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Title:The Wiz [videorecording] / a Motown Production ; produced by Rob Cohen ; screenplay by Joel Schumacher ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Edition:[30th anniversary ed.].
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Published/Created:Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2008]
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Title from container.
Based on the book by William F. Brown ; music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls ; produced on the New York stage by Ken Harper.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Special features: "Wiz on down the road" featurette; theatrical trailer.
English (Dolby 5.1, DTS 5.1) or dubbed French (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Access and use:This disc is copy protected.
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Summary:Dorothy is a 24-year-old Manhattan kindergarten teacher who is whisked away from her inner-city neighborhood via a snowstorm to the mysterious land of Oz. Oz is a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City.
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Credits:Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Dede Allen ; songs, Charlie Smalls ; music adaptation, Quincy Jones ; production and costume designer, Tony Walton ; special visual effects, Albert Whitlock.
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Cast:Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor.
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System details note:DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., dual-layer, NTSC.
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Audience:MPAA rating: G.
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Contents:CD: He's the Wizard (Thelma Carpenter) -- You can't win (Michael Jackson) -- Ease on down the road (Diana Ross & Michael Jackson) -- Slide some oil to me (Nipsey Russell) -- (I'm a) mean ole lion (Ted Ross) -- Emerald City sequence (Richard Pryor and choir) -- A brand new day (entire cast) -- Home (Diana Ross).
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Subjects:Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Kindergarten teachers--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Blizzards--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
New York (N.Y.)--Drama.
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Genre/Form:Musical--Feature.
Adventure--Feature.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Adventure films.
Fantasy films.
Musical films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Also listed under:Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011, film director.
Cohen, Rob, 1949-
Schumacher, Joel, 1939-
Ross, Diana, 1944-
Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.
Russell, Nipsey, 1924-2005.
Ross, Ted (Theodore)
King, Mabel, 1932-1999.
Merritt, Theresa.
Carpenter, Thelma, vocalist.
Horne, Lena.
Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005.
Brown, William F.
Harper, Ken.
Smalls, Charlie. Wiz.
Motown Productions.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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