Roald Dahl's much-loved story Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory is turned into a play for children to act With tips about scenery props & lighting the play is easy to stage & there are lots of parts for everyone Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers died in 1990 but his books continue to be bestsellers Richard George was an elementary school teacher in New York when he wrote this stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's bestselling story
- & Roald Dahl himself recommended that it should be published
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) & Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka&s extraordinary factory Most nights in the Bucket home dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) & father (Noah Taylor) & both pairs of grandparents Theirs is a tiny tumbledown drafty old house but it is filled with love Every night the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory & he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside For nearly fifteen years no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself yet mysteriously great quantities of chocolate are still being made & shipped to shops all over the world One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement He will open his famous factory & reveal "all of its secrets & magic" to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars Nothing would make Charlie&s family happier than to see him win but the odds are very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year for his birthday Indeed one by one news breaks around the world about the children finding golden tickets & Charlie&s hope grows dimmer First there is gluttonous Augustus Gloop who thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all day followed by spoiled Veruca Salt who throws fits if her father doesn&t buy her everything she wants Next comes violet Beauregarde a champion gum chewer who cares only for the trophies in her display case & finally surly Mike Teavee who&s always showing off how much smarter he is than everyone else But then something wonderful happens Charlie finds some money on the snowy street & takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight thinking only of how hungry he is & how good it will taste There under the wrapper is a flash of gold It&s the last ticket Charlie is going to the factory! His Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is so excited by the news that he springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger remembering a happier time when he used to work in the factory before Willy Wonka closed its gates to the town forever The family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure Actors Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly Helena Bonham Carter Noah Taylor Missi Pyle James Fox Deep Roy Christopher Lee Adam Godley Franziska Troegner Annasophia Robb Julia Winter Jordon Fry & Philip Wiegratz Director Tim Burton Certificate PGYear 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) & Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka&s extraordinary factory Most nights in the Bucket home dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) & father (Noah Taylor) & both pairs of grandparents Theirs is a tiny tumbledown drafty old house but it is filled with love Every night the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory & he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside For nearly fifteen years no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself yet mysteriously great quantities of chocolate are still being made & shipped to shops all over the world One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement He will open his famous factory & reveal "all of its secrets & magic" to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars Nothing would make Charlie&s family happier than to see him win but the odds are very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year for his birthday Indeed one by one news breaks around the world about the children finding golden tickets & Charlie&s hope grows dimmer First there is gluttonous Augustus Gloop who thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all day followed by spoiled Veruca Salt who throws fits if her father doesn&t buy her everything she wants Next comes violet Beauregarde a champion gum chewer who cares only for the trophies in her display case & finally surly Mike Teavee who&s always showing off how much smarter he is than everyone else But then something wonderful happens Charlie finds some money on the snowy street & takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight thinking only of how hungry he is & how good it will taste There under the wrapper is a flash of gold It&s the last ticket Charlie is going to the factory! His Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is so excited by the news that he springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger remembering a happier time when he used to work in the factory before Willy Wonka closed its gates to the town forever The family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure Special Features Chocolate Dreams learn about Tim Burton&s vision for the film & how he adapted the story Different Faces Different Flavours meet the actors & learn about the characters they play Designer Chocolate learn about the film&s production design Under the Wrapper go behind-the-scenes to see how the film&s special effects were created Sweet Sounds watch the creation of the 4 Oompa-Loompa songs by composer Danny Elfman Attack of the Squirrels see how real squirrels were trained to perform in the film Fantastic Mr Dahl learn about author Roald Dahl&s life story & extraordinary body of work Becoming an Oompa-Loompa see how one actor Deep Roy was turned into a multi talented army of Oompas DVD-Rom features PC game demo web links Actors Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly Helena Bonham Carter Noah Taylor Missi Pyle James Fox Deep Roy Christopher Lee Adam Godley Franziska Troegner Annasophia Robb Julia Winter Jordon Fry & Philip Wiegratz Director Tim Burton Certificate PGYear 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the HOHDuration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Family adventure based on the novel by Roald Dahl The film centres around an eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) & Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka&s extraordinary factory Most nights in the Bucket home dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) & father (Noah Taylor) & both pairs of grandparents They all live in a tiny tumbledown drafty old house but it is filled with love Every night the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory & he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside For nearly fifteen years no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself yet mysteriously great quantities of chocolate are still being made & shipped to shops all over the world One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement He will open his famous factory & reveal &all of its secrets & magic& to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars When Charlie finds some money on the snowy street & takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight he finds a golden ticket The family decides that Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure Once inside Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another ...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look & branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator Willy Wonka Charlie Bucket & his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory They can see the whole world below them but they're not alone The American Space Hotel has just launched Lurking inside are the Vernicious Knids
- the most brutal vindictive murderous beasts in the universe So grab your gizzard! Hold your hats! Only Charlie & Willy Wonka can stop the Knids from destroying everything! Listen to CHARLIE & THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits

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Artists Charlie Barnes Label Superball Music Format Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 Intro 2 Oceanography 3 Will & Testament 4 Bruising 5 Ruins 6 One Word Answers 7 The Departure 8 Legacy 9 Former Glories 10 Maria 11 All I Have 12 The Weather ...

