Return to Oz | 
| Director: Walter Murch
Actors: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  279 reviews
Sales Rank: 798
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD33595D
UPC: 786936233780
EAN: 0786936233780
ASIN: B0000DZ3EN
Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 1985
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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You don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. Perhaps that is why the 1985 live-action sequel split critics and audiences alike. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L. Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-7 set. Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvelous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas
Product Description
Dorothy finds herself back in the land of Oz, where she meets both new friends and new enemies.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: PG
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
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 Odd, odd, great June 23, 2009
Ileia Smith (Warner Robins, GA)
This is a serious twist on the Wizard of Oz. Different people, different setting and just different. This one is a little darker and spookier, with some campy moments and a young Faruzia Balk(Nacy from The Craft). If you are expecting it to be a sequel to the original, this will disappoint you, but if you are looking for something funny, 'scary' different and a little odd, this is the movie. There's a chicken, a moose of sorts, a witch with many heads, and tin man and the coolest rollerblading I've seen for that time. I loved it as a kid and watching again, I still love it, odd as it is. It's useless to compare the acting or 'realism' since it's an older movie, but it's still great.
A Risk Well Taken June 22, 2009
James S. Eisenberg
I don't envy anyone electing to make a sequel to one of the most beloved films of all time. That said, Walter Murch has done a superb job filming two of the other Oz books.
This film is well acted, and by turns funny and suspenseful. It doesn't quite have the emotional tug that the original film had, but it succeeds on almost every level. Fairuza Balk in her film debut, brings the right psychological weight to every line, and Nicol Williamson and Jean Marsh are genuinely terrifying villains, both in the early "real" sequence set in a mental hospital and in the Oz sequences.
I loved the talking hen with a penchant for stating the obvious.
This film is incredibly beautiful to look at.
David Shire's musical score is really imaginative, from romance to terror to ragtime.
 fantastic movie April 26, 2009
amanda lenz (Cookeville, TN)
Awesome movie. Product was shipped quick and came in excellent condition. Very happy. thank you!
Great Buy!! March 28, 2009
Courtney J. Aldridge
This movie was exactly what I expected it to be. Shipped promptly and received in great condition. No gliches or anything. Was brand new when I got it. Nice! :) Thanks!
Childhood Memories March 26, 2009
Latifa J. Brooks (Childhood Movies)
My father use to rent us movies every Saturday when we were kids.AS I got older and began to reflect back on my chidhood,I started asking around about movies that we use to watch (Pippi LongStockie),nobody I spoke to was able to recall this movie so I had to find it for myself. Watching this made me feel like a kid again....really.
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