A modern fairy tale with a distinctly american setting, a delightfully levelheaded heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of childrens literature. James franco, michelle williams, mila kunis, rachel weisz. Meet the creative team behind the resilient, porcelain character china girl. I will warn you though, that the films run time of just over two hours can be difficult to sit through at times. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for oz the great and powerful. Oz the great and powerful serves as a prequel to the classic 1939 film. This new vision of the land of oz is an imaginative mix of liveaction and cgi that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic the wizard of oz without being too deferential. As an artbook, it falls short but as a visual companion its wonderful. At some point i will dig deeper into it but here was my take after my first viewing. Oz the great and powerful is a 20 fantasy film directed by sam raimi, and produced by the same people behind tim burtons alice in wonderland 2010 and following the leads of thenrecent darker and edgier versions of notable literary creations such as the aforementioned alice in wonderland, guy ritchies sherlock holmes films, and snow white and the huntsman. Oz the great and powerful 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The studio houses 200,000 square feet of sound stages, with.
Land of oz tv series being developed by legendary screen. Oz the great and powerful oz meets witch of the west. The art of oz the great and powerful is more of a visual companion to the movie rather than an artbook. The original land of oz, as imagined by childrens author l frank baum, first appeared in baums 1900 novel, the wonderful wizard of oz, which was adapted in 1939 into one of the most iconic hollywood films ever. When emma, a woman from a land without magic, literally drops into oz, rumple thinks shes the one destined to save them from the wicked witch terrorizing the realm. It has a witch, magic, gargoyles, and talking animals. Characters are listed by order of the oz book in which they first appear, but each character listing includes their later appearances as well. Oz, the great and powerful does not feature the ruby slippers, or even the silver slippers book version. Consciously evoking the structure and iconography of mgms classic the wizard of oz without attempting to rival its impact, disneys oz the great and powerful can be enjoyed, up to a.
Mar 11, 20 just about anyone could have made oz the great and powerful, a mostly by the numbers prequel to victor flemings classic 1939 adaptation of frank l. Elizabeth rudnick has written over thirty books, including the original novel tweet heart and tieins such as frankenweenie, oz. But just like any other roller coaster, oz the great and powerful does have its fun and amusing moments. Mar 11, 20 oz the great and powerful a smalltime circus magician dreams of being a great man. The selected artworks included are mainly the concept art for the environment, basically the forests, china land. Oz is legally a prequel to the books, but intends to be a prequel to the film. The disney uk youtube channel brings you a wealth of official video content. In oz the great and powerful, oscar diggsjames franco, a stage magician of little ability, makes a stunning escape just in front of a rampaging mob in kansas in 1905 in a balloon. Smalltime magician oscar diggs is stuck in an uneventful life.
Oz the great and powerful soundtrack 01 main titles. Mar 08, 20 in baums first book and in the 1939 film the witches are powerful forces for good and wickedness in the land of oz. She assumes that he is a wizard who has been hired to kill her competitor. Complete oz the great and powerful series features the complete book series that relate the fictional history of the land of oz. Their leader, knuck tony cox does not believe oz is the great wizard theodora says he is. James franco, michelle williams, mila kunis, rachel weisz, zach braff, abigail spencer. First synopsis for sam raimis oz the great and powerful starring james franco, rachel weisz, mila kunis, zach braff, and michelle williams. The great and powerful, as the visuals do a great job of making up for everything that didnt work. Oz the great and powerful, starring james franco the new. As such, it is the target film for this weeks box office prediction contest. He is unappreciated but dreams about a life of grandeur. The wonderful wizard of oz, childrens book written by l.
So its with sadness that i report that oz the great and powerful is pretty much just what my most pessimistic self feared it might be. The wicked witch of the east would have been wearing these and they would have been a very important plot element. So, for instance, if youve only read the wonderful wizard of oz, be aware that all the character listings will contain spoilers for later books. Oz the great and powerful is a fantasy adventure telling the story of the wizard of oz s arrival in oz.
Apr 30, 20 in order for them to get all of the treasures, they must defeat and kill one another, and then all of oz will finally be at peace. Disneys oz the great and powerful is not a prequel to mgm. The differences between sam raimis oz the great and powerful, the classic film the wizard of oz and the novel and stage musical wicked, from witches to flying monkeys. Mar, 20 oz the great and powerful soundtrack music by. The fact that this new oz was directed by sam raimi, maker of superhero adventures and horror pictures from darkman to spiderman, the evil dead to army of darkness, is almost incidental.
That may be true of the great oz, but not of acclaimed filmmaker sam raimi, who allows readers a special behindthescenes look at the magic and making of disneys oz the great and powerful in this new book. Oz the great and powerful, from director sam raimi, is the most recent project to draw from frank baums oz book series which has seen numerous reimaginings, spinoffs, and adaptations since it first debuted in the year 1900. She lives on cape cod with her husband and two lovable mutts, jack and ginger. It could be better, but it feels like part of the oz most of us know and love, and that fact lives up to the great in the title.
