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Similarities And Differences Between Willy Wonka And Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

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The movies that I am comparing are “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was a 1971 film directed by Mel Stuart, and starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a 2005 musical fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starred Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Both Movies are an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. In both movies, a young boy named Charlie Bucket wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker, Willy Wonka.

Years ago, spies were deployed by various candy rivals and many of Wonka's secret recipes were stolen. Unsure of who was responsible for the betrayal, Wonka fired all the workers and closed the doors to his factory. Not long after, the factory again started churning out chocolate, but no one ever went in or out of the factory. Now, years later, Willy Wonka has decided to reveal the mysteries of the factory to five lucky children. Entrance will be granted to these children in the form of five golden tickets, which are to be randomly inserted into Wonka's chocolate bars.

Hysteria sweeps across the world to find the golden tickets. Five children find the tickets: Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregard, Verruca Salt, Mike TeeVee and Charlie Bucket.

In both movies, the greedy Augustus Gloop is the first one to find a ticket because he's an overweight

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