About
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart that stars Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner of a whimsical chocolate factory.
History
The idea for a film adaptation for Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory came when Mel Stuart’s then 10-year-old daughter read the book and asked her father to make it into a film with producer David L. Wolper. Both Stuart and Wolper agreed that it should be a children’s musical and that Roald Dahl should write the screenplay.
Reception
Film review website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an 89% with the consensus stating “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is strange yet comforting, full of narrative detours that don’t always work but express the film’s uniqueness.”[1] The film currently holds a 7.8/10 rating from 104,055 users on the user generated film review website the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).[2]
Impact
Wonkadotcom, a fansite dedicated to the film containing quotes, music lyrics, and a transcript of the film, has been online as early as February 1 2001.[3] On April 29, 2004 YTMND user Kess created a site containing a black and white portrait of Gene Wilder as Wonka and an audio clip of Wonka loudly proclaiming So you get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir.[4] On April 18, 2005 an entry for Wonka Wash was created on Urban Dictionary. [5]
Related Memes
You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir!
“You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir!” is a quote from near the end of the film where Willy Wonka loudly berates Charlie for stealing Fizzy Lifting Drinks. As mentioned above, the earliest instance was a YTMND site created on April 29, 2004.
Condescending Wonka / Creepy Wonka
Condescending Wonka / Creepy Wonka is an advice animal image macro series that features a screen capture of Gene wilder as Willy Wonka with captions that are usually condescending or sarcastic in nature.
Search Interest
External References
[1]Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – Rotten Tomatoes
[2]Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) – IMDb
[3]Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie, script, t-shirts, links