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The Wiz (1978)
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An African-American nursery teacher named Dorothy has a strange and exciting story in her life. The story began when Dorothy left for a big family dinner to search for her dog. During a major blizzard in New York City, she was swept away by a severe cyclone and found herself miraculously moving to a fictional land called Oz. There is a witch telling Dorothy how to go home again and there is no path but a wizard named Wiz who will help her to reach Manhattan.
An African-American nursery teacher named Dorothy has a strange and exciting story in her life. The story began when Dorothy left for a big family dinner to search for her dog. During a major blizzard in New York City, she was swept away by a severe cyclone and found herself miraculously moving to a fictional land called Oz. There is a witch telling Dorothy how to go home again and there is no path but a wizard named Wiz who will help her to reach Manhattan.
Actors:
H. Douglas Berring,
Clyde J. Barrett,
Johnny Brown,
Clinton Jackson,
Michael Jackson,
Ted Williams,
Janet Wright,
Tony Brealord,
Arthur French,
Mariann Aalda,
Milt Grayson,
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H. Douglas Berring
Clyde J. Barrett
Johnny Brown
11 June 1937, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Clinton Jackson
Michael Jackson
29 August 1958, Gary, Indiana, USA
Ted Williams
Janet Wright
8 March 1945, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Tony Brealord
Arthur French
22 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
Mariann Aalda
7 May 1948, USA
Milt Grayson
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
25 June 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Country:
United States
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
August 30, 2002
A total misfire; Ross was too old for Dorothy. Badly dated, doesn't hold up at all.
December 18, 2015
Sidney Lumet's spectacular, joyous production of The Wiz generates a mood of wonder and sentimental rapture recalling the arrival of the Mother Ship in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
EmanuelLevy.Com
August 14, 2005
Among many faults, Diana Ross is miscast
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
November 20, 2002
Nearly as lame as its reputation suggests.
January 24, 2004
A celebration of personhood with plenty of rousing rock-and-soul-and gospel music.
April 11, 2016
If you can take it just as an occasion for the exercise of some real talents, a good time can be had much of the time.
May 08, 2011
Sidney Lumet's all-black musical, starring Diana Ross, is a failed effort to transfer the setting of the Judy Graland musical to contempo Manhattan.
Juicy Cerebellum
April 01, 2003
This one's so bad it's good, but not so good that I'd say that it isn't bad.
May 23, 2011
It lost its magic.
Kalamazoo Gazette
July 15, 2003
Flat-footed screen version of a jubilant show; a miscast mess, sad to say
October 25, 2008
Well, it's nice to see the child-voiced Michael Jackson with a bulbous brown nose in this black American retake of The Wizard Of Oz