<P> 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 . Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971 . With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run . The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales . In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to Fiddler on the Roof . The film also introduced the song "The Candy Man", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr . In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". </P> <P> In a small town, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop . Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory . A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem "The Fairies", and tells Charlie, "Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out ." Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother and bedridden grandparents . After telling Grandpa Joe about the tinker, Joe reveals that Wonka locked the factory because other candy makers, including rival Arthur Slugworth, sent in spies to steal his recipes . Wonka disappeared, but after three years resumed selling candy; the origin of Wonka's labor force is unknown . </P> <P> The next day, Wonka announces that he hid five "Golden Tickets" in chocolate Wonka Bars . Finders of the tickets will receive a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate . The first four tickets are found by the gluttonous Augustus Gloop, the spoiled Veruca Salt, the gum - chewing Violet Beauregarde, and the television - obsessed Mike Teevee . As each winner is announced on TV, a man whispers to them . Charlie opens two Wonka Bars but finds no Golden Ticket . The newspapers announce the fifth ticket was found by a millionaire in Paraguay causing Charlie to lose hope . The next day, Charlie finds money in a sewer and uses it to buy a Scrumdiddlyumptious bar . With the change, he buys another Wonka Bar for Joe . Walking home, as Charlie hears people reading the newspapers; revealing that the Paraguayan millionaire's ticket is a fake, he opens the Wonka Bar and finds the fifth golden ticket . While rushing home, he encounters the same man seen whispering to the other winners, who introduces himself as Slugworth and offers a reward for a sample of Wonka's latest creation, the Everlasting Gobstopper . </P> <P> Returning home with the Golden Ticket, Charlie chooses Joe as his chaperone . The next day, Wonka greets the ticket winners and leads them inside where each signs a contract before the tour . The factory includes a river of chocolate, edible mushrooms, lickable wallpaper, and other sweets and inventions . As the visitors sample these, they see Wonka's workers, small men known as Oompa - Loompas . Augustus falls into the chocolate river and is sucked up a pipe to the Fudge Room . In the Inventing Room, everyone receives an Everlasting Gobstopper . Violet becomes a large blueberry after chewing an experimental gum containing a three - course meal, over Wonka's warnings . The group reaches the Fizzy Lifting Drinks Room, where Charlie and Joe ignore Wonka's warning and sample the drinks . They float and have a near - fatal encounter with an exhaust fan before burping back to the ground . In the Chocolate Eggs Room, Veruca demands a golden goose for herself before falling into a garbage chute leading to the furnace, with her father falling in trying to rescue her . The group tests out Wonka's Wonkavision, only for Mike to teleport himself and become a few inches tall . </P>

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