Movie Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

This is one of those classic musical movies.  Gene Wilder stars as Willy Wonka, and from the moment we are introduced to him, and he does the somersault before jumping up; we know this is a special character.  The music is superb.  The candy vendor (Aubrey Woods) sings the most popular song, "Candy Man."  Gene Wilder sings "Pure Imagination" which is beautiful.  And then Charlie (Peter Ostrum) and Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) sing "I've Got a Golden Ticket."  Then there are the Oompa Loompa songs.
The story goes that Wonka Chocolates advertises a golden ticket, inviting five lucky children to visit his factory.  It is Charlie's dream to see the factory.  He lives close, but he lives in poverty, and money to buy candy is rare.  As people are selected, Charlie's hopes go down.  The other winners are spoiled Veruca, Gum chewing Violet, TV watcher Mike Teevee, and lastly Augustus Gloop who eats everything.  What the contestants don't know is that Willy Wonka is really testing the children.  One by one the children drop out.  Augustus falls in the chocolate river and gets stuck, Violet eats a gum based meal, and turns into a violet, Mike Teevee turns into a miniature size when he transmits himself over TV, and lastly Veruca is a bad egg.  Even Charlie falters.  He and his grandfather drink a fizzy drink which makes them fly.  They discover burping helps them descend when they are close to the vent fan.  Willy Wonka holds this against them, but in the end Charlie's honesty wins the day.
I enjoy this movie, and I enjoy Gene Wilder.  This is the only movie in which appears Peter Ostrum. He was offered more movies, but chose to become a veterinarian instead.
Roald Dahl wrote the book.  He also wrote the first screenplay.  However he dropped out when a subsequent screenplay was written by David Seltzer.  They also added songs against Dahl's wishes.