In the 1970s, the company financed the making of the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, obtaining in return a license to use a number of the product names mentioned in the movie for candy bars.

The candy was then rebranded as Fun Dip, a brand change instituted by Jared Allen and Fredrick Nick, and added to the Willy Wonka product line.

Fun Dip is similar to fellow Wonka product Pixy Stix, but sold in small pouches, rather than paper or plastic straws.

Wacky Wafers were discontinued as part of the regular product line when Nestlé purchased the Willy Wonka brand, but they may be reintroduced in 2012 by Leaf Brands, LLC.

A product called Everlasting Gobstoppers was introduced in 1976 by the Chicago candy company Breaker Confections, which had licensed the " Willy Wonka " name in 1971 so that it could be used as a merchandising tie-in for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

In 1984, Nestlé's improved bottom line allowed the company to launch a new round of acquisitions, notably American food giant Carnation and the British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, which brought the Willy Wonka brand-among others-to Nestlé.

* Wonka Exceptionals-a line of premium chocolate bars and other candies

In March 2010, Nestlé USA introduced a new line of chocolate bars named " Wonka Exceptionals ," consisting of three varieties.

Wacky Wafers were part of the The Willy Wonka Candy Company line available in the United States.

The book begins where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ends: Willy Wonka has just given Charlie the ownership of his factory, and they crash through the roof of Charlie's house with a flying elevator to inform his family of the good news.

At a critical moment during the return trip to the factory, a panicking Josephine grabs Wonka away from the controls, which results in the elevator, along with its occupants, being sent into an Earth orbit.

The elevator circles the planet until Wonka sees the chance to link it with the newly-launched Space hotel, a creation of the United States government.

On the Hotel, Wonka and the others hear the President address them across a radio link as Martians, and Wonka proceeds to tease Gilligrass with nonsense words and grotesque poetry.

Willy Wonka activates the Elevator's retro-rockets and plunges to Earth, taking the shuttle and Knids, all of whom burn up due to friction with the atmosphere during re-entry.

Charlie and Wonka journey in the Great Glass Elevator to Minusland – a realm that Wonka discovered when his earlier attempts to create Wonka-Vite turned all the Oompa-Loompas he tested it on to become Minuses as the formula was too strong – to get Georgina back with Vita-Wonk, a sprayable compound that makes people older.

Minusland is a dark, gloomy region far beneath the surface of the Earth, filled up entirely with fog, and inhabited only by the invisible and highly dangerous Gnoolies, creatures which, with a single bite, turn their victims into more Gnoolies ( Wonka states that the process, a form of long division, takes a long time and is very painful ).

Her memory entails a lot of history, beginning with the Pilgrim voyage in the ship " Mayflower " ( which Wonka and the Buckets use to pinpoint her exact age ) and ending in the present moment, spanning over many wars and truces in between.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as Mrs. Teevee ( the role went to Nora Denney ), but she declined because it coincided with the production of the All in the Family pilot.

* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( with Newley ) ( 1971 )

*" Candy Man " and " Pure Imagination " ( with Newley ) from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 )

Now seemingly enraged, Wonka again dismisses them with a furious " Good day!

During the tour, Wonka tempts each of the bad children to disobey his orders with something related to their individual character flaws.

Wonka then invites Charlie to come live and work in the factory with him, and reveals that the purpose of the Golden Tickets and the tour was to make the " least rotten " child the heir of the factory itself, so he can have someone carry on his legacy when he dies.

Wonka soon reunites with his estranged father and allows Charlie's family to live in the factory, forever.

After Tim Burton was hired as director in May 2003, Burton immediately thought of Johnny Depp for the role of Willy Wonka, who joined the following August for his fourth collaboration with the director.

" Prior to Burton's involvement, Warner Bros. considered or discussed Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler.

Warren plays Teatime with an American, and more specifically, a New England accent, partly based on Johnny Depp's version of Willy Wonka ( another unpredictable and " childlike " character ).

