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Return to Oz (1985)

PG 113 min  -  Adventure | Family | Fantasy  -   21 June 1985 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Walter Murch
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fairuza Balk ...
Nicol Williamson ...
Jean Marsh ...
Piper Laurie ...
Matt Clark Matt Clark ...
Michael Sundin Michael Sundin ...
Tim Rose Tim Rose ...
Sean Barrett Sean Barrett ...
Tik-Tok (voice)
Mak Wilson ...
Denise Bryer Denise Bryer ...
Billina (voice)
Brian Henson ...
Stewart Larange Stewart Larange ...
Lyle Conway Lyle Conway ...
Gump (voice)
Stephen Norrington Stephen Norrington ...
Gump (as Steve Norrington)
Justin Case Justin Case ...
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Storyline

It has been six months since Dorothy has returned home from Oz and she still cannot sleep. She has been going on about imaginary places and people so much that Aunt Em takes her to see a doctor. She promptly escapes from the mental hospital and wakes up in Oz where her pet chicken, Billina, can now talk. There she meets a whole new bunch of friends and they set off to rescue the Scarecrow from the evil Nome King who has found her ruby slippers and used them to lay waste to the Emerald City and take over Oz. Written by Shaun Ryan  

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Plot Keywords:

Doctor | King | Chicken | Mysterious Girl | Delusional Depression  | See more »

Taglines:

If there's one thing you must do this summer, it's "Return to Oz..." See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

O Mundo Fantástico de Oz See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$11,137,801 (USA) (1985)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Finland: (uncut)  | Finland: (cut)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to include the ruby slippers as part of this film, Disney had to pay royalties to MGM, the studio which had produced The Wizard of Oz. The ruby slippers did not appear in the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; they were invented for the 1939 film to better take advantage of the newly developed Technicolor process. Interestingly enough, in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Dorothy wore a pair of magical silver shoes which were actually destroyed when she used them to return to Kansas. In the subsequent novel "Ozma of Oz," one of the books on which this film is based, Dorothy and her friends meet the Nome King who possesses a magical belt with properties similar to those of the silver shoes. Early drafts of the script for Return to Oz reflect this, with the Nome King possessing a magical ruby belt which had been created from the ruby slippers. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Mombi wakes up and walks around headless, it is obvious by her stiff jerky movements, and the way she glides rather than walks, that is an animatronic puppet and not Jean Marsh. See more »

Quotes

Jack Pumpkinhead: [everybody's falling off the Gump and out of the sky] I'm sorry, Mom!
Dorothy: It's okay, Jack, it can't be helped now!
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Connections

Featured in "At the Movies: D.A.R.Y.L./Cocoon/Return to Oz" (1985) See more »