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Snowpiercer: The Willy Wonka Cut

Poster by Reddit user u/Anakin5kywalker

Basic Info:

Video:
1080p
14.2 GB (3.33 for compressed version)
2 hr 8 min (originally 2 hr 6 min)

Audio:
5.1 (6 Channels)
447 kbps

Rating: R

Fan Edit Type: FanMix

Edit Completed: July 31, 2022


Synopsis:
60 years after the events of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the last of humanity resides on the Snowpiercer, a first-class luxury train built by Wilford Wonka (formerly Charlie Bucket) (Ed Harris) as a response to a new global ice age caused by the aerosol CW-7. While the rich thrive in the upper sections of the train, the poor reside in the tail-section where brutality and impoverished conditions are a constant. However, Curtis Everett (Chris Evans) leads the tail-section in a rebellion against Wilford by fighting their way to get to the front.

Brief Fan Theory Description:
According to the fan theory by Rhino Stew, Snowpiercer is actually a sequel to the 1971 film Willy Wonka in the Chocolate Factory. The theory states that Wilford (or Wilford Wonka in this case) is actually Charlie Bucket who has inherited the role of Willy Wonka. After seeing negative effects of spreading CW-7 into the atmosphere, he built the Snowpiercer which contains the last remnants of humanity. The plot of Snowpiercer mirrors the structure of Willy Wonka's where the characters go through room to room facing certain obstacles until one remains at the end. Characters from Willy Wonka such as Slugworth, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teevee also make appearances as Gilliam, Minister Mason, and Franco respectively according to the theory.

Since the theory goes very in-depth, I've made a document (to go along side the main edit) that explains a lot of Rhino Stew's "Wonkapiercer" theory along with my goals and change list for the edit. If you want to view Rhino Stew's original video, go here.


Goals:
My goal with this edit is to link Snowpiercer closer to Willy Wonka by adding some music and leitmotifs from Willy Wonka (particularly "Pure Imagination" which can even be heard in the film itself according to Nomadic Kong) and a few flashbacks from that film (mainly when we meet Wilford). This also includes redoing the classroom video scene (featuring a voice cameo from Rhino Stew himself) since it provides background on who Wilford is.

However, even with these new additions, I want to keep the original film itself intact (this means there won't be too many trimming of scenes unless necessary) since it's a great movie that can be watched on its own without knowledge of the theory. This also includes keeping the apocalyptic tone and intense moments intact as well.

By doing this, it helps in making Snowpiercer feel more like a post-apocalyptic sequel to Willy Wonka as stated in the theory.


Special Thanks:
Lastly, a special thanks to Rhino Stew himself for not just coming up with this mind-blowing fan theory but also providing a voice cameo for the classroom video where we see a reworked version of Wilford’s origins to fit in-line with the theory (same with Nomadic Kong for his follow-up video). This also goes for the subreddit communities of r/fanedits and r/faneditedmovies for providing useful feedback to help improve the edit.


Change List:

• Added an intertitle at the beginning which states "43 years prior to the disaster. A.D. 1971".

• Added a flashback (which is in black and white) to the ending of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory which will tie into the scene where Curtis confronts Wilford.

• Added the Pop Orchestral Academy of Los Angeles's recording of "Pure Imagination" (particularly the second half) in the opening titles.

• Added the music track "Lucky Charlie" (which includes "The Candy Man" theme) during the scene where Curtis makes a deal with Timmy. The scene has been trimmed a bit to fit in with the music.

• Added the intro to the music track "Cheer Up Charlie" and a String Quartet recording of "Pure Imagination" (slowed and pitched) when Wilford is mentioned by Gilliam for the first time.

• Added a dark piano version of "I Want It Now" (slowed and reverb by me to make it darker and more apocalyptic) when Minister Mason makes her speech to the tail end passengers. This is to add on to an idea in the fan theory that Minister Mason is a grown-up Veruca Salt.

• Added a small music cue of the intro to a String Quartet recording of "Pure Imagination" when Tanya receives an illustration of Timmy.

• Added the “Wonkamania” music track from Willy Wonka when the alarm goes off as the tail passengers are preparing to breach the gates.

• Added music from "Charlie's Paper Run" (particularly the middle and last half) when Curtis and the group are looking out the train's window seeing the frozen apocalyptic wasteland.

• Added a small music cue from the track "The Wondrous Boat Ride" when Curtis finds out how the Protein Blocks they've been eating are made.

• Added the creepy Willy Wonka tunnel poem (with echo and reverb) from the track "The Wondrous Boat Ride" when the train goes through a dark tunnel and as the guards start slaughtering the tail passengers. This is to serve as a distant callback to the original tunnel scene in Willy Wonka. The scene has also been trimmed to fit it in more with the music.

• Added Slugworth's leitmotif (which is slowed down a bit and is very brief) as Gilliam surveys the damage. This is to foreshadow him being revealed to be a very old Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson when we later meet Wilford/Charlie.

• Added the first half of the Pop Orchestral Academy of Los Angeles's recording of "Pure Imagination" when we see the group go through the plant and fish rooms. The scene has been trimmed a bit to fit in with the music.

• Redid the classroom propaganda video that showed Wilford's origins to match up with the idea in the fan theory that Wilford (or Wilford Wonka in this case) is a grown-up Charlie Bucket who inherited Willy Wonka's factory. Special thanks to Rhino Stew himself for providing a voice cameo for this scene. Music for this scene is "Large Scale" by David Snell.

• Added a slowed and distorted version of the Wonkavision sound (which resembles the sound of TV static) as Franco is chasing after the main group in the steam car section. According to the fan theory, Franco is supposedly a grown-up Mike Teevee; since he doesn't have a theme (if you don't count the 2005 film) and there isn't a great area to insert a flashback that would fit well in context of the film, the slowed and distorted sounds of Wonkavision which interestingly creates a sound of TV static will be the indicator of this connection.

• Added the middle section of the music track "Charlie's Paper Run" (which is heavily slowed down and serves as a reprise) as Curtis and the last of the group approach the final gate to Wilford.

• Added the opening of Josh Groban's 2015 live recording of "Pure Imagination" when we meet Wilford for the first time.

• Added a flashback to Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson talking to Charlie when Wilford briefly reminisces about Gilliam. This is to add on to an idea in the fan theory that Gilliam is actually Slugworth since aside from their similar looks, they both serve as "spies" for the wealthy industrialist running the operation. (Gilliam secretly working for Wilford/Charlie parallels that of Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson secretly working for Willy Wonka). The scene has also been trimmed to fit in the flashback.

• Added a slowed and distorted version of the Wonkavision sound when we see Franco wake up.

• Added some flashbacks to certain scenes in Willy Wonka when Wilford talks about the methods of fear to keep the train running. The sequence of flashbacks is based on how it was edited in the original Rhino Stew video.

• Added a flashback to the Oompa Loompas when Wilford talks about the "part" to the engine that went "extinct". This is to imply that the Oompa Loompas died out which resulted in Wilford having to resort to child workers to keep the Engine running.

• Added music from the ending of Willy Wonka (which includes the opening riff from an instrumental orchestral cover of "Pure Imagination" by Pennoink) and the original Gene Wilder recording of "Pure Imagination" for the film's ending and end credits, respectively. The credits have been sped up a bit to match up with the music.

• A dedication credit to Gene Wilder has been added.

• Redid the subtitles for foreign dialogue.


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