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The Witches

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Movie produced in 1990
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book The Witches
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Recent news:
- The 15 Greatest Witch Movies of All Time - October 27, 2017

Collected in:
- The Amazing World of Roald Dahl
- Roald Dahl’s Classic Tales

Based on:
- The Witches

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This was the last movie that Jim Henson personally worked on before his death. Adapted from Dahl’s children’s book of the same name, the story is about a young boy, recently orphaned, who is taken to England by his retired witchophile grandmother. At a hotel in which they are staying, a group of witches have gathered to prepare a plot to rid the world of all children. Can Luke stop their evil plan before any more children disappear?

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Revolting Rhymes

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Animated video produced by Abbey Home Entertainment in the 1990s as part of their Tempo Video range
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book Revolting Rhymes
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- Revolting Rhymes

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Six of the best loved nursery rhymes retold, with some extremely amusing twists, by the master of the comic and the bizarre, Roald Dahl. What ugly fate befell Jack and the Beanstalk’s Mother? Who actually did Cinderella marry? What number did the little Pig ring when he was in deep trouble with the wolf?

The stories are brilliantly told by Prunella Scales and Timothy West. This exciting animatic moving picture book will entertain children of all ages.

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Dirty Beasts

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Animated video produced by Abbey Home Entertainment in the 1990s as part of their Tempo Video range
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book Dirty Beasts
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Collected in:
- Four Enchanting Stories by Roald Dahl
- Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts

Based on:
- Dirty Beasts

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The master of wicked humor has created a ghastly menagerie of dirty beasts – all doing the most extraordinary and unmentionable things, in irreverent and absurdly comic verse!

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Danny the Champion of the World

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Television Movie produced in 1989
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book Danny the Champion of the World
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- Roald Dahl’s Classic Tales

Based on:
- Danny the Champion of the World

Plot Description

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won’t take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant-shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.

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Complete Transcript

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Articles

“Ironses the latest acting ‘dynasty'” from the November 17, 1988 issue of The Canberra Times – Canberra, Australia (read online)

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Breaking Point

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Television Movie produced in 1989 for TNT Television
What Dahl Did: wrote original story entitled “Beware of the Dog”
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- “Beware of the Dog”

Plot Description

A remake of 36 Hours, where a high-ranking US officer is kidnapped during WW2 by the Nazis. They want him to reveal the details of D-Day, but he refuses. He awakens in a hospital and is told that the war is over. Truth or deception?

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Los Angeles Times

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The BFG

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Produced in 1989
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book The BFG
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Recent news:
- Lego Roald Dahl Characters in UK - September 10, 2017
- Which Roald Dahl character are you? - September 5, 2017
- The BFG stars in the World’s Largest Dot-to-Dot - August 7, 2016
- BFG’s real life inspiration was Roald Dahl’s friend and snooker partner | Daily Mail Online - July 21, 2016
- BFG Corn Maze (Cambridgeshire, UK) - July 15, 2016
- More news…

Based on:
- The BFG

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One moonlit night, little Sophie is snatched from her bed at Mrs. Clonkers’ orphanage by an awesome giant who whisks her away on a magical, thrilling and funny adventure. Roald Dahl’s (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach) enchanting, best-selling children’s book comes to life in this classic, animated musical feature by the award-winning Cosgrove Hall Studio, makers of DangerMouse and The Wind in the Willows. Unlike the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and the Bonecruncher, the Big Friendly Giant is a good giant who blows sweet dreams into the bedroom windows of children as they slumber. When Sophie learns that the monstrous crew of meanies is off to England to gobble up innocent boys and girls, she sets out to stop them once and for all, with the help of her new, rather large, friend. The BFG shows the most tender and dreamlike side of celebrated author roald Dahl as he depicts the amazing friendship that grows between a little girl and a big-hearted Giant.

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Movie Tie-In Materials

: Tie-In Book

: Tie-In Poster Magazine

Elsewhere on the web:
- Pluto Music, the website (and company) of Keith Hopwood, who wrote the music for the film

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: Holographic

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The Patricia Neal Story

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Television movie produced in 1981
Dahl’s involvement: one of the main characters in the story, based on Barry Farrell’s book Pat and Roald
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Trivia: also known as An Act of Love: The Patricia Neal Story

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The biographical drama of the difficult recovery of the actress Patricia Neal with the help of her husband, the writer Roald Dahl, after having suffered from sudden strokes. The story was based on Barry Farrell’s book, Pat and Roald.

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The New York Times

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Elsewhere on the web:
- “Making a Deal With the Devil – The Patricia Neal Story” – story by Arthur Axelman on how he came to secure the rights for the movie

The Night Digger

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Produced in 1971
What Dahl Did: wrote script based on Joy Cowley’s novel “Nest in a Falling Tree”
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Trivia: The Night Digger was the American title; it was originally released in the United Kingdom as The Road Builder.

