query: what is the new wizard of oz movie called

pos: Oz the Great and Powerful Oz the Great and Powerful Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's "Oz" novels and set 20 years before the events of the original novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film "The Wizard of Oz". Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King and Tony Cox, the film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters

pos: Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States owned the rights to adapt all of Baum's books except "The Wizard of Oz", but this did not matter because by 1985 both "The Land of Oz" and "Ozma of Oz" were in the public domain. The only element that "Return to Oz" used from the 1939 movie was the ruby slippers – in the book, the slippers were silver. The ruby slippers had become so iconic due to the MGM movie, Disney paid handsomely for the rights to use them. The 2013 film "Oz the Great and Powerful" was technically a prequel to the 1939 movie, but it was

pos: Wizard of Oz (character) the Western Wilderness." However, the balloon says "Omaha State Fair"on it and Omaha is in Nebraska, not Kansas. In the film, the Wizard is seen only as a floating head and as a human, not in any of the other shapes that he appears in the book. Screenwriters Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf created Professor Marvel for the Kansas sepia tone sequences. The Wizard's hot air balloon in the movie has the name Omaha on it, reflecting that the Wizard originated from Omaha, Nebraska, just as in the book. "Oz the Great and Powerful" serves as an unofficial prequel

pos: Oz the Great and Powerful about a not-very-nice grownup in a magic land, but long-term Oz watchers will be enchanted and enthralled … Mila Kunis gets a gold star for excellence in bewitchery and Sam Raimi can settle securely behind the curtain as a mature master of illusion." Critic Alonso Duralde also admired the movie: "That "Oz the Great and Powerful" is so thoroughly effective both on its own terms and as a prequel to one of the most beloved movies ever made indicates that this team has magic to match any witch or wizard." Leonard Maltin on "IndieWire" claimed that "No movie ever can,

neg: Wizard of Oz (character) Wizard of Oz (character) Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs (also known as the Wizard of Oz and, during his reign, as Oz, the Great and Terrible) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. The character was further popularized by a stage play and several movies, most famously the classic 1939 movie, as well as the 2013 prequel adaption. The Wizard is one of the characters in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Unseen for most of the novel, he is the ruler of the Land of Oz and

neg: Wizard of Oz festival Wizard of Oz festival The Wizard of Oz festival was an annual festival in Chesterton, Indiana for "The Wizard of Oz". It was cancelled in 2008 after 27 years following poor financial performance due a complicated history with town government, the declining health of actors from the 1939 movie, and a severe storm that essentially stopped the 2008 festival dead in its tracks. The festival was revived in the fall of 2009 under new management and greatly overhauled in structure and organization. It was once again cancelled in 2013 when the primary sponsor dropped the festival last minute, leaving the

neg: Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States Oz Film Manufacturing Company movies entered public domain in 1942. and then the 1925 Larry Semon movie version of "The Wizard of Oz" entered the public domain in 1954. These films remain the only Oz live action movies in the public domain. The 1939 version of "The Wizard of Oz" is the most well-known adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz"; in many respects, its popularity surpassed the original book. Its copyright was renewed in 1967, so it will remain copyrighted for a 95-year term, entering the public domain in 2035. This has caused issues for most subsequent Oz adaptations, especially

neg: Good Witch of the North who attend Ozma's birthday party. She amuses the attendees by transforming ten stones into ten birds, the ten birds into ten lambs, and the ten lambs into ten little girls, who gave a pretty dance and were then transformed back into ten stones once again. The name of the Good Witch of the North in Baum's own stage version of "The Wizard of Oz" is Locasta. In the classic 1939 MGM movie "The Wizard of Oz", the Good Witch of the North is called Glinda, which is the name of the Good Witch of the South in the Oz novels.

neg: Oz Before the Rainbow adaptations were then turned into successful novels. He notes, however, that the various versions influenced each other and led to the 1939 MGM movie. Oz Before the Rainbow Oz Before the Rainbow is a book written by Mark Evan Swartz in 2000 chronicling the early stage and film versions of "The Wizard of Oz", before the 1939 movie, as well as an album featuring music from the early stage versions. Half of the book is devoted to the 1902 stage musical of "The Wizard of Oz" that Baum adapted from his book, with substantial revisions by the director and producer.

neg: Allen Wolf heavy issues with a light touch. It’s easy to see this being adapted into an enjoyable movie.” Wolf is developing two novels based on The Wizard of Oz. The first is "The Journey to Oz", a retelling of The Wizard of Oz from Dorothy's perspective, and the second is a modern-day sequel to The Wizard of Oz and is titled "The Quest for Oz". Wolf has also created a line of best-selling board games under the name of "Morning Star Games". He has received 38 different awards for his games, ranging from groups such as iParenting to the National Association

neg: The Wizard of Oz on television during commercials. Angela Lansbury also narrated a documentary about the making of the film, originally entitled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic" and years later retitled "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic". It was first shown immediately after the movie's 1990 telecast, and is included as a supplement on all the DVD releases beginning with the 1999 DVD release. Jack Haley, Jr., the documentary's director, was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work. When shown on Turner Classic Movies, "The Wizard of Oz" was usually hosted by TCM host Robert Osborne.

