He sees Sophie, who tries to hide but he plucks her out from her bedroom, through the window. She sees a Giant in the street carrying a bag and an odd trumpet. cannot sleep, and sees a strange sight in the street. In The BFG, an eight-year-old orphan girl named Sophie lying in bed in an orphanage. The Big Friendly Giant (BFG) is a 1982 children's book, also dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962.Īs of 2009, the novel has sold 37 million copies in UK editions alone, with more than 1 million copies sold around the world every year. It was adapted to an Animation film in 2009, with voices by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and Owen Wilson among others. Fox and how he outwits his farmer neighbours to steal their food from right under their noses. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ?įantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl was published in 1970. It also was adapted for Theatre as a Musical playing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London.
There was a 2 nd film released in 2005, called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp. The book follows the adventures and fortunes of a young boy Charlie Bucket, who from his hardship in his poor household, unveils one of the 5 lucky Golden Tickets for the Willy Wonka factory visit – and with his granddad, the adventure begin. The film made its television debut on Thanksgiving Night, Novem– and forever became a Christmas favourite. Written in 1964, is this the most famous and best known due to its early film adaption, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory starring the late Gene Wilder, in 1971?įollowing its cinematic release, it seemed to screen on television stations in USA, Ireland and UK at Christmas time every year, being one of the Christmas must-watch films for so many people young and old alike. He enters a gigantic, magical peach, and embarks on a wild and strange adventure encountering a range of wild transforming garden bugs and creatures.ĭahl dedicated the book to his six-year-old daughter, Olivia, who died only a year after the book was published.