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In the movie 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'', in what country does Charlie and his family live? Where is the factory?

Question #103283. Asked by joezhou300.
Last updated Dec 20 2024.

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The location of Wonka's factory in the movie is ambiguous, and designed to look like a cross between UK and USA (i.e. having London architecture, street layouts and accents, but American clothing styles, and having American mailboxes and fire hydrants as well as American terminology).
link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367594/trivia

Feb 23 2009, 5:57 PM
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That being said, the movie was filmed in Munich, and some of the Bavarian background does find its way into the movie. The book seems to set the story in the US - when Charlie buys the chocolate bar he finds his golden ticket in, he pays for it with a dollar he found in the street.
Principal photography commenced on August 31, 1970, and ended on November 19, 1970. After location scouting in Europe, including the Guinness brewery in Ireland and a real-life chocolate factory in Spain, production designer Harper Goff decided to house the factory sets and the massive Chocolate Room at Bavaria Studios. It was also significantly cheaper than filming in the United States, and the primary shooting locations in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany were conducive to the desired atmosphere for Wonka's factory. Stuart also liked the ambiguity and unfamiliarity of the location.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory#See_also


Response last updated by gtho4 on Dec 20 2024.
Feb 23 2009, 8:15 PM
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