neg: Wizard of Oz festival event without any financial backing. Smaller organizations and dedicated fans worked tirelessly in an attempt to save the festival. Unfortunately, it was all to no avail. To this date, there is still a large demand from fans to bring the festival back to the small Indiana town. Wizard of Oz festival The Wizard of Oz festival was an annual festival in Chesterton, Indiana for "The Wizard of Oz". It was cancelled in 2008 after 27 years following poor financial performance due a complicated history with town government, the declining health of actors from the 1939 movie, and a severe storm

neg: Warner Bros. Animation 23, 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated adaptation of "The Ice Dragon", a children's fantasy book by George R. R. Martin. Martin will produce and possibly write the script for the film. On July 12, 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated movie about "Toto" from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The new film will be based on the children's book "Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz". As of August 29, 2018, Warner Bros. is developing "Coyote vs. Acme", a Wile E. Coyote animated movie with "Lego Batman" director

neg: Yellow brick road Yellow brick road The Yellow Brick Road is a fictional element in the 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as "The Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904) and "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1913). The road's most notable portrayal is in the classic 1939 MGM musical movie "The Wizard of Oz", loosely based on Baum's first Oz book. In the novel's first edition the road is mostly referred to as the "Road of Yellow Bricks". In the original story and in later

neg: Meco another rearranged science-fiction movie soundtrack, "Encounters of Every Kind", based on John Williams music of the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", from which three singles were released: "Topsy," "Meco's Theme," and "Theme from ‘Close Encounters.’" Meco's third album came in early 1978, and this time it was the music from "The Wizard of Oz", which got transformed into a disco album by the same name, as Meco described: "It is my best work, bar none." From this album came the hit single "Themes from The Wizard of Oz: ‘Over the Rainbow'/‘We're off to See the Wizard.'" In the

neg: Yellow brick road in Wamego, Kansas. The first fundraiser is underway and includes selling personalized engraved yellow bricks, which will become part of the permanent walkway (aka "The Yellow Brick Road") in downtown Wamego. Yellow brick road The Yellow Brick Road is a fictional element in the 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as "The Marvelous Land of Oz" (1904) and "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1913). The road's most notable portrayal is in the classic 1939 MGM musical movie "The Wizard of Oz",

neg: The Wizard of Oz on television in advance of that year's telecast and were still airing as late as 1989. On the major commercial networks, it was never termed a "CBS Movie Special" or an "NBC Movie Special", as movie specials shown on those networks are frequently termed, but as simply "The Wizard of Oz". The 1955 and 1998 theatrical re-releases were matted in movie theaters to produce a widescreen effect for the Academy-standard aspect-ratio film. When shown in HDTV, the film is pillarboxed so that its aspect ratio is preserved. On DVD, the film has always been issued in its original 1939 aspect ratio. The

neg: Wizard of Oz (character) users have permits. In later books, he proves himself quite an inventor, providing devices that aid in various characters’ journeys. He introduces to Oz the use of mobile phones in "Tik-Tok of Oz." Some of his most elaborate devices are the "Ozpril" and the "Oztober", balloon-powered Ozoplanes in "Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz," and intelligent taxis called Scalawagons in "The Scalawagons of Oz." The Wizard has appeared in nearly every silent Oz film, portrayed by different actors each time. In "The Wizard of Oz", The Wizard's character is similar to that found in the earlier books: a bumbling "humbug."

neg: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Baum's other works. After 1907's "Ozma of Oz," Baum devoted more of his energies to Oz. A 1906 contract between Baum and his publisher called for new Oz books at two-year intervals between 1907 and 1911. In fact, Baum accelerated this schedule, producing "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" only a year after the previous book. The effect of this effort on the quality of the resulting work can only be a matter of speculation; but commentators have noted that this fourth Oz book is darker and more troubling than usual. In it, Baum violates his own standard of leaving

neg: Land of Oz The term "Ozian" appears in the script for the Royal Shakespeare Company's stage adaptation of the MGM movie and in the non-canonical modern work "Wicked". "Ozmite" was used in Reilly & Lee marketing in the 1920s, which has suggested to some critics that "Ozmie" may have been a typographical error. Oz is, in the first book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", distinguished from Dorothy's native Kansas by not being civilized; this explains why Kansas does not have witches and wizards, while Oz does. In the third book, "Ozma of Oz", Oz is described as a "fairy country", new terminology that

