Another goof

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2006)

It seems to me that nobody noticed an oddity about the Iraqi flag displayed in the flag room. It is established in the movie that 20 years ago, when Grandpa worked for Wonka, Wonka was already an adult (played by Johnny Depp). In the flag room scene, however, we see Wonka as a boy walking past the Iraqi flag that contains the words "Allahu akbar" between the stars. As we all know, Saddam Hussein added those words during "Desert Storm" (on 14 January 1991, to be precise), which was less than 20 years ago. Or is this an indication that the movie actually takes place in the future? Did I miss something? I automatically assumed that the movie's present was close to our present...