[11][18] The film's choreographer was Louis Johnson. ", Credits adapted from American Film Institute.[10]. The Tin Man and Lion join them on their quest to find the Wiz, hoping to gain a heart and courage, respectively. The Wiz, which came to life first as a Broadway musical, is a cousin of the movie, not a remake. which is a scary place with uncertain outcomes and somewhere you don't want to be. | They're not helpful, though, and only serve to make the world more confusing and scarier. "[13] When asked about any possible influence from MGM's popular 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Lumet stated that "there was nothing to be gained from [the 1939 film] other than to make certain we didn't use anything from it. Directed by David Zucker. I hated the script a lot. She succeeds in retrieving him but finds herself trapped in the storm. The Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion are distraught that they will never receive their respective brain, heart, and courage, but Dorothy makes them realize that they already have had these things all along ("Believe"). The basic storyline is the same, with Dorothy being taken from her home by a large storm and being dropped down in Oz, surrounded by colors, sights and sounds she has never experienced before. Just as it seems as if she will never be able to get home, Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, appears and implores her to find her way home by searching within and using the magic of the silver slippers ("Believe"—reprise). [19] One of the cast members Michael Jackson was friends with Judy Garland's and Vincente Minnelli's daughter Liza Minnelli. [27][28][29] Extras on both DVD releases include a 1978 featurette about the film's production and the original theatrical trailer. Importantly, it distills the complexity of the cloud into a single holistic graph framework to reveal actionable visual insights … In this version of the classic story based on the smash Broadway musical, Dorothy is a shy 24-year-old Harlem kindergarten teacher who is brought by a snowstorm to the mysterious Land of Oz, a sprawling, decaying, nightmarish, and dangerous megalopolis that resembles the physical characteristics of New York City. "[39] In 1980, Jackson stated that his time working on The Wiz was "my greatest experience so far . [14] "Before I knew it," said Rob Cohen, "the movie was becoming an est-ian fable full of est buzzwords about knowing who you are and sharing and all that. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW- PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: IMAGE SIZE: 8.5x11. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an all-black cast, the film was loosely adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name. ... Or scary people on the subway? Whether it's in the form of concrete monsters or walking cameras, the gritty designs … She's a terrific actress and a great dancer, but she's not this character. While Dorothy cleans up after the meal, her dog, Toto, runs out the open kitchen door into a snowstorm. [32] He described Diana Ross's portrayal of Dorothy as: "cold, neurotic and oddly unattractive"; and noted that the film was "a critical and box office bust". Filming for The Wiz began on October 3, 1977 and concluded on December 29, 1977. Upon arriving, the quartet takes a back door into the Wiz's quarters and discovers that he is a phony because the Wiz is actually Herman Smith, a failed politician from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who was transported to Oz when a balloon he was flying to promote his campaign to become the city dogcatcher was lost in a storm. On Pinterest actual new York 's famous Studio 54 2015 Updated August 2, 2017 - Natasha. 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