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wizard_oz, wiz_78
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wizard_oz, return_oz, wiz_78, tinman, oz_great_powerful
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An adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz' that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
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CastCrew:
L. Frank Baum => *(Novel)* William F. Brown => *(Book)* Michael Jackson => Scarecrow Nipsey Russell => Tinman Quincy Jones => Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited) Clyde J. Barrett => Subway Peddler Stanley Greene => Uncle Henry Thelma Carpenter => Miss One Richard Pryor => The Wiz (Herman Smith) Lena Horne => Glinda the Good Theresa Merritt => Aunt Em Mabel King => Evillene Ted Ross => Fleetwood Coupe de Ville / Lion Diana Ross => Dorothy
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Trivia:
With the May 9 2010 death of `~11976~`, and as of December 2016, `~7953~` (Dorothy) is the last surviving star of the film. In the Emerald City sequence, `~1576~` is shown as the pianist, but the actual piano player on the soundtrack is `~Richard Tee~`. This was `~16177~`'s only musical. In his book "Making Movies," `~16177~` admits that the filming of the Emerald City Sequence on the plaza at the World Trade Center had to be cut short because of wind and scheduling. The Port Authority would not allow more time to fix the mistakes, the red sequence had to be shortened due to a lighting error, and there was no time to re-shoot. `~Jimmie Walker~` was originally considered for the part of the Scarecrow. He turned it down and the part was given to `~8655~`. Original director `~10896~` was fired when he objected to `~7953~`, then 33 years old, being cast as the 14-year-old Dorothy. Though in the movie, her character was changed to a 24-year-old kindergarten school teacher. Motown Productions bought the rights to the stage show with the intent of having `~Stephanie Mills~` reprise the role of Dorothy. However, `~7953~` lobbied intensely for the role. Despite the fact that everyone (including Motown head and former lover `~Berry Gordy~`) believed that she, being 13 years older than Mills, was too old, she insisted that the role of Dorothy was ageless. She also said she would be able to guarantee `~8655~` as the Scarecrow if she was cast. The first song that `~8655~` sings, @#You Can't Win#@, was originally written for the stage version for the Winkies to sing to Dorothy about the futility of escaping from Evillene. The song was cut from the stage version of the musical during previews but was included in the film as the Scarecrow's song. The scene in which the Cowardly Lion emerges from one of the statues in front of the main research branch of the New York Public Library was shot on a set instead of the actual location because it was logistically impossible to film an entire scene devoid of people, save the main actors, without traffic and pedestrians getting in the way of the production. `~1680~` used his connections in the fashion industry to procure the hundreds of costumes used in the Emerald City sequence. In 2003, @##Entertainment Weekly##@ magazine named the film #28 of the 50 Top Cult Movies. At the time of production, director `~16177~` was the son-in-law of `~11976~` (Glinda, the Good Witch). According to her unauthorized biography, "Call Her Ms. Ross," `~7953~` was hospitalized and nearly blinded by a lighting effect used in the movie.
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