After return to oz, disney lost the film rights to the oz books and they were subsequently reverted to the public domain. When a tornado blasts him to the bizarre and distant land of oz he finds himself heralded as the wizard who is foretold to save the oppressed inhabitants. Actress mila kunis is transformed before your eyes into the wicked witch. The title of my book is oz the great and powerful adapted by elizabeth rudnick. The wizard, witches, munchkins, and emerald city are all the same. Oz the great and powerful, which is a prequel to l. Rumple and his father malcolm, two powerful wizards, are the caretakers of oz after the death of its last ruler. Disneys prequel to the wizard of oz aims to steal family audiences before easter, knocking wreckit. Oz the great and powerful aims over the rainbow, side effects also appealing charles gant. Oz the great and powerful 3d imax 20, action adventure fantasy released in english hindi language in theatre near you in pune. Oz the great and powerful a con artist and stage magician, a tornado sends him to the land of oz.
Oz the great and powerful is a 20 american fantasy adventure film directed by sam raimi and written by david lindsayabaire and mitchell kapner from a story by kapner. Mar 07, 20 oz the great and powerful sequel already on its way disney puts scriptwriter to work on followup as first film prepares for huge opening weekend at box office published. I never really finished my analysis of the movie this time but i do think there is a lot of good symbolism in there. Oz the great and powerful is a 20 american fantasy adventure film directed by sam raimi. All in all, the wizard of oz and oz the great and powerful have many differences and many similarities. Oz the great and powerful isnt the only film opening wide next weekend, but it is the only film with a shot at top spot. Frank baums 1900 novel the wonderful wizard of oz, and also an unofficial prequel to the 1939 film. Oz the great and powerful a smalltime circus magician dreams of being a great man. Oz the great and powerful parental guide is this movie. Buy oz the great and powerful the witches of oz by peterson, scott, disney book group, disney storybook artists isbn. As he chooses to do the right thing, diggs holds himself in greater esteem.
Legendary entertainment is developing a land of oz tv series. Mar 16, 20 oz the great and powerful, directed by sam raimi spiderman, the evil dead, is disneys latest theatrical release. Fast forward ten years, and now disney is doing the opposite and trying to make a feature film an elaborately lush, often cheesy and nauseating rollercoaster type film in the form of oz the great and powerful. The story follows the magician oscar who finds himself in oz.
Oz the great and powerful is a good film but not a great one, and is in fact fairly interesting, though not perhaps for the intended reasons. Opening to oz the great and powerful 20 uk dvd youtube. Disneys oz the great and powerful is a fun movie, but only intermittently. For a film based on childrens books, its theme is remarkably sophisticated. Having said all of that, i do not regret having gone to see oz. Milas transformation featurette oz the great and powerful.
Oz the great and powerful full trailer official disney. Oz the great and powerful is a fantasy andscience fiction book. Wicked witchs waltz featurette oz the great and powerful. Oz the great and powerful, then, explores the interconnections between the moral issue of character and the psychological issue of selfesteem. Oz, the great and powerful says glinda is the witch of the south, as she is in the books. Oz the great and powerful 2 is a sequel to the 20 film, oz the great and powerful. Oz the great and powerful 2d british board of film. Jan 15, 2017 no infringement intended heres the order. In the movie oz the great and powerful, smalltime circus magician oscar diggs is inspired by the moving picture camera. Oscar diggs escapes from the circus he works for and lands in the land of oz where he meets a witch, theodora. Frank baums early 20th century oz novels and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 metrogoldwynmayer film the wizard of oz. A visually overcrammed, emotionally empty megaspectacle. Oz hands his heavy bag to finley and tells him to follow them.
Unlike other wizard of oz books this book for some reason does not have the lion, the tin can guy, or the scarecrow. Designing china girl featurette oz the great and powerful. Theodora tells that her sister and she are good witches. Mar 08, 20 oz the great and powerful, from director sam raimi, follows the life of oscar diggs james franco, an ambitious circus magician who is swept away to the land of oz. Theodora is a main character, but later the secondary antagonist in the 20 fantasy film oz the great and powerful. Oz talks down to knuck, calls him sour puss and tells him to obey his king. Overall, oz the great and powerful is good and effective. Oz the great and powerful is director sam raimis prequel to the wizard of oz. A frustrated circus magician from kansas is transported to a magical land called oz, where he will have to fulfill a. He is thought to be the wizard that the land and creatures of oz have long awaited. Oz the great and powerful, from director sam raimi, follows the life of oscar diggs james franco, an ambitious circus magician who is swept away to the land of oz. The wonderful wizard of oz study guide contains a biography of l.
