The Wiz [Blu-ray]

The Wiz [Blu-ray]

Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Diana Ross
Diana Ross
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
, Nipsey Russell
Nipsey Russell
, Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Sidney Lumet
The Wiz [Blu-ray]

The Wiz [Blu-ray]

Director: Sidney Lumet Cast: Diana Ross
Diana Ross
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
, Nipsey Russell
Nipsey Russell
, Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Sidney Lumet

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

Sidney Lumet's The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the eyes of a young African-American kindergarten teacher who's "never been below 125th Street." Leaving a large family dinner to chase her dog into a snowstorm, Dorothy (Diana Ross) is swept up by a cyclone and transplanted to the land of Oz -- which looks suspiciously like a skewed version of the run-down Manhattan of the late '70s. Landing on top of the Wicked Witch of the East, the puzzled Dorothy is greeted by munchkins who peel themselves from a graffiti mural and sing to her about the Wiz (Richard Pryor), a powerful wizard living in Emerald City who can help her get home. On her journey down the yellow brick road, she encounters a garbage-stuffed scarecrow (Michael Jackson) in a junkyard, a broken-down tin man (Nipsey Russell) caught in the decay of an old amusement park, and a cowardly lion (Ted Ross) posing as a stone statue outside a museum. The quartet tangles with a subway station that comes to life, a poppy den, and a gaggle of motorcycle henchman on their way to the Wiz -- who orders them to kill the Wicked Witch of the West (a sweatshop tyrant) before he will grant them their wishes. The Wiz has about double the large-scale production numbers of The Wizard of Oz (1939), with songs written and composed by Charlie Smalls.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/30/2010
UPC: 0025192067662
Original Release: 1978
Rating: G
Source: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language: English
Time: 2:15:00
Sales rank: 19,542

Special Features

Wiz on down the road; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Diana Ross Dorothy,Lion
Michael Jackson Scarecrow,Green Footman
Nipsey Russell Tinman
Lena Horne Glinda
Mabel King Evillene,Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Theresa Merritt Aunt Em
Thelma Carpenter Miss One,Aunt Emma's Party Guest,Aunt Em's Party
Richard Pryor The Wiz
Stanley Greene Uncle Henry
Clyde Barrett Subway Peddler,Subway Peddler
Carlton Johnson Head Winkie
Harry Madsen Cheetah
Glory Van Scott Rolls Royce Lady
Vicki Baltimore Green Lady
Derrick Bell Crow
Roderick Spencer Sibert Crow
Kashka Banjoko Crow
Ronald Smokey Stevens Crow
Tony Brealond Gold Footman
Joe Lynn Gold Footman
Charles Rodriguez Green Footman
Ted Williams Munchkin #1
Mabel Robinson Munchkin #2
Damon Pearce Munchkin #3
Donna Patrice Ingram Munchkin #4
Carlos Cleveland Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Mariann Aalda Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Aaron Boddie Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Gay Faulkner Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Ted Butler Aunt Emma's Party Guest
T.B. Skinner Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Jaime Perry Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Daphne McWilliams Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Douglas Berring Aunt Emma's Party Guest
James Shaw Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Johnny Brown Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Gyle Waddy Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Dorothi Fox Aunt Emma's Party Guest,Aunt Em's Party
Francis Salisbury Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Beatrice Dunmore Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Traci Core Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Claude Brooks Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Billie Allen Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Denise DeJon Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Kevin Stockton Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Alvin Alexis Aunt Emma's Party Guest
Luther Vandross Actor
Roberta Flack Actor
Charlie Smalls Composer
Quincy Jones Composer

Technical Credits
Sidney Lumet Director
Joel Schumacher Screenwriter
William F. Brown Playwright
Rob Cohen Producer
Al Griswold Special Effects
Ken Harper Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Albert Whitlock Special Effects
Stan Winston Special Effects
Albert J. Whitlock Special Effects
Steve James Stunts
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