Roald Dahl: From Books To Film

[@ivynelson7559]

Roald Dahl is one of my most favorite aulthors of all time! hes so funny and stubern , reminds me of my grandpa... i love you Dahl R.I.P

[@gormless-idiot]

he was a total racist tho

[@DingleDangle66]

@@gormless-idiotCool. Cry about it.

[@gormless-idiot]

@@DingleDangle66 that was me 2 years ago. I'm less of an idiot now

[@cerysfalmai8644]

may I just say I think Roald Dahl is one of the best authors ever. I started reading his books when I was 6 and I never stopped reading his books. All of his books are so wonderful, I couldn't possibly have a favorite. I love them all! He had such a huge impact on my childhood and hes the reason I'm a bookworm today

[@cerysfalmai8644]

I also think that most of the films based on his books are good. But they are crap compared to the actual books.

[@cerysfalmai8644]

except fantastic Mr fox that was awesome and just as good as the book

[@aayushchaurasia2114]

well i like the BFG it is great

[@cerysfalmai8644]

how right you are

[@james8493]

I love yous because I like Ronald dale

[@hoppkanin]

Mr.Dahl is my childhood hero.
Too bad he ain't among us anymore to create more fantastic stories for the next generation of kids.
R.i.p!

[@Ali74]

Roald Dahl was just magnificent

[@thebadfella5296]

Years ago, my third grade teacher read us Roald Dahl for about 10-15 minutes everyday. I cherish those memories and never stopped reading Roald Dahl after that.

[@serenhafwilliams-davies5915]

Roald Dahl means everything to me.

[@BandVersus]

This guy is my childhood

[@jorgearroyo848]

It was Henry Selick who directed James and the giant peach not Burton

[@DannyAmbrosi]

Burton produced it

[@JA268]

The B.F.G and Mr. Fox are my favorite Dahl stories

[@dtaylor4552]

I liked Steven Spielberg's The BFG starring Sir Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant and Ruby Barnhill as Sophie accompanied with the musical score by John Williams.

[@tinorodriguez4884]

I love his book

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

I love Roald Dahl!

[@xxkerosenexkidxx]

the bfg is still one of my favourite stories

[@lolgirl9985]

I am writing a biography about Roald Dahl, and i never knew he was SO interesting! it is just so sad he died though...

[@emilian7052]

I love R.D

[@readerofmanga]

I grew up reading Roald Dahl books.
He didn't just write 'children's literature.'

[@sordid_morbid]

OMGOD I LUV JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH!!! =O

[@TLLGuy]

roald dahl was born in wales cardiff

[@shrek5005]

I’m so proud to have such an amazing author be born in the country that I live in.

[@noahdanielg]

May I thank you for realising how awesome he was!

[@thesalanian]

I don't care if mr Fox was English in the book , the movie is AWESOME.

[@PenguinReporterClub]

Fantastic mr fox!!!!!

[@FredPickett]

Love this/R.I.p, Mr.Dahl.

[@CosplayCore]

Roald Dahl made my childhood. Before there was Harry Potter, for me, there was either a young boy with a giant peach and the dream of making it to New York or there was a very poor young boy named Charlie who went on a fantastic adventure inside a huge chocolate factory. I loved both dearly, but personally, my favorite story that could make me cry even now, was James & The Giant Peach. I still have the book and the movie and I still read it and watch it pretty often.

[@jonwright8361]

This takes me back...

[@alhannanlabe562]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

[@Numba1WonkaFan]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!!!
I Am glad Tim Burton remade it!!!
And I am glad Roald Dahl wrote it!!!!

[@mythgirl123456789]

CHILDHOOD

[@jenniferpruitt6534]

I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its movie adaptations. Wish they could do Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). We have the technology to do it! Hollywood, please bring this to the big screen!

[@yonathanasefaw9001]

I like his poems, does anyone else like them?

[@gomotion]

Charlie and the chocolate factory and Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory are both awsome :D

[@portocalil]

U are right

[@tonyshumway7652]

Tim Burton actually produced the film true Henry Sellick did direct as it says on the back of the box of the film.

[@justincoates164]

I didn't realize that he created all those stories
that's really cool

[@candylani1999]

My class watched this video today, and I've seen your videos.

[@maheshsaney8393]

My favourite Roald Dahl book is The BFG.

[@joeedangerously4295]

I loved the Mr. Fox movie. I rather liked the story as a kid but I thought the movie's version of Fox (a modern day middle aged middle class middle of the road American) was a stroke of genius. Yeah, they changed him a little bit. But it was for a very good reason. Watch it again and keep in mind it's now meant to be a satire of modern American life and I guarantee you'll see my point. It IS true to the spirit of the story, damn it, and I'm sick of hearing people say otherwise.

