Tim Burtons CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, which collected a sweet $205 million at the box office with the help of vfx from Moving Picture Co., Framestore CFC, Cinesite (Europe), Digital Domain, Darkside Effects Ltd. and Neal Scanlan Studio, makes its DVD debut on Nov. 8 (Warner Home Video, $30.97 two-disc deluxe edition, $28.98 single disc).
Special edition bonus features include:
* Five making-of featurettes:
Chocolate Dreams: Learn about Burton's vision for the film and how he adapted the story.
Different Faces, Different Flavors: Meet the actors and learn about the characters they play.
Designer Chocolate: Learn about the film's production design.
Under the Wrapper: Go behind the scenes to see how the film's effects were created.
Sweet Sounds: Watch the creation of the four Oompa-Loompa songs by composer Danny Elfman.
* Attack of the Squirrels: See how real squirrels were trained to perform in the film.
* Fantastic Mr. Dahl: Learn about author Roald Dahl's life story and famous body of work.
* Becoming Oompa-Loompa: See how one actor, Deep Roy, was turned into a multi talented army of Oompas.
* DVD Menu Challenges:
Oompa-Loompa DanceThe Inventing MachineThe Bad NutSearch For the Golden Ticket
* DVD-ROM (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY PC game demo and web links)
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Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
