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Willy Wonka Screenplay
Willy Wonka Screenplay
Willy Wonka Screenplay
WINKELMANN: No . . .
WINKELMANN: No . . .
KIDS:
THE CANDY MAN?
BILL:
THE CANDY MAN
THE CANDY MAN CAN
THE CANDY MAN CAN 'CAUSE HE MIXES IT WITH LOVE
AND MAKES THE WORLD TASTE GOOD
BILL:
WILLY WONKA MAKES
EVERYTHING HE BAKES
SATISFYING AND DELICIOUS
TALK ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD WISHES
YOU CAN EVEN EAT THE DISHES
KIDS:
WILLY WONKA CAN
BILL:
THE CANDY MAN CAN
2. ON THE STREET
CHARLIE: Thanks.
CHARLIE: Okay.
TINKER:
Up the airy mountain
Down the rushing glen
We dare not go a-hunting
For fear of little men.
4. BUCKETS' HOUSE
(Charlie enters.)
MRS. BUCKET: Come on, Dad, it's only one pipe a day.
6. SCHOOL
7. NEWSROOM
8. BUCKETS' HOUSE
9. NEWS MONTAGE
11. NEWSROOM
12. DUSELHEIM
AUGUSTUS: Hungry.
18. LAUNDERER
CHARLIE: Yep.
LOOK UP CHARLIE
YOU'LL SEE A STAR
JUST FOLLOW IT AND KEEP YOUR DREAM IN VIEW
PRETTY SOON THE SKY IS GONNA CLEAR UP CHARLIE
CHEER UP, CHARLIE, DO
CHEER UP, CHARLIE
JUST BE GLAD YOU'RE YOU
20. NEWSROOM
(They hug.)
22. AUCTION
24. NEWSROOM
MRS. BUCKET: Let's not wake him. He'll find out soon
enough.
GRANDPA JOE: Yeah, let him sleep. Let him have one
last
dream.
26. SCHOOL
MR. TURKENTINE: (clears throat) I've just decided to
switch
our Friday schedule to Monday, which means that the
test we
take each Friday on what we learned during the week
will now
take place on Monday before we've learned it. But
since
today is Tuesday, it doesn't matter in the slightest.
Pencils ready. Today we are going to learn about . .
.
percentages. And for an example, let's take the
recent
unpleasantness. Supposing that there were a thousand
Wonka Bars in the world and during the contest you
each
opened a certain number of them. That number is a
percent.
Everyone understand?
CHARLIE: Two.
BILL: Hi.
CHARLIE: Bye.
CHARLIE: Fine.
WOMAN #1: Hey, you've got it! You've got the last
Golden
Ticket! The kid's found the last Golden Ticket!
Hold it
up, sonny, so we can see!
WOMAN #2: Let me see it! Did you see what he's got?
30. ALLEY
CHARLIE: Grandpa!
GRANDPA JOE:
I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE COULD BE
ANYTHING BUT CATASTROPHE
BUT SUDDENLY I BEGIN TO SEE
A BIT OF GOOD LUCK FOR ME
GRANDPA JOE:
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE
SLAP IN THE LAP OF LUXURY
'CAUSE I'D HAVE SAID
CHARLIE:
"IT COULDN'T BE DONE"
GRANDPA JOE:
BUT IT CAN BE DONE
GRANDPA JOE:
I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD CLIMB
OVER THE MOON IN ECSTASY
BUT NEVERTHELESS IT'S THERE THAT I'M
SHORTLY ABOUT TO BE
GRANDPA JOE:
Good morning! Look at the sun!
GRANDPA JOE:
BUT IT CAN BE DONE
(Cut to:)
LOCAL REPORTER: You guys ready?
(Cut to:)
MR. BEUAREGARDE: Hi, friends. Sam Beauregarde here.
The
next time you're in Miles City, Montana, don't forget
to
visit Beauregarde's AutoMart . . .
(Cut to:)
VERUCA: I want to go in first before anybody else.
MR. SALT: Anything you say, sweetheart.
(Cut to:)
MRS. GLOOP: (taking food away from Augustus) Save
some room
for later, Augustus liebling [darling].
(Cut to:)
CHARLIE: Grandpa?
WONKA: Mike . . .
WONKA: Clever.
