The Wiz [videorecording] /Universal ; a Motown production ; screenplay Joel Schumacher ; produced by Rob Cohen ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
Contributor(s): Ross, Diana | Jackson, Michael | Russell, Nipsey | Ross, Ted | King, Mabel | Merritt, Theresa | Carpenter, Thelma | Horne, Lena | Pryor, Richard | Schumacher, Joel | Cohen, Rob | Lumet, Sidney | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank). Wizard of Oz | Brown, William F. Wiz | Smalls, Charlie | Jones, Quincy | Universal Studios Home Video (Firm) | Universal Pictures (Firm) | Motown Record Corporation.
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Visual materialPublisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, 1999, c1978Edition: Widescreen format.Description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 0783233493.Subject(s): Oz (Imaginary place) -- Drama | Friendship -- Drama | Good and evil -- Drama | Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Good and evil -- Fiction | Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Good and evil -- FictionGenre/Form: Videodiscs. | Feature films. | Musical films. | Fantasy films. | Film adaptations.DDC classification: [Fic] | 792.6/42 5-8 Follett Library Resources
DVD; Dolby digital 4.0 surround; region 1.
Soundtrack in English; subtitles in English or French
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor.
Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Dede Allen ; original musical score by Charlie Smalls ; music arranged and supervised by Quincy Jones ;choreography by Jo uis Johnson.
From The wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Based on the play The Wiz, book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.
Includes production featurette, production notes, cast & filmmakers' bios, and original theatrical trailer.
A kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard, awakens in the wonderland of Oz, and must find her way home.
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