The Wiz [1978 film]

by Sidney Lumet (Director), Joel Schumacher (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Dede Allen (Editor), Kashka Banjoko (Actor), Clyde J. Barrett (Actor), L. Frank Baum (Original book), Derrick Bell (Actor) — 19 more, Johnny Brown (Actor), William F. Brown (Original play), Thelma Carpenter (Actor), Rob Cohen (Producer), Stanley Greene (Actor), Lena Horne (Actor), Michael Jackson (Actor), Quincy Jones (Actor), Mabel King (Actor), Theresa Merritt (Actor), Oswald Morris (Cinematographer), Richard Pryor (Actor), Diana Ross (Actor), Ted Ross (Actor), Nipsey Russell (Actor), Roderick-Spencer Sibert (Actor), Charlie Smalls (Composer), Ronald Smokey Stevens (Actor), Luther Vandross (Actor)

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A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all.

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A New Yorker is thrown by a blizzard/tornado into an urban fantasy world.

Everything about this movie should have made for greatness, but it just doesn't work. It's joyless and tedious. Exhaustingly tedious.

Concept: A
Story: C
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: F
Cinematography: F
Special effects/design: B
Acting: D
Music: C

Enjoyment: F

GPA: 1.4/4 (

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comfypants | Dec 12, 2015 |

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home. (source: TMDb)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Lumet, Sidney	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Schumacher, Joel	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allen, Dede	Editor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Banjoko, Kashka	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barrett, Clyde J.	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baum, L. Frank	Original book	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bell, Derrick	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brown, Johnny	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Brown, William F.	Original play	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carpenter, Thelma	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cohen, Rob	Producer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greene, Stanley	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Horne, Lena	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Michael	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Quincy	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
King, Mabel	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Merritt, Theresa	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morris, Oswald	Cinematographer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pryor, Richard	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ross, Diana	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ross, Ted	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Russell, Nipsey	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sibert, Roderick-Spencer	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smalls, Charlie	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Stevens, Ronald Smokey	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vandross, Luther	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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The Wiz: Original 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack by Charlie Smalls

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The Wiz [1978 film]

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The Wiz

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1978-10-24

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Harlem, New York, New York, USA

Manhattan, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA

New York, USA

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Thanksgiving

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The Wiz (IMDb)

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A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all.

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