Martin Bormann, one of Hitler's many henchmen. They wanted to use a picture of Hitler, but used Bormann's instead. I guess it was a big inside joke with the cast and crew.I think it shows that a horrible man "stole" Charlie's hopes and dreams.I know it sounds weird but it has been confirmed. Mel Stuart (the director) told about it in an interview on Saturday April 19th, 1998 on TNT.

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Well, I got a few of my own"
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They paid the assistant director's son to fall down the bad egg chute first to make sure it was safe for Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt) before she attempted it. She said in a 1997 interview that "I had to jump onto a bunch of mattresses where there were two guys to help catch me or keep me from bouncing back up again. It was quite a bit of a drop. You had to clear head height so it was quite a jump."

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And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
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Eliza may already have posted this, but if she did I missed it...

Tim Burton is making another version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which is due for release in 2005.

Now I appreciate that Tim Burton is a master of the craft and will likely make a very good film... but he really should not be messing with a classic. I thoroughly doubt that anything done today will carry the same message that the original did!

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Amen! I agree..and doubt I would want to watch it..Can ANYONE else play Willy Wonka but Gene Wilder?

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The quote "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by", spoken by Willy Wonka before they get on the Wonkatania is from the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield.

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And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

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Have you guys ever noticed that all 5 of the winners of the Wonka Contest were children? What are the odds of that happening? During the film, we are shown adults buying the bars (The queen, the ransom scene lady, etc...)But no adults win... isn't that weird?

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~The Eagles

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Willy wonka MUST have known that the children would disappear one by one. You know why? Well the scene where they travel on the Wonka-Mobile, their is only room for four people! That of Charlie, Joe, Mike and his mom! And if you look back at the boat ride through the chocolate river, you see that there would be no room for Augustus and his mom! Wonka sure planned that perfect!

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"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
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You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
~The Eagles

6688- No idea if all this is true..but it's intersting so I'll post it...

As we all know, Wonka claims that the "Snozzberries taste like snozberries." Well, after careful consideration, this came to mind: berries, of course, are the fruit of some vine, bush, or entity (blueberries, strawberries, Cap'n Crunch Berries) and "snozz" either is or can be easily misconstrued as "shnoz," or slang for "nose." Put those two together and you've got a Nose-fruit or nose-berry, which is a booger. Just something to think about in case you ever wondered what in the world a Snozzberry is!

Update 11-24-99: You wont believe this! The snozzberry is explained in another of Rooald Dahl's books called "My Uncle Oswald" as being a penis. More specifically, the head of a penis! Amazing but true

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"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
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Here is another little tid-bit to think about. Each room of the candy factory was parallel to the each child's personality. For example, The chocolate room : Augustus's appetite, The golden eggs : Veruca's greed, The T.V. room : Mike TeeVee's love for television.

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"The full moon is calling, the fever is high.
And the wicked wind whispers and moans.
You got your demons, you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own"
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