On march 7, 20, variety confirmed that disney has already approved plans for a sequel, with mitchell kapner returning as screenwriter, and joe roth returning as producer. Its an unfortunate fact that any wizard of oz related story, particularly a prequel, is going to be compared to the musical, wicked, and will most likely. Winning two oscars at the 1940 academy awards, the wizard of oz helped make a major star out of actress judy garland. Frank baums 1900 novel the wonderful wizard of oz, and also an unofficial prequel to the 1939 film the wizard of oz, is about a smalltime magician, oscar diggswizard of oz, who arrives in an enchanted land and is expected to save it from the wicked witches. Characters who appeared in the film, oz the great and powerful. Oscar diggs james franco, a charming magician nicknamed oz, charms a pretty country girl with an obviously fake story about his. Baums classic 1900 childrens book the wonderful wizard of oz and the 1933 movie teens are familiar with. Oz flees in a balloon, but a tornado strikes his balloon and he lands on the land of oz. That is, until three very powerful witches theodora, evanora, and. Baum, who wrote 14 novels between 19001920, all set in the fantasyland he so vividly created, never fully portrayed the wizards background. Oscar zoroaster phadrig isaac norman henkle emmanuel ambroise diggs, typically referred to as oscar or simply oz, is the main protragonist in disneys oz.
Theodora is a beautiful, naive witch who is protected by her powerful sister evanora the wicked witch of the east. The great and powerful, and the bestselling junior novel based on pirates of the caribbean. Oz the great and powerful 20 financial information. Frank baums first oz book titled the wonderful wizard of oz, published in 1900. During oz s adventure, the basket of his hotair balloon is pierced by fenceposts during a tornado, he is chased by flying baboons, and he is snapped at by maneating plants.
Why oz the great and powerful is a major step back for witches and women. Take a look at six of the new film promos aired during this years game. We were watching this amazing disney film the other night and were completely inspired by the thoughtfulness of oz. In oz the great and powerful, a witch not only falls for the man oz.
In this world of reading level 2 storybook, scott peterso. In order for them to get all of the treasures, they must defeat and kill one another, and then all of oz will finally be at peace. The prequel of sorts to the wizard of oz the film, not the book has good performances, clever direction from sam raimi and mostly impressive visual effects, but its reliance on 3d takes away from its overall cohesion, and its sometimescontrived scenes leave the movie riddled with plot holes. Oz the great and powerful soundtrack 01 main titles cinemanmusicland. Rachel weisz, mila kunis, james franco, and michelle williams in oz the great and powerful 20 rachel weisz, mila kunis, james franco, and michelle williams in oz the great and powerful 20. The great and powerful is the first film to shoot in raleigh michigan studios, which once was a general motors trucking design plant. He wrote 17 oz books 18 if you count the royal book of oz, but you shouldnt, because it was written by ruth. All this changes when hes hurled from rural kansas into the enchanting land of oz. Flip book inspired by oz the great and powerful disney. The selected artworks included are mainly the concept art for the environment, basically the forests, china land and castles. Flip book inspired by oz the great and powerful disney family.
Oz the great and powerful official site disney movies. Years ago, dorothy returned to oz and became obsessed with magic. Mar 08, 20 disneys oz the great and powerful imagines the origins of the beloved wizard, who debuted in author l. Oz the great and powerful is now in theaters in disney digital 3d, reald 3d, and imax 3d. Oscar meets the gorgeous theodora and she believes that he is the powerful magician from an ancient prophecy that will release her land from the wicked witch. Oz the great and powerful opens in the familiar black and white landscape of early 1900s kansas. The trio soon meets a large caravan of horses and soldiers along a yellowbrick road. When oscar diggs james franco, a smalltime circus magician with dubious. Oscar is a selfish and greedy con artist who aspires to be great. Frank baum, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Oz the great and powerful complete broll 20 james franco movie hd duration.
Oz, the great and powerful is the moniker the wizard uses in the 1939 film. Theodora at first only wants peace to come to the land of oz. Oz the great and powerful is a 20 american fantasy adventure film directed by sam raimi, based on the oz novels l. Like the phantom menace trilogy, oz the great and powerful precedes a beloved classic on the fictional timeline but makes full use of modernday technology, which means everythings grander and more spectacular, and theres not an obvious soundstage scene or a cheesy special effect in sight.
Why oz the great and powerful is a major step back for. Following his arrival in the faraway place, oscar finds himself at the center of a power struggle between the oz witches, glinda michelle williams, theodora mila kunis, and. The quadlings are the native ozian citizens of the magical land of oz who all reside in oz s southern quadrant known as the quadling country. Oz the great and powerful, the lone ranger, fast and furious 6, star trek into darkness, world war z and iron man 3.
It is a prequel to baums 1900 introductory novel the wonderful wizard of oz, and indirectly to the 1939 mgm film, the wizard of oz. Animators used to flip between pages as they drew to see how the characters moved. The inhabitants of oz see oscar as a powerful wizard and the shower him with the fame and fortune he had always imagined. The great and powerful 20 works archive of our own. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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