Classic magic & mystery from one of Britain's best-loved authors of fantasy adventure Perfect for fans of Harry Potter Eva Ibbotson Cornelia Funke's Inkheart & Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth An Academy for magic & special talents A destiny unfulfilled A secret legacy The fourth instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone Charlie & his friends are back in danger & the balance of power between the Children of the Red King has never been more dangerous Billy finally gets his longed-for parents but he soon wishes he hadn't when the oaths he's forced to sign come flying through the air at him Even with the power of Tancred's storms & Lysander's ancestors Charlie Bone is running short of allies
- just when he needs them most Have you collected all of the Charlie Bone series? Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone & the Time Twister Charlie Bone & the Blue Boa Charlie Bone & the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone & the Hidden King Charlie Bone & the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone & the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone & the Red Knight Also look out for The Snow Spider trilogy Dark funny crackling with magic'
- author Artemis Cooper on Midnight for Charlie Bone A fast moving dialogue driven romp with plenty of cliff-hangers for those first hooked into reading by Harry Potter'
- Bookseller on Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series She has won several significant awards for her children's fiction including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize & the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider She lives in Wales with her husband David


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Classic magic & mystery from one of Britain's best-loved authors of fantasy adventure Perfect for fans of Harry Potter Eva Ibbotson Cornelia Funke's Inkheart & Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth An Academy for magic & special talents A destiny unfulfilled A secret legacy Charlie Bone awakes one morning to find the city covered with snow & all the animals gone Could the discovery of an ancient mirror & the movement of the shadow in the Red King's portrait have something to do with it? Then a strange girl appears outside Charlie's house Can he trust her & will she perhaps lead him to find someone he lost long before the animals? The fifth instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone Have you collected all of the Charlie Bone series? Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone & the Time Twister Charlie Bone & the Blue Boa Charlie Bone & the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone & the Hidden King Charlie Bone & the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone & the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone & the Red Knight Also look out for The Snow Spider trilogy Dark funny crackling with magic'
- author Artemis Cooper on Midnight for Charlie Bone A fast moving dialogue driven romp with plenty of cliff-hangers for those first hooked into reading by Harry Potter'
- Bookseller on Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series She has won several significant awards for her children's fiction including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize & the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider She lives in Wales with her husband David

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Classic magic & mystery from one of Britain's best-loved authors of fantasy adventure Perfect for fans of Harry Potter Eva Ibbotson Cornelia Funke's Inkheart & Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth An Academy for magic & special talents A destiny unfulfilled A secret legacy The eighth & final instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone The Bloors are gathering their evil forces
- thieves poisoners kidnappers swindlers & even murderers from Piminy Street & Lord Grimwald Dagbert's father is enlisted to drown Charlie's father & mother on their second honeymoon using his magical Sea Globe It looks like Charlie's only hope might be the mysterious Red Knight But who is he? & can he help Charlie defeat the Bloors once & for all? Have you collected all of the Charlie Bone series? Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone & the Time Twister Charlie Bone & the Blue Boa Charlie Bone & the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone & the Hidden King Charlie Bone & the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone & the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone & the Red Knight Also look out for The Snow Spider trilogy Dark funny crackling with magic'
- author Artemis Cooper on Midnight for Charlie Bone A fast moving dialogue driven romp with plenty of cliff-hangers for those first hooked into reading by Harry Potter'
- Bookseller on Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series She has won several significant awards for her children's fiction including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize & the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider She lives in Wales with her husband David


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Classic magic & mystery from one of Britain's best-loved authors of fantasy adventure Perfect for fans of Harry Potter Eva Ibbotson Cornelia Funke's Inkheart & Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth An Academy for magic & special talents A destiny unfulfilled A secret legacy The seventh instalment of the international best-selling series from Jenny Nimmo starring Charlie Bone The enchanter Count Harken
- the shadow in the painting of the Red King
- is back & determined to stop Billy from discovering a life-changing family secret His incredible power reaches out from the dark magical land of Badlock through space & time to wreak revenge on Charlie & his friends Have you collected all of the Charlie Bone series? Midnight for Charlie Bone Charlie Bone & the Time Twister Charlie Bone & the Blue Boa Charlie Bone & the Castle of Mirrors Charlie Bone & the Hidden King Charlie Bone & the Wilderness Wolf Charlie Bone & the Shadow of Badlock Charlie Bone & the Red Knight Also look out for The Snow Spider trilogy Dark funny crackling with magic'
- author Artemis Cooper on Midnight for Charlie Bone A fast moving dialogue driven romp with plenty of cliff-hangers for those first hooked into reading by Harry Potter'
- Bookseller on Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series She has won several significant awards for her children's fiction including the Nestle Smarties Book Prize & the Tir na n-Og Welsh Arts Council award for The Snow Spider She lives in Wales with her husband David



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