Johnny Depp spoke with a Baltimore accent when portraying Willy Wonka.

After a brush with a porn film shoot ( a film called Willy Wanker and the Chocolate Factory-a porn parody of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ) goes wrong for Paddy ( initially believing he would naturally be working in a heterosexual porn film, he finds out otherwise ), the campervan breaks down in the Midlands.

The only tracks for which the booklet features no lyrics are " The Candy Man ", a cover of a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ( presumably for copyright reasons ; the song also has all lyrical instances of " Willy Wonka " changed to " the candy man ") and " Jive ", to which the album makes no reference, as it is a hidden track with a length of 18 seconds, consisting of Miho Hatori tapping her thighs, for which she is also credited.

Candy maker Willy Wonka has hidden five Golden tickets amongst his famous " Wonka Bars ".

As they soar over the village, Wonka tells Charlie that his actual prize is not just the chocolate but the factory itself, as the Golden Ticket search was created to help Wonka search for an honest and worthy child to be his heir.

One day, Wonka informs the world of a contest, in which five Golden Tickets have been placed in five random Wonka Bars worldwide, and the winners will be given a full tour of the factory as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate, while one ticket holder will be given a special prize at the end of the tour.

" Wilder received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role as Willy Wonka, but lost to Chaim Topol as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.

" Depp received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role as Willy Wonka, but lost to Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.

Farmer Billy's Golden Ticket contest is a reference to the contest in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ; like Willy Wonka he wears a top hat.

To promote the 2005 film adaptation, some real Wonka Bars were packaged with a Golden Ticket, as in the novel and films.

Ten Golden Tickets could be found in bars and bags of Wonka Exceptionals chocolates, and each ticket was worth a grand prize of a trip around the world.

One of his most notable roles came in 1971 when he played Sam Beauregarde, the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

* The 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was produced by Wolper Productions.

Warner Bros. acquired the rights to the film from the film's financer The Quaker Oats Company in 1977 ( around the same time they bought out Wolper itself ), after Paramount no longer had any interest to own the distribution rights to the film due to the initial box office failure of Willy Wonka.

Celesta provides the signature opening of " Pure Imagination ", a well-known song ( sung by Gene Wilder ) from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

The book was first made into a feature film as a musical titled Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart, produced by David L. Wolper and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, character actor Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe, and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket.

However, as was noted in an article entitled ; " Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: From Inauspicious Debut to Timeless Classic ", exponential home video and DVD sales, as well as repeated television airings, the film has since developed into a cult classic.

Another film version, titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and directed by Tim Burton, was released on 15 July 2005 ; this version starred Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, and Geoffrey Holder as the Narrator.

These are often titled Willy Wonka or Willy Wonka Jr.

In the final stage of the ride, guests enter one of two glass elevators, where they join Willy Wonka as they travel the factory, eventually shooting up and out through the glass roof.

Cara was replaced by Denise Nickerson, best known for her appearance as Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ), Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 ), Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film The Fox and the Hound ( 1981 ), and as Ed Brown in the 1974 – 1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man.

In the season two episode " Just Friends ", it is revealed that Ethan loves golf, and that his favorite movie is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Peter Ostrum, for example, is now a successful large-animal veterinarian after a starring role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Dwarfism is depicted in many books, films, and TV series such as Willow, Austin Powers, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, A Son of the Circus, Little People Big World, The Little Couple, Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire, Seinfeld, In Bruges, The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, Game of Thrones ( TV series ), and the film The Station Agent.

Russell Brand performed the song dressed as Willy Wonka at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

* Peter Ostrum, veterinarian, former child actor as the main character Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

The fictional Willy Wonka from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 ), a film based on 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was licensed to name a real Willy Wonka candy company soon after the film's release ; the brand is now controlled by Nestlé.

Wattstax was filmed by motion picture director Mel Stuart ( Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ), and a concert film of the event was released to theaters by Columbia Pictures in February 1973.