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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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Published on February 16, 2008 at 4:20am

The genius of Mel Stuart's 1971 Wonka could never be upstaged by Johnny Depp, and it wasn't. The original film, starring a freakishly sublime Gene Wilder, masquerades as a kid's movie to perfect effect. Based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Thu., March 20, 7:15 & 9:25 p.m.; Fri., March 21, 7:15 & 9:25 p.m.; Sat., March 22, 2, 4:15, 7:15 & 9:25 p.m., 2008