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

Tim Burton didn't direct James and the Giant Peach. Henry Selick (Coraline, Nightmare before Christmas) did.

[@BBBHuey]

One piece of trivia: The ghost plane scene in the anime "Porco Rosso" was actually inspired by a passage of one of Dahl's works.

[@kitohhh]

That's awesome, great to know that two of my favorite artists inspired each other in some way

[@crosenblum]

Huge fan of Matilda and the original willie wonka. His style reminds me of Charles Dickens.

[@humangirl2122]

I wish Christopher Lee and the actor's and actress's who played Charlie's grandparent's where still alive.That way Tim Burton would have made a Charlie and the great glass elevator movie.

[@fairylaw7847]

Scrumdidlyumptious
Ronald Dahl created that word when I was in 4th grade my teacher was reading one of his books and I laughed at the words

[@ColinJVitro13]

How come everybody forgets Henry Selick!

[@ashaglass5767]

Henry Selik made the James and the giant peach movie

[@thepancakereviewer]

1:35 HENRY SELICK Tim Burton just produced it

[@Co0ntail2number1fann]

Amen, Amen.

[@tangent272]

They kind of rolled right on past "He was a wing commander".
I read his autobiography of his young adult life and war service when I was in high school and it's pretty amazing.
For example, The battle of Athens - when the Nazis invaded - pitted 6 British Hurricanes against more than 50 Messerschmitts as the Brits tried to buy the ground forces some time to escape. Dahl was one of those Hurricane pilots. And he survived.
A lot of other cool stuff but I remember that part particularly.

[@nirock2550]

My uncle said "Will the bad guys change? They just can't be evil forever. Don't others forgive?"

[@ragedulex2206]

Proud to be welsh

[@mreaglesfan1995]

They need to make movies based off of his Boy: Tales of Childhood & Going Solo!

[@CopperotonGaming]

I love Fantastic Mr. Fox

[@littlemissjaded12345]

Haaahhaahhhaa!! Nearly fell off my chair for a moment. :p

[@kualitee88]

so true. I do love the 77 version (big fan f musicals) but when someone gets the adaptation right for once, i enjoy it more

[@littlemissjaded12345]

Lol! Sounds just like a certain "dragon shout" in Skyrim.:p

[@GrooveGoblinDW]

what a career.. mr dahl.

[@MrOfeast]

COOL!

[@SOSbillybob]

I'm big and you're small, I'm right and you're wrong and there's nothing you can do about it.
I can grow

[@CosplayCore]

Unfortunately, I think I saw the movie before I was even able to read, so even when I read the book now, I imagine the insects I loved so much on the silver screen... So, I still see them, for the most part, as the same kinds of personalities that they were portrayed as when I am reading my book... I did finally notice the difference between Spiker and Sponge's silver screen and novel fates, though.

[@babsalaba]

I watched fantastic mr.fox Sunday (2 days ago)

[@aidwin85]

3:01 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG!!!oh when a read the books its ronald dahl

[@hotpepper5125]

Thank u for this

[@icaliver]

I’ve always wonder if his works were connected, but after this it does seem more connected than I thought

[@cHeStEr5434]

I don't care if the 2005 adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was more accurate to Dahl's book, it was lacking the charm and likable characters that made the 1971 adaptation a classic.

[@tangent272]

You're probably right; I read it back in high school, which is getting to be a long time ago. The video mentioned that he was a wing commander. Was still pretty impressive though.

[@302Heath]

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH IS NOT A TIM BURTON MOVIE!!!!

[@judylenne4742]

true he produced it and done by the guy who did nightmare before Christmas henry selick

[@james8493]

I'm called james

[@martineflores1944]

Judy Lenne aookknnmmmm .
uiovfe
mmmm,,

[@302Heath]

Did a cat just walk across your keyboard?

[@deadman2589]

Yeah it fucking is

[@Dylaneggs]

Man Henry Selick gets no credit. He did most of the work on TIM BURTON'S Nightmare Before Christmas, he now you're saying it's TIM BURTON'S James and the Giant Peach! STOP TORTURING THIS MAN.

[@harryboyd9902]

I own some of his books

[@delfin7461]

@aidwin85 chitty chitty bang bang was written by ian fleming the author of the james bond novels --- but he did do the screenplay for it and other ian fleming novels that went to screen.. an amazing writer!!!

