The Wiz

DVD 2008

Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.

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Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) Fiction

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

Kindergarten teachers New York (State) New York Fiction

New York (N.Y.) Fiction

Oz (Imaginary place) Fiction

Wizard, of Oz (Fictitious character) Fiction

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Description:

1 videodisc (135 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG
MPAA rating: G

Notes:

Based on the book by William F. Brown ; music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls ; produced on the New York stage by Ken Harper
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978
Special features: "Wiz on down the road" featurette; theatrical trailer
Title from container
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Dede Allen ; songs, Charlie Smalls ; music adaptation, Quincy Jones ; production and costume designer, Tony Walton ; special visual effects, Albert Whitlock
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, French, captions in English, with optional subtitles in French

Control Number:

825173

UPC:

025192209147
025195002844

Other Authors:

Cohen, Rob, 1949- film producer
Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009, actor
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director
Motown Productions, production company
Ross, Diana, 1944- actor
Russell, Nipsey, 1924-2005, actor
Schumacher, Joel, 1939-2020, screenwriter
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
motion picture adaptation of (work): Brown, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1928-2019. Wiz

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