Frank Baum’s fantasy novel that was published in 1900, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” The film was characterized by its use of technicolor, musical score, storytelling, and as well as memorable characters. It is considered as one of the greatest films of all time, and as well as the most successful adaptation of L. And The Wizard of Oz, of course, is one of the great classics which has been with me for a long time, both in my life as a youngster and then taking it through the next few generations.The Wizard of Oz is a popular American musical fantasy film in 1939 that was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM. Then he’s the Emerald City gatekeeper, the coachman in Oz, and the palace guard - all before we see him as the Wizard. “When we meet him,” Bill explains, “Frank Morgan is playing Professor Marvel, the carnival mind reader. William Shatner, in an exclusive interview, shared his feelings on the appeal of voicing the Wizard in this film, pointing to what Frank Morgan brought to the title character of the 1939 film classic. Frank Baum, which continues to touch the imagination. As such, it is just the latest in a long line of adaptations of the world created by L. In the film, a young engineer named Victoria has to join forces with the Scarecrow, the no-longer-Cowardly Lion, some pretty tough munchkins, and the Wizard to locate and restore the Tin Man’s heart in order to reverse his tyrannical rule over Oz. Regardless on the outcome, this puts the Land of Oz in serious danger now.” Based on the illustration above, it would seem like the show - which airs on Boomerang - is geared for kids, and while that may be true, it’s very witty and brings with it a fun bit of ‘tude.īased on the graphic novel of the same name from Arcana comics, The Steam Engines of Oz is set a century after Dorothy Gale visited that mystical land, and things have not gone as one would have thought. “When he finds out about the Wicked Witch’s spirit being trapped in her crystal ball, he decides to help resurrect her in exchange for powers (not knowing that it takes years to get powers), but it backfires and Dorothy accidentally resurrects the Wicked Witch without her powers. And whether it’s magic, Munchkins, flying monkeys or her arch-nemesis Wilhelmina, the wicked witch-in-training and niece of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy is ready to track down and put a stop to any problem that comes Oz’s way with help from her dog Toto and their friends Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion.” Things get complicated in the show’s second season when the Wizard, victim of yet another tornado, finds himself back in Oz and decides to gain actual powers so that he can become a real wizard. Describes Wikipedia, “With her feet firmly grounded in her ruby slippers, Dorothy tackles her royal duties with enthusiasm, bravery and farm girl feistiness. At least not yet.įollowing events of the 1939 film, Queen Ozma has made Dorothy the Princess of Emerald City. A sequel was expected, but while the film turned a profit, it was just enough for Disney to feel it had dodged a fiscal winged monkey, leaving the studio with no intent to return to Oz. Mila Kunis is Theodora, who will ultimately become the Wicked Witch of the West Rachel Weisz is Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East Michelle Williams is Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (the actress also plays an old girlfriend of Oscar’s who will eventually give birth to Dorothy). But the truth soon becomes apparent, and he finds himself in the middle of a magical power struggle.
There he goes from fraud to hero as he agrees, for a price, to help the people of Emerald City, not believing for a second that there are really witches.
Directed by Sam Raimi, it’s unofficially a prequel to the 1939 film focused on James Franco’s Oscar “Oz” Diggs, who, in 1905, is working as a magician in a traveling circus and who, like pretty much everyone else in these films, finds himself in Oz via tornado. Without doubt the most ambitious of the Oz films since the original.