Please note: This was screened in Aug 2016
The world is agog when Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder), for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour and shown all the secrets of his amazing candy - and one person will win a lifetime supply of chocolate.
Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family are so poor that even one bar is a treat, his chances are unlikely in the extreme. But magic can happen as Charlie gets his chance, along with four - somewhat odious - other children, and they enter a world of candy-striped trees, rivers of chocolate, lickable wallpaper, golden eggs, three-course dinner chewing gum and much, much more. Pure imagination, indeed…
- Ahead of the screening why not try drawing with liquid chocolate at our Illustrating With Chocolate (Sun 7 Aug 10:00 - 11:30)
Also check out this month's podcast in which Roseanna Dias, Watershed's Engagement Projects Coordinator and Sally Griffith, national Roald Dahl On Film programmer, discuss the enduring appeal of Roald Dahl to audiences young and old, and to filmmakers – along with highlights of the films and events at both Watershed and Chapter in Cardiff.