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  1. "The Candy Man" (or alternatively, "The Candy Man Can") is a song that originally appeared in the 1971 film #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory. It was written by #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley specifically for the film. Although #theOriginal 1964 book by #RoaldDahl (#CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory) contains lyrics adapted for other songs in the film, the lyrics to "The Candy Man" do not appear in the book. The soundtrack version of the song was sung by #AubreyWoods.
    youtube.com/watch?v=AIPGyKGuWeA

  2. May 6 : Bright Cheerful Colours
    #Bales2026FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    #GeneWilder
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  3. May 6 : Bright Cheerful Colours
    #Bales2026FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    #GeneWilder
    [2/2]

  4. "Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory. It was written by British composers #LeslieBricusse and #AnthonyNewley specifically for the movie. It was sung by #GeneWilder, who played the character of Willy Wonka. Bricusse has stated that the song was written over the phone in one day. The song has a spoken introduction. Since its release, the song has been covered and remixed hundreds of times by a wide variety of artists.
    youtube.com/watch?v=myqzUur4K98

  5. Aug 21 : Violet in food or fashion
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Willy Wonka makes his grand entrance wearing a violet tailcoat to welcome the Golden Ticket winners to his chocolate factory.
    #GeneWilder
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  6. Aug 21 : Violet in food or fashion
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Willy Wonka makes his grand entrance wearing a violet tailcoat to welcome the Golden Ticket winners to his chocolate factory.
    #GeneWilder
    [2/2]

  7. May 10 : Poverty
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Charlie Bucket's family is so poor they live in an extended family scenario where all 4 grandparents sleep in the same bed. Cabbage water (not soup) is a regular meal.
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  8. May 10 : Poverty
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Charlie Bucket's family is so poor they live in an extended family scenario where all 4 grandparents sleep in the same bed. Cabbage water (not soup) is a regular meal.
    [2/2]

  9. Jan 22 : Poverty
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Charlie Bucket and his family live in a drafty house on the edge of town where all the grandparents sleep in one bed and they all make do with cabbage water for supper.
    [1/2]

  10. Jan 22 : Poverty
    #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Charlie Bucket and his family live in a drafty house on the edge of town where all the grandparents sleep in one bed and they all make do with cabbage water for supper.
    [2/2]

  11. It’s been years since I read the book but I believe that Grandpa Joe was a wounded war (WWI? WWII?? Korean??? idk idk idk) veteran
    #Catitstu #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory

  12. More progress on the 1931 New Orga (Privat 5): he types! I found some compatible spools and ribbon. Given the Orga typewriter from the movie, I thought this Willy Wonka quote was apropos both as the first type sample and as encouragement for the remainder of the restoration mountain ahead.

  13. A Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Orga Typewriter in my backyard

    I was casually browsing vintage typewriters yesterday (as one does) and came across something which immediately jumped out at me.

    It was a Weimar era Orga typewriter which looked surprisingly like the 1/2 typewriter Orga Modell 10 (1947) which appears in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Paramount Pictures, 1971). These typewriters were manufactured in Germany  from 1923-1950 and some were distributed in Britain, typically under the brand name A.M.C.  Given that the film [...]

    boffosocko.com/2024/08/08/will

  14. #TakingABreakFromFilming
    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the 5 coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

    #GeneWider #PeterOstrum enjoy a cup of tea during a break.
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  15. Apr 16: Mushroom Eaten 🍄
    #Bales2024FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    @bales1181

    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Wonka introduces his guests to the 'Chocolate Room' where they are allowed to eat the flora and fungi including mushrooms. Their eating frenzy is cut short by Agustus Gloop taking a 'dip' in the chocolate river.
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  16. Apr 16: Mushroom Eaten 🍄
    #Bales2024FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
    @bales1181

    #WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory (1971)
    Wonka introduces his guests to the 'Chocolate Room' where they are allowed to eat the flora and fungi including mushrooms. Their eating frenzy is cut short by Agustus Gloop taking a 'dip' in the chocolate river.
    [2/2]

  17. I am sorta shocked that more people don't list the boat scene in WILLY WONKA as both a gateway into horror for them and a source OF horror for them.
    #willywonkaandthechocolatefactory #horror

  18. Just right of my cap top is the small sign for Ferrara Pan Candy Factory. They make #lemonheads #atomicfireballs & #bostonbakedbeans etc. Pan baked candy. Like #willywonkaandthechocolatefactory! Just across the xway from my flat. I smell candy!🍭