Everyone won a Golden Ticket at TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL this year with the screening of WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and some of the film’s stars were on hand to help celebrate – JULIE DAWN COLE (Veruca Salt), PARIS THEMMEN (Mike Tevee) and RUSTY GOFFE (Oompah Loompah). Walking the Opening Night Red Carpet, JULIE DAWN COLE stopped to chat with film critic debbie elias and talk about the very “partisan debate” still raging today: which is the better – WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) vs. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005)!
Tinseltown once again feels like the Hollywood of days gone by with the return of the 8th Annual TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL. As fans flock from across the country and across the Pond, gathering en masse at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Roosevelt, Egyptian Theatre and more, the ghosts of cinema’s past come to life not only on the big screen but in the hearts of festival-goers and film fans alike.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Norman Jewison’s IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, the TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL kicked off on Thursday, April 6 at the TCL Chinese Theatre with an Opening Night Gala and, of course, star-studded red carpet. Film critic debbie elias was on hand to speak with the stars as they made their way to the theatre where Jewison, producer Walter Mirisch, actor Sidney Poitier, actress Lee Grant, composer Quincy Jones and more awaited them.
