Women's March on Washington draws hundreds of thousands of women to nationâs capital as sister protests are held in other cities worldwide
For the book, see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, who himself wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world.
The song The Candy Man is sung in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Aubrey Woods, who plays Bill, a candy store owner who sells sweets to neighborhood children. Newley was so appalled at his singing, he offered to play the role himself if producers Stan Margulies and David Wolper would re-shoot the scene.