12 Jul 2016

Roald and the Giant Screen

From Widescreen, 3:47 pm on 12 July 2016
You’ll have to imagine George Clooney’s voice as Fox in Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic

You’ll have to imagine George Clooney’s voice as Fox in Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic Photo: Fox Searchlight

With Steven Spielberg’s The BFG in cinemas this week, Dan Slevin chats to AfternoonsJesse Mulligan about the history of Roald Dahl adaptations on the big screen.

 

Gene Wilder sings “Pure Imagination” from the 1971 movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:

 

Trailer for Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005):

 

1990 Nicholas Roeg adapation of The Witches:

 

Fantastic Mr. Fox gets the Wes Anderson stop-motion treatment: