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Director:
Writers:
L. Frank Baum (novels)
Gill Dennis (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
An all-new adventure down the yellow brick road. more
Plot:
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Weirder and Wilder Things
(From GreenCine Daily. 21 October 2009, 3:12 PM, PDT)
Todd McFarlane Has Nothing On 'Return To Oz' In Today's Sick Day Stash!
(From MTV Movies Blog. 2 September 2009, 11:00 AM, PDT)
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An excellent, dark take on the children tale more (170 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Fairuza Balk | ... | Dorothy | |
| Nicol Williamson | ... | Dr. Worley / The Nome King | |
| Jean Marsh | ... | Nurse Wilson / Mombi | |
| Piper Laurie | ... | Aunt Em | |
| Matt Clark | ... | Uncle Henry | |
| Michael Sundin | ... | Tik-Tok | |
| Tim Rose | ... | Tik-Tok | |
| Sean Barrett | ... | Tik-Tok (voice) | |
| Mak Wilson | ... | Billina | |
| Denise Bryer | ... | Billina (voice) | |
| Brian Henson | ... | Jack Pumpkinhead (voice) | |
| Stewart Larange | ... | Jack Pumpkinhead | |
| Lyle Conway | ... | Gump (voice) | |
| Stephen Norrington | ... | Gump (as Steve Norrington) | |
| Justin Case | ... | Scarecrow |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Oz (USA) (working title)
The Adventures of the Devil in the Sky (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
113 min | Finland:110 min (uncut) | Finland:109 min (cut)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Finland:K-10 (uncut) | Finland:K-8 (cut) | Netherlands:MG6 | Iceland:L | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Australia:G (re-rating on appeal) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | UK:U (original rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Elstree Film and TV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
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To create the stop-motion puppets of the nomes, Nicol Williamson and Pons Maar were photographed against a background grid. Will Vinton then watched the footage frame by frame and manipulated the puppets based on the movements and expressions of the actors. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Tik-Tok's thinking mechanism is activated by winding the key under his left arm, and his talking is activated by winding the one under his right arm. However, when he asks Dorothy to wind his thinking key before entering the ornament room, she winds the one under his right arm. more
Quotes:
Ozma:
Why did they bring you here, Dorothy?
Dorothy:
Because I can't sleep, and I talk about a place that I've been to, but nobody believes that it exists.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dick Tracy (1990) more
FAQ
Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:Is this a sequel to the 1939 MGM classic "The Wizard of Oz?"
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Be warned: this film may be found a little too frightening for the young ones. It's a shattered vision of the Land of Oz with the jovial munchkins conspicuously absent, and it opens with Dorothy in an insane asylum (!). What's surprising to me is I rented this film with the mindset that it was going to be complete trash, that a sequel to "The Wizard of Oz" was blashphemy. I stand corrected. This adaption is an effectively satisfying interpretation of the popular children's story. Child actress Fairuza Balk (now in such crap like "The Waterboy") is a very convincing Dorothy Gail, more so than Academy Award winner Judy Garland in the original. But it's the little things that keep you entertained: a severed trophy head, brought to life, quips, "If I had a stomach, I know I'd be sick!" when free-falling through the air; the evil Princess Mambi has an interesting collection on display in her palace; and the realization that the cause of Oz's decline into this dismal state may be directly attributed to Dorothy's departure in the prequel. One disappointment: Toto is left behind in favor of a talking chicken. I know, I know . . .
Grade: B