We've all got our favorite parts, lines and memories of the classic film. A couple memories of mine
are that I'd read the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a kid in the late sixites. It was one
of my Book-of-the-month Club selections. So the movie really meant something when it came out. The
other is that Denise Nickerson (Violet) went to Rhodes School in Manhattan with my brother and I in
1971. Russell dated her.

But what probably connects most for me is that I've also been lucky enough to live, work and play in a world of pure imagination; a rare and blessed gift.

Thanks Mel, for translating Roald Dahl's wondrous story into a film that shows innocence, honesty and
a pure heart do matter.

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