What's the Difference between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Book and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Willie Wonka
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Willie Wonka
Portrayed by: Johnny Depp
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Veruca Salt
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Veruca Salt
Portrayed by: Julia Winter
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Augustus Gloop
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Augustus Gloop
Portrayed by: Philip Wiegratz
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Mr. Salt
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Mr. Salt
Portrayed by: James Fox
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This Character does not appear.
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Princess Pondicherry
Portrayed by: Shelley Conn
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Charlie Bucket
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Charlie Bucket
Portrayed by: Peter Ostrum
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Charlie Bucket
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Charlie Bucket
Portrayed by: Freddie Highmore
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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We meet the Bucket family. |
Willy Wonka is seen making chocolate, and placing the five golden tickets in five Wonka Bars, which are then shipped across the world (with a darker, more foreboding theme.) |
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Violet's father accompanies her to the factory. His occupation is never stated. |
Violet's father is not seen or mentioned. Violet's mother is likely a single parent; at one point she flirts with Wonka.
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Willie offers mugs of chocolate to Charlie and Grandpa Joe while in the boat when he notices how starved they look. |
Willie offers Charlie and Grandpa Joe a ladle full of chocolate. They share it. |
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A Russian woman named Charlotte Russe claims to have the second Golden Ticket, but it turns out to be a forgery. |
In the film, Charlie overhears a conversation about the fifth Golden Ticket being found in Russia; a newspaper in a newsagent later reveals the fifth ticket as a forgery. The forger is never named.
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Veruca's father is a fat man with a moustache. |
In the film Veruca's father is a stereotypical rich old English man named Rupert. |