The first song composed was "Augustus Gloop", being done as a Bollywood spectacle per Deep Roy's suggestion.

The single-disc version of the film included two special features: an Oompa-Loompa dance tutorial and "Becoming Oompa-Loompa", which documented Deep Roy's experience on the production. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. In 2002, Burton, who was somewhat estranged from his own parents, visited his dying mother in Lake Tahoe and discovered she had framed posters of all his films on her walls; [24] this mirroring a scene towards the end of Charlie where it is revealed Dr.Burton compared the project's languishing development to Batman (1989), which he directed, in how there had been varied creative efforts with both films. Deep Roy was cast to play the Oompa-Loompas based on his previous collaborations with Burton on Planet of the Apes (2001) and Big Fish (2003). The storyline follows Charlie as he wins a contest along with four other children and is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had its premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on July 10, 2005, where money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation was raised. Charlie and the rest of the winners find themselves in a magical world of chocolate rivers, Oompa Loompas, everlasting gobstoppers, lickable wall-paper, golden egg-laying geese and chilling tales to warn children not to misbehave. The crew came up with the layout of the Nut Room fairly quickly, while the color scheme took more time to develop. According to Tim Burton, "the important thing for me was that we wanted to give the chocolate river a really chocolatey feel, give it a weight, not just brown water. Rather than using computer-generated environments, Burton primarily used built sets and practical effects, which he claimed was inspired by the book's emphasis on texture.In the United Kingdom, the premiere was held on July 17 at Leicester Square, only ten days after the July 7 London bombings. Depp found Wilder's remarks "disappointing", although "I can understand where he's coming from, I guess. Burton's movie succeeds in doing what far too few films aimed primarily at children even know how to attempt anymore, which is to feed—even to glut—the youthful appetite for aesthetic surprise. Forbes hypothesized that the film's success could be attributed to Depp and Burton being at the height of their popularity in 2005. We've listed all the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory DVDs and blu-rays below, too, in case you want to see the titles a bit more clearly.