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Effective psychological love story with a macabre twist not found in the original Joy Cowley novel. The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye. This well-crafted film, full of sexual tension and Gothic flavor, was Patricia Neal’s second after her return to acting, her real-life stroke worked deftly into the story by then-husband Roald Dahl.

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Elsewhere on the web:
- Article on Turner Classic Movies site

Articles

“The Night Digger” – promotional article about the film and Patricia Neal’s stroke recovery

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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Produced in 1971
What Dahl Did: wrote original children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and adapted it for the screen
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Recent news:
- Playing the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Board Game - February 22, 2020
- Willy Wonka: Former child star pops up on Jeopardy! in the US - April 21, 2018
- Lego Roald Dahl Characters in UK - September 10, 2017
- Storybook Cosmetics collaboration with Dahl - September 3, 2017
- Honest Trailers – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory - August 31, 2017
- More news…

Collected in:
- The Amazing World of Roald Dahl
- Roald Dahl’s Classic Tales

Based on:
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?

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RogerEbert.com
Rotten Tomatoes
Onion A.V. Club
CinemaBlend
Albuquerque Alibi Review
Vandergrift’s Videos Review
“Sugar-coated morality tale” by Douglas Macdonald from the January 14, 1972 issue of The Canberra Times – Canberra, Australia (read online)

Articles

“The Chocolate Revolution” – Roald Dahl gives a lesson on the history of chocolate and the inventions that changed the world

Criticism and Analysis

“Charlie and the Political-Correctness Factory”
- Essay submitted by Cassandra Pierce
“Charlie’s Evolving Moral Universe: Filmic Interpretations of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory“
- Essay by June Pulliam published in Fantasy Fiction into Film: Essays
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, and the Changing Depictions of the Oompa-Loompas” (PDF) – essay by Chryl Corbin published in The Berkeley McNair Research Journal
“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as Judeo-Christian Allegory” – an essay submitted by Jeremy Connor
“Willy Wonka and the Racism Factory” – essay by Jonathan McIntosh published by Boston Indymedia

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Why Did the Date Change? – Please help us out!
Extra Information: Provided by a self-proclaimed “long-time member of the cult of Mr. Willy Wonka”
Wonka Kids Reunion 1998
“Willy Wonka Explained [The Veruca Salt Sessions]” (performance at 2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
“The Fairies” by William Allingham (quoted by “The Tinker”)

Merchandise

: Limited Edition Wonka Print

: Willy Wonka figurine

: Oompa-Loompa Funko Figurine

: Willy Wonka Funko Figurine

: Grandpa Joe Funko Figurine

: Charlie Funko Figurine

: Augustus Gloop Funko Figurine

: Veruca Salt Funko Figurine

: Mike Teevee Funko Figurine

: Set of 5 Wonka Funko Figurines

: Set of 2 Wonka Funko Figurines

: Set of 2 Wonka Funko Dorbz Figurines

: Oompa-Loompa Funko Dorbz Figurine

: Wonka Funko Dorbz Figurine

: Violet Beauregarde Funko figurine

: Funko Playmobil Wonka Set of Two

: Set of 7 Wonka Funko Figurines

: Funko Playmobil Willy Wonka

: Funko Playmobil Oompa-Loompa

: Golden Ticket woven throw

: Golden Ticket pillow

: Golden Ticket fleece blanket

: Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight pillow

: Chilly Chocolate Creme pillow

: Nutty Crunch Surprise pillow

: Triple Dazzle Caramel pillow

: Willy Wonka Christmas ornament

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Wig

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Oompa-Loompa Costume

: Willy Wonka Costume

: Willy Wonka Costume

: Willy Wonka 100pc Pocket Puzzle

: Willy Wonka 1000pc Puzzle

: Chocolate Works Unicorn Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Hokey Pokey Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Candy Cane Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Pumpkin Spice Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Mini M&Ms Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Dark Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works 1kg Mega Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Cookies and Cream Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Caramel Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works White Wonka Bar

: Chocolate Works Milk Wonka Bar

Movie Books

: Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Mel Stuart

: I Want It Now!: A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Julie Dawn Cole

Movie Tie-In Materials

: Tie-In Button

: Tie-In Button

: Tie-In Soundtrack Sheet Music

: Tie-In Wonka Bar

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Produced in 1968
What Dahl Did: wrote script based on Ian Fleming’s children’s novel “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
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Extra Information!
- Provided by a self-proclaimed “long-time member of the cult of Mr. Willy Wonka”

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Children’s musical featuring an eccentric professor (Dick van Dyke) who invents wacky machinery but can’t seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested and resorts to skullduggery to get their hands on it.

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RogerEbert.com
Rotten Tomatoes
New York Times
“Fleming’s fun for children” in the May 14, 1969 issue of The Canberra Times – Canberra, Australia (read online)