COME WITH ME
AND YOU'LL BE
IN A WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION
TAKE A LOOK
(whips cane around)
AND YOU'LL SEE
INTO YOUR IMAGINATION
WE'LL BEGIN
(whips cane around)
WITH A SPIN
TRAVELLING IN THE WORLD OF MY CREATION
WHAT WE'LL SEE
WILL DEFY
EXPLANATION
WONKA:
THERE IS NO LIFE I KNOW
TO COMPARE WITH PURE IMAGINATION
LIVING THERE
YOU'LL BE FREE
IF YOU TRULY WISH TO BE
MR. SALT: All right, Veruca, all right. I'll get you
one
before the day is out.
AUGUSTUS: Help!
AUGUSTUS: Help!
WONKA: Faster!
MR. SALT: Wonka, do me a favor? Tell those people to
stop
paddling back there.
WONKA: Faster!
WONKA: Faster!
MR. SALT: Hang on, darling! Just close your eyes and
hang
on tight!
WONKA: Faster!
MR. SALT: I can take a joke, but this has gone too
far.
(A few screams . . .)
WONKA:
THERE'S NO EARTHLY WAY OF KNOWING
WONKA:
WHICH DIRECTION WE ARE GOING
THERE'S NO KNOWING WHERE WE'RE ROWING
MR. SALT:
(echoing) ROWING . . .
WONKA:
OR WHICH WAY THE RIVER'S FLOWING
IS IT RAINING
IS IT SNOWING
IS A HURRICANE A-BLOWING
Bleh!
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!
MIKE: Now why don't they show stuff like that on TV?
WONKA:
IN SPRINGTIME, THE ONLY PRETTY RING TIME
BIRDS SING, HEY DING
A-DING, A-DING
SWEET LOVERS LOVE THE SPRING--
CHARLIE: Yeah.
VIOLET: Me too!
CHILDREN: Agreed.
WONKA: Good. (He hands them out.) One for you, and
one for
you, and one for you.
WONKA: Here?
CHARLIE: Yeah.
OOMPA LOOMPAS:
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO
I'VE GOT ANOTHER PUZZLE FOR YOU (OO OO OO)
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADAH DEE
IF YOU ARE WISE YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME
CHARLIE: Yeah.
CHARLIE: Wheeeee!
CHARLIE: Help!
CHARLIE: (burps)
GRANDPA JOE: 'Atta boy. Burp again. (Charlie
continues to
burp.) 'Atta boy, come on. Ahhhh, that's wonderful,
Charlie.
MR. SALT: Wonka, how much do you want for the golden
goose?
Gooses,
Geeses,
I want my geese to lay gold eggs for Easter
MR. SALT:
It will, sweetheart.
VERUCA:
At least a hundred a day
MR. SALT:
Anything you say
VERUCA:
And by the way . . .
VERUCA:
I want a feast
VERUCA:
I WANT A BEAN FEAST
MR. SALT: You can have all those things when you get
home.
I WANT TODAY
I WANT TOMORROW
I WANT TO WEAR 'EM LIKE BRAIDS IN MY HAIR
AND I DON'T WANT TO SHARE 'EM
WONKA: Where all the other bad eggs go: down the
garbage
chute.
OOMPA LOOMPAS:
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO
I'VE GOT ANOTHER PUZZLE FOR YOU
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADAH DEE
IF YOU ARE WISE YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME
MRS. TEEVEE: Just keep your eyes open and your mouth
shut.
CHARLIE: Grandpa!
WONKA:
MARTHA! MARTHA! DU ENTSCHWANDEST
[MARTHA! MARTHA! YOU HAVE VANISHED]
WONKA: (continuous)
AH, MEIN GLUCK NAHMST DU MIT DIR
[MY HAPPINESS YOU TAKE WITH YOU]
WONKA: (continuous)
GEHT ES HIN WO DU ENTSCHWANDEST
[DOES IT GO WHERE YOU HAVE VANISHED]
ODER TEILE ES MIT MIR.
[OR (DO YOU) SHARE IT WITH ME.]
WONKA: Hsawaknow.
WONKA: (to the Oompa Loompa) No, no, I won't hold you
responsible.
OOMPA LOOMPAS:
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO
I'VE GOT ANOTHER PUZZLE FOR YOU
OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADAH DEE
IF YOU ARE WISE YOU'LL LISTEN TO ME
YOU'LL GET NO
YOU'LL GET NO
YOU'LL GET NO
YOU'LL GET NO
YOU'LL GET NO COMMERCIALS.
WONKA: He doesn't.
(Long pause.)
WILKINSON: Pleasure.
CHARLIE: Slugworth!
WONKA: Ah-ha!
CHARLIE: Wow.
WONKA: Absolutely.