The Wiz (movie)
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The Wiz is a 1978 feature film released by Universal Pictures and based on the Broadway show of the same name.
The Wiz is the Black interpratation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film is about Dorothy, a 22 year old kindergarten teacher who has no friends and is very shy. Probably the only friend she has is her dog Toto. After Thanksgiving dinner, Toto runs out the door and Dorothy chases after him. There is a huge blizzard that sweeps her and Toto away, far away into Munchkin Land. Munchkin Land is the invisble part of Oz. Dorothy crashes into a huge O and crushes the Wicked Witch of the East. This awakens the Munchkins, who were pasted on to the wall as punishment from the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins rejoice and then Miss One (a.k.a The Good Witch of the North). Dorothy is happy also, but at the same time she is scared, she wants to go home. With advice from the Munchkins and Miss One, they tell Dorothy to go visit The Wiz. (He's The Wiz!) The Wiz will help her with all her problems. Miss One says that the only way she will meet The Wiz is if she follows the Yellow Brick Road. She starts to look for the Yellow Brick Road and on the way, she sees a Scarecrow, who gets tormented by a group of Crows (You Can't Win). Dorothy scares off the Crows and saves the Scarecrow. In return the Scarecrow goes with Dorothy on her trek to see The Wiz for a brain. They both try to find the Yellow Brick Road and they do! (Ease On Down the Road). Soon they meet the Tin Man and The Lion and they all meet the Wiz. Soon they realize that they don't need The Wiz's (who happens to be fake) magic. Because everything they need was in them all along. (If You Beleive)
Cast
- Diana Ross as Dorothy
- Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow
- Nipsey Russell as the Tin Woodman
- Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion
- Thelma Carpenter as Miss One
- Lena Horne as Glinda
- Mabel King as the Wicked Witch of the West
