The Wiz

Resource Information

The work The Wiz represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Wiz

Statement of responsibility

a Motown Production ; produced by Rob Cohen ; screenplay by Joel Schumacher ; directed by Sidney Lumet

Contributor

• Motown Productions
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Brown, William F
• Carpenter, Thelma, (Vocalist)
• Cohen, Rob, 1949-
• Harper, Ken
• Horne, Lena
• trueJackson, Michael, 1958-2009
• King, Mabel, 1932-1999
• trueLumet, Sidney, 1924-2011
• Merritt, Theresa
• Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
• trueRoss, Diana, 1944-
• Ross, Ted, (Theodore)
• Russell, Nipsey, 1924-2005
• Schumacher, Joel, 1939-
• Smalls, Charlie

Subject

• Adventure -- Feature
• Adventure films
• Blizzards
• Blizzards -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Gale, Dorothy, (Fictitious character)
• Gale, Dorothy, (Fictitious character) -- Drama
• Kindergarten teachers
• Kindergarten teachers -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Musical -- Feature
• Musical films
• Musical films
• Musical films
• New York (N.Y.) -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Adventure
• Adventure films
• trueDrama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Musical
• Musical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

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

Cataloging source

JVJ

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

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

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

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

LC call number

PN1997.W589

LC item number

W589 2008

PerformerNote

Diana Ross (Dorothy) ; Michael Jackson (Scarecrow) ; Nipsy Russell (Tin Man) ; Richard Pryor (Great Wizard) ; Lena Horne (Glinda the Good) ; Ted Ross (Cowardly Lion) ; Mabel King (Evillene) ; Theresa Merritt (Aunt Em) ; Thelma Carpenter (Miss One)

Runtime

135

Target audience

general

Technique

live action