Return to Oz
Return to Oz is a 1985 dark fantasy film released by Walt Disney Pictures, co-written and directed by Walter Murch. It stars Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role. The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz, and it is based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz novels, mainly being a combination of The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907). In the plot, an insomniac Dorothy returns to the Land of Oz to find it has been conquered by the wicked Nome King and his accomplice Princess Mombi. Dorothy must restore Oz with her new friends Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump.
Plot
Six months after the tornado strike, Dorothy Gale's Aunt Em and Uncle Henry take her to the sanatorium of Dr. Worley, concerned that her continued obsession with the Land of Oz is a sign of delusion. Worley and his assistant, Nurse Wilson, plan to administer electrotherapy to Dorothy, before lightning causes a power failure. Dorothy is rescued by another girl, who tells her Worley's machines damage patients, and the two escape. Nurse Wilson chases the girls into a river, where Dorothy floats away on a chicken coop, but the other girl isn't seen resurfacing.
Cast
- Brian Henson
- Bruce Boa
- Deep Roy
- Fairuza Balk
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- Jean Marsh
- John Alexander
- Mak Wilson
- Matt Clark
- Michael Sundin
- Nicol Williamson
- Piper Laurie
- Pons Maar
- Sophie Ward
- Stephen Norrington
More details
| author | Gill Dennis L. Frank Baum Walter Murch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Kansas |
| director | Walter Murch |
| editor | Leslie Hodgson |
| genre | action adventure animation fantasy |
| keywords | arrest aunt em billina chicken coop cowardly lion deadly desert dorothy gale electrotherapy emerald city fly gump jack pumpkinhead kansa land of oz lightning mombi nome king poison powder of life princess ozma queen b rescue return home ruby slippers sanatorium scarecrow survive the king tik-tok tin man tin woodman turned to stone uncle henry yellow brick road |
| musicBy | David Shire |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects |
| producer | Paul Maslansky |
| productionCompany | Silver Screen Partners Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| theme | children's sequel |