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.
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.
Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz.... See full summary »
A frustrated circus magician from Kansas is transported to a magical land called Oz, where he will have to fulfill a prophecy to become the king, and release the land from the Wicked Witches using his great (but fake) powers.
Director:
Sam Raimi
Stars:
James Franco,
Michelle Williams,
Rachel Weisz
Sixteen-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother Toby (Toby Froud) when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King Jareth (David Bowie).
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in WWII.
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Stars:
Angela Lansbury,
David Tomlinson,
Roddy McDowall
This 150-episode series of shorts chronicles Dorothy's long stay in the land of Oz. The Munchkins are portrayed as tiny globs; the Scarecrow is a fool named Socrates; the Tin Woodman is a ... See full summary »
Dorothy Gale has recently come home to Kansas from the Land of Oz and is now almost back to perfect health since the incident of the tornado, only she cannot get that wonderful place out of her head. She frequently talks about it and cannot get any sleep at night. Aunt Em worries about her health/well-being. Thinking that she is suffering delusional depression and acute insomnia, she decides to take her to see a special doctor in another town. While he tries to treat her with electro-shock treatment and take those nasty dreams away from her head, she is rescued by a mysterious girl who leads her back to Oz for a new adventure.Written by
Nichola McDougall
The Scarecrow was originally supposed to have a fully articulated animatronic face, akin to that of the Gump, however budget cuts forced the puppeteers to reduce his face to a series of masks with fixed expressions. See more »
Goofs
When the other girl is unstrapping Dorothy, a close-up shows her saying "We've got to get you out of here." When the camera pans out, it shows her mouthing the exact same line. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Aunt Em:
Can't you sleep?
[Dorothy shakes her head]
Aunt Em:
It's past 1:00 in the morning, Dorothy.
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Alternate Versions
When it was aired on the Disney channel, the following were cut: When "Ozma girl" unties Dorothy from the bed in the doctor's room, the line where she tells Dorothy that the screaming patients are locked in the cellar is cut. When Dorothy first visits Mombi, much is cut. A lot of shots of the heads behind the glass are cut, and so is a lot of footage when Mombi puts on her head. Because of this, a line is cut where she asks Dorothy how she looks, and Dorothy tells her she looks beautiful. In the TV version, it cuts straight to the line, "And just who might you be?" When Mombi wakes up, many shots of the screaming heads and EVERY shot of the headless Mombi trying to get Dorothy is cut. A few seconds of footage of the Nome King's death are cut, including when his eye turns to stone, and some of the "poison" shots. See more »
I've read all the other comments regarding Return to Oz, and would like to add my own. I to love Return to Oz, but do not think that it is any better then The Wizard of Oz, and you shouldn't compare the two, since they are two totally different films (and Return to Oz is NOT the sequel to the Judy Garland classic as many people wrongly assume) made in toally different times. I find both Judy and Farzua pleasing and believable Dorothys-so what if poor Judy was made to have her chest taped flat during filming? Does that make her any less believable? I don't think so. Despite the fact Judy was 16 at time of filming, she still made a beautifully sweet Dorothy and her performance in the film is no less believable than that of Fazura Balks. These two films are both classics in they're own rights and the two Dorothys both brilliant.
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I've read all the other comments regarding Return to Oz, and would like to add my own. I to love Return to Oz, but do not think that it is any better then The Wizard of Oz, and you shouldn't compare the two, since they are two totally different films (and Return to Oz is NOT the sequel to the Judy Garland classic as many people wrongly assume) made in toally different times. I find both Judy and Farzua pleasing and believable Dorothys-so what if poor Judy was made to have her chest taped flat during filming? Does that make her any less believable? I don't think so. Despite the fact Judy was 16 at time of filming, she still made a beautifully sweet Dorothy and her performance in the film is no less believable than that of Fazura Balks. These two films are both classics in they're own rights and the two Dorothys both brilliant.