Journey Back to Oz (1974)

Director:

Hal Sutherland

Writers:

Fred Ladd and
Norm Prescott ...
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Release Date:

5 December 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Musical | Fantasy

Tagline:

All the Fun and Splendour of the Magical Land of Oz in a Wonderful NEW full-length Musical Cartoon Adventure

Plot:

During a twister, Dorothy is hit on the head by a gate and once again whisked away to the land of Oz...

Plot Keywords:

Elephant | Based On Novel

Cast

Milton Berle	...	The Cowardly Lion (voice)
Herschel Bernardi	...	Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
Paul Ford	...	Uncle Henry (voice)
Margaret Hamilton	...	Aunt Em (voice)
Jack E. Leonard	...	The Signpost (voice)
Paul Lynde	...	Pumpkinhead (voice)
Ethel Merman	...	Mombi, the Bad Witch (voice)
Liza Minnelli	...	Dorothy (voice)
Mickey Rooney	...	The Scarecrow (voice)
Risë Stevens	...	Glinda, the Good Witch (voice)
Danny Thomas	...	The Tin Man (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Crow (voice)
Dal McKennon	...	Omby Amby (voice) (as Dallas McKennon)
Larry Storch	...	Amos (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Cosby	...	The Wizard of Oz (TV version)

Directed by
Hal Sutherland

Writing credits
Fred Ladd		and
Norm Prescott
Bernard Evslin		(additional dialogue)
L. Frank Baum		(novel "The Marvelous Land of Oz") uncredited

Produced by
Preston Blair	....	associate producer
Fred Ladd	....	associate producer
Norm Prescott	....	producer
Lou Scheimer	....	producer

Original Music by
Walter Scharf

Art Direction by
Don Christensen

Production Management
Rock Benedetto	....	production manager (as Rock Benedict)

Art Department
Sherman Labby	....	continuity storyboard

Camera and Electrical Department
John Aardal	....	camera operator
Sergio Antonio Alcázar	....	camera supervisor
Ray Bloss	....	camera operator
R.W. Pope	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Dale Baer	....	layout artist
Don Bluth	....	layout artist
Bob Bransford	....	animator
Betty Brooks	....	paint supervisor
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Richie Craig	....	checking
James Davis	....	animator (as Jim Davis)
Alberto De Mello	....	layout artist
Otto Feuer	....	animator
Dotti Foell	....	checking
Ed Friedman	....	animator
Fred Grable	....	animator
Laverne Harding	....	animator
C.L. Hartman	....	layout artist
Maurice Harvey	....	background artist
Herb Hazelton	....	layout artist
Mike Hazy	....	layout key assistant
Lou Kachivas	....	animator
Les Kaluza	....	animator
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	color director (as Ervin Kaplan)
Anatole Kirsanoff	....	animator
George Kreisl	....	animator
Paul Krukowski	....	animator
Rudy Larriva	....	sequence director
Phil Lewis	....	background artist
Bill Loudenslager	....	background artist
Bill Nunes	....	animator
Jack Ozark	....	animator
Amby Paliwoda	....	supervising animator
Manuel Perez	....	animator (as Manny Perez)
Don Peters	....	background artist
Jane Philippi	....	checking supervisor
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator
Bill Reed	....	animator
John Remmel	....	xerographer
Marjorie Roach	....	checking
Virgil Ross	....	animator
George Rowley	....	animator
Ed Solomon	....	animator
Ralph Somerville	....	animator
Reuben Timmins	....	animator
Don Towsley	....	sequence director
Marion Turk	....	checking supervisor
Kay Wright	....	layout artist
Paul Xander	....	background artist
Lou Zukor	....	animator

Editorial Department
Joseph Simon	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Sammy Cahn	....	songs: lyrics by
Jimmy Van Heusen	....	songs: music by

Other crew
June Gilham	....	film coordinator

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates

Distributors

• Filmation Associates (1974) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wm. Lange & Associates (1975) (USA: Midwest) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Marden Films (1975) (Canada) (theatrical)
• EBA
• Family Home Entertainment (FHE) (1983) (USA) (video) (CED VideoDisc)
• Hallmark Video (video)
• Mundo Mágico (Brazil) (DVD)
• United American Video (1990s) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1980s) (Australia) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Horta-Mahana Corp.  sound effects

Also Known As:

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

Liza Minnelli plays the role of Dorothy, who was played by her mother Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (2009) (V)

Soundtrack:

That Feeling For Home

For Liza completists...

...and Ethel Merman buffs, too, will love her loud, bossy vocals as the wicked witch Mombi, but this cartoon sequel to "The Wizard Of Oz" is bereft of real imagination, substituting fantasy and excitement with noisy action (and cheaply repeating its footage like a bad music video). Little Dorothy is whisked back to Oz, which has gone to ruin, and meets old and new friends. The inelegant animation is stuck somewhere between the weakest Walt Disney and the less-inspired shows from Hanna-Barbera, however many of the songs are good, particularly Dorothy's sweet lament "It's a Far Away Land", superbly performed by Liza Minnelli. You can count on Minnelli for energy, which is why the movie perks up whenever Dorothy is around. Much of it is unmemorable, and I'm not even sure baby-boomers will get a charge from it since it has been out of circulation for so long. As a curiosity item, just fair. ** from ****