Talk:Augustus Gloop

Origins

I have only seen the 2005 movie .. I was wondering, is it clarified that he is German, from Düsseldorf in the book and in the first movie? I'm also *highly* suspicious of the Düsseldorf they showed us .. it looked (a) Bavarian (b) like a village .. Düsseldorf is neither. The stereotypes they showed us and the suits definitely were Bavarian .. I'm just wondering if they were stuck to Düsseldorf by the book but still wanted to use German clichés known to people in the US .. which will mostly be Bavarian or even Austrian or Swiss and will seem just as weird to "normal" Germans as they will to Americans

this is a fantasy film and it's loosely base on the 1970's and the book version, it's not being true to the actual things in real time but rather the storyline of the actual events in the book, many of the things you see in the book are veige at best and there nothing to gain form watching this movie but learning the morols it gives out now and again

ChiLlBeserker 08:56, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

He's actually not stated to have any nationality in the book! Someone thought it would be fun to turn him into a stereotype of a fat German. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.163.62.221 (talk) 02:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merger

I propose that this article be merged to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because it does not seem to have the potential to grow beyond the stub that it remains. —Theo (Talk) 14:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

B-101

I noticed that in the 1971 film, they say Augustus is from "Dussleheim". But, as far as I'm aware, there is no such city in Germany. Were they suppose to say Düsseldorf or did they make up the town to avoid sensitivity with (back then) West Germany?- B-101 10:26, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

POrobably thought it best to create a fictional town to avoid trouble i'd agree. PMA 12:39, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The song from the 2005 movie

This may seem like a minor thing, but it drives me nuts ever so slightly... is there any particular reason why only half the song from the 2005 movie appears in the article? If it's a copyright reason, then why post any of the lyrics at all?--MythicFox 10:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

it's not because of legal reasons, it's because of the fact that the lyrics do change between the 1970's version and the 2005, this just shows how different the films are and besides there are other sites that has the full lyrics, if someone chose to do it here, we would have to put it on an alternate page, i belive

Book Illustration

Does anyone know where an illustration of this character can be found from Quention Blake's drawing of the novel? It should be added... JackOfHearts 00:42, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

the book is fairly old, it would take some kind of magician to find a properly made page and scan it

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