#Walter Murch

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The Conversation (1974)

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He said is this the return to Oz? The grass is dead The gold is brown And the sky has claws

Return to Oz (1985)

Directed by Walter Murch Written by Gill Dennis and Walter Murch

Based on The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz, both written by L. Frank Baum

[theoscarsproject]

Return to Oz (1985). Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.

HOW has this film escaped the legacy of children's horror masterpieces like The Dark Crystal and The Witches? I had pretty low expectations going in, but it really leans into the horror of its setting and lets Dorothy grow and regress in equal measure. Plus the stop motion and puppetry and practical effects are pretty awesome. Yeah, it's flawed, but man, I think I would've been obsessed with this if I'd watched it when I was 9. 7.5/10.

[davidhudson]

Happy 81st, Walter Murch.

With George Lucas during the making of Star Wars (1977).

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The Wolfman (Joe Johnston, 2010).

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Return to Oz - art by Drew Struzan (1985)

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The Return to Oz (1985) directed by Walter Murch

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Return to Oz (1985, Walter Murch)

02/02/2024

Return to Oz is a 1985 film directed by Walter Murch, an unofficial sequel to the famous film The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming and produced by MGM in 1939. The film earned an Oscar nomination for best special effects.

Several months have passed since the events of The Wizard of Oz, and Dorothy Gale is melancholy because she continues to do nothing but dream of her magical adventure, and that Uncle Henry and Aunt Emma don't believe her.

Later, Dorothy discovers to her horror the Yellow Brick Path in ruins and, running along it with Billina, finds the Emerald City, Grey, desert, largely destroyed and with petrified inhabitants, including the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.

The film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures without the collaboration of MGM, or Warner Bros., the studio that currently holds the rights to the 1939 film.

The film's screenplay is based on L. Frank Baum's second and third novels, The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz, both sequels to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

George Lucas, Murch's friend and colle8, had to personally intervene, guaranteeing the studio that he would act as executive producer or even director in case of problems.

The soundtrack of the film was entrusted to the composer and musical writer David Shire, also know for numerous TV soundtracks, theater musical and for many films including Saturday Night Fever. The entire musical sequence from Dorothy's Theme to the Rag March of the final scene is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Italian dubbing of the film was directed by Renato Izzo, Gruppo Trenta.

On home video, in Italy, the film was released in VHS format by Walt Disney Home Video in 1986. The DVD was released in 2013 in the Disney Family Classics series.

Writer Joan D. Vinge adapted the film's screenplay into a novel.

[thefugitivesaint]

'Return To Oz', ''Starburst'', #82, 1985 Source

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Return to Oz, Walter Murch, 1985.

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Return to Oz (1985)

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Return to Oz (1985) dir. Walter Murch

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Return to Oz (Walter Murch, 1985).

[davidhudson]

Happy 80th, Walter Murch.

[subjectivecuriosities]

My ★★★★★ review of Return to Oz (1985) on @letterboxd: https://boxd.it/4KwZQ3