[@penyuwan]

If someday BFG is made into a live action movie, I want Bill Nighy as the Friendly Giant.

[@danielplayle3163]

R.i.p roal Dahl 1916-90 charle and the chocolate factory Matilda bfg wiches fantastic Mr fox James and the giant peach she forgot Danny the champion of the world is a movie and the eiso trot TV program and I want to see more Dahl's books ternd in to films just like I want to see more Dr Seuss moves as well iv been to Dahl's grave

[@MCaRmy2006]

1:29 get your facts right Henry Selick directed that and just casue the marvelous Tim Burton producted doesn't mean that henry shouldn't be mentioned!

[@OughtaBeBrynn]

Because they're giving credit where credit is due.

[@TDC_MEDIA_FILMS]

Fun fact: Charlie and the chocolate factory will be a 3rd movie called Wonka.

[@DemonCartoonist19109]

There´s a little mistake there. Was not Tim Burton who made "James and the Giant Peach", that was his friend Henry Selick, who direct "The Nightmare before Christmas" too.

[@Numba1WonkaFan]

Yay!

[@RockManOki]

Pleeeeease tell me someone's made a Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator has been made into a movie!

[@katherineperrin4817]

RockManOki x Sadly, it hasn't, and it never will be. Dahl hated willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory so much that he wrote into his will that it could never be made into a movie.

[@RightAway87]

Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three.....
Commee with meeee, and you'll beeeee in a woorld of pure imaaginaattionnnn

[@gomotion]

@alphamonster123 They are, except Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more metallic and more "2000's" films if you know what I mean

[@ashleynicolecooke4386]

Roald Dahl would have been proud of Tim Burton and Danny Devito

[@VFALB666]

Actually his parents were from Norway, he was born in Cardiff, Wales.

[@otmani1]

the twits needs to be made

[@CHaP-ez6lx]

Who’s watching this in 2019 😂

[@lolcompany4u]

find a person who want to make a film and understand it and loves it

[@Neoguest]

@Sshelly34213 I had read that book. There was trained squirrels on the original book, they use geese that lay golden lay golden eggs in the film.

[@TheBoBabsin]

They forgot the story that was adapted into one of the stories in Four Rooms.

[@MTTT19]

Correction, WatchMojo. Henry Sellick directed James and the Giant Peach

[@Neoguest]

@Sshelly34213 1971 Willy Wonka and Chocolate factory was nothing like the book,
1. the movie was call Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to tie in the Wonka bars.
2.Roald Dahl hated that film because of the changes, he never gave the studio the right for "Charlie and Magic Elevator

[@PokeFan10025]

On Wikipedia, it says Roald Dahl was writing the third book from the Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Series, called Charlie and the White House, though he only made one chapter. HOWEVER, they do not have proof. I'm interested in what you guys think, true or false?

[@tweedy212]

could you do Stephen King video please

[@FelixIsatia]

I used to read these books, then I took an arrow to the knee.
~FUS ROALD DAHL!~

[@Nanoniii]

Matilda

[@kennywohl1061]

Fun fact Willy wonka and the chocolate factory was originally released by Paramount pictures

[@DemonCartoonist19109]

@missjobingo Burton suggest that the movie should be made as a stop motion.... and as a producer I guess :/.

[@cHeStEr5434]

Yes really

[@delfin7461]

@aidwin85 chitty chitty bang bang was written by ian fleming the author of the james bond novels

[@aarizaryan6195]

He was born in 1916 not 1960

[@deecee796]

6? The book says 12, 5 hurricanes and 22 messerschmitts shot down in that battle. And there's no mention of being a wing commander, he was just a regualr pilot officer.

[@juliortega]

Mr. Dahl was the shit.

[@reachforacreech]

see kids disobeying the arbitrary and illegitimate domination of adults can be a good thing.

[@tonyshumway7652]

Roald Dahl was infuriated with the film perhaps he would have been more prefrenced with the later film yet his book was also called a childrens classic which is what the original film is called a classic. Did they actually make the film to have the charm and likable characters from the original I believe the answer is no.

[@missjobingo]

@DemonCartoonist19109 sort of true. Tim Burton did work on it, but it was Selick's baby.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

How come they said Charlie and the Chocolate factory was one of the worst remakes, yet here they praise it?

[@j.k.hauser5492]

Gene Wilder is a heck of a lot better Willy Wonka!

[@NK-tl3mn]

I agree!

[@dtaylor4552]

@@NK-tl3mn No I don't think so.

[@TheNotverysocial]

Yeah, but the other children are far better.