neg: Return to Oz (1964 film) same name. The plot is virtually a retelling of the storyline of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; however, as this is a sequel to the animated series "Tales of the Wizard of Oz", in which Dorothy and the gang went through an entirely different series of adventures, this adventure is new to them all. All of Dorothy's friends become trapped in the situations they were in when she first met them, meaning they all must visit the Wizard as they did in the pilot for the TV series. Dorothy receives a letter from the Scarecrow, called Socrates in the special,

neg: Oz Before the Rainbow Oz Before the Rainbow Oz Before the Rainbow is a book written by Mark Evan Swartz in 2000 chronicling the early stage and film versions of "The Wizard of Oz", before the 1939 movie, as well as an album featuring music from the early stage versions. Half of the book is devoted to the 1902 stage musical of "The Wizard of Oz" that Baum adapted from his book, with substantial revisions by the director and producer. The adaptation was a tremendous success, first in Chicago, then on Broadway, where it ran for two years, and then on tour for an

neg: The Wizard of Oz on television television. After the film went to cable that year, TV showings of the movie became increasingly more frequent, and the tradition of televising it only once a year ended, at least in the U.S. "The Wizard of Oz" has become perhaps the most famous film to be shown regularly on U.S. television, and one of the most cherished. Of the many family-oriented musical fantasies broadcast after the successful 1955 version of the Mary Martin "Peter Pan", "The Wizard of Oz" is the only one which is still shown regularly. Following the 1956 premiere, there were no rebroadcasts of the film

neg: Aljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz Aljean Harmetz is a Hollywood journalist and film historian. She was the Hollywood correspondent of "The New York Times" from 1978 to 1990. Her film books include: "The Making of The Wizard of Oz", a detailed book about the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", "Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of Casablanca : Bogart, Bergman, and World War II" (NY: Hyperion, 1992), "On the Road to Tara: the Making of Gone with the Wind", and "Rolling Breaks and Other Movie Business", which was a collection of her articles. Harmetz is also the author of the

neg: Oz Park Oz Park Oz Park is a public park in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of North Side, Chicago. It is located at 2021 North Burling Street, at the corner of Lincoln and Webster, just south of the Lincoln, Halsted, and Fullerton intersection. The park borders Lincoln Park High School and features many statues fashioned after characters in "The Wizard of Oz", a book which was authored by Chicago reporter L. Frank Baum. It is open from 6 AM to 11 PM, and pets are allowed. During the 1950s, the area surrounding what is now called Oz Park was in need of

neg: Super Mario Bros. (film) despite the film's poor quality, the fact that it was made shows how much the game series had impacted popular culture. Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" declared the Goombas "the best movie heavies since the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz"." Thomas Leitch has written that "Super Mario Bros." is an example of postliterary adaptation and that it "drops facetious references" to "The Wizard of Oz", "Star Wars" and "Doctor Zhivago". Stephen Hunter of "The Baltimore Sun" compared the Goombas to the Winged monkeys of "The Wizard of Oz", suggesting they similarly evoke a "mix of pity and

neg: Paradox in Oz Obsidian City, the alternative version of Omby Amby calls himself Wantowin Battles — a name introduced by Ruth Plumly Thompson in her "Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz" (1939). When dealing with Dorothy, the Evil Version of the Wizard makes a reference to the 1939 movie version, by reversing part of the Wizard's dialog, describing himself, as "a very bad man, but I am a very good wizard," before performing a wicked spell on the girl. Eric Shanower's black-and-white illustrations for "Paradox in Oz" are faithful to the richly romantic style that Shanower has developed for Oz illustration, from "The

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) attributes, including a wizard from Omaha, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has universal appeal." The film was one inductee of a group of 25 films that inaugurated in 1989 the National Film Registry list, based on at least it being declared by the Library of Congress as the most viewed film on television syndication. In June 2007, the film was listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The film placed at number 86 on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments". In 1977, Aljean Harmetz wrote "The Making of The Wizard of Oz", a detailed description of the creation of the

neg: Wizard of Oz experiment by that of the late professor Al Chapanis. In their 1985 University of Michigan technical report, Green and Wei-Haas state the following: "The first appearance of the "Wizard of Oz" name in print was in Jeff Kelley's thesis (Kelley, 1983a, 1983b, 1984a). It is thought the name was coined in response to a question at a graduate seminar at Hopkins (Chapanis, 1984; Kelley, 1984b). "What happens if the subject sees the experimenter [behind the "curtain" in an adjacent room acting as the computer]?" Kelley answered: "Well, that's just like what happened to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz." And so

neg: Oz Park improvement. The City of Chicago gave the Lincoln Park Conservation Association permission to improve the community in the 1960s. In 1974, the Chicago Park District acquired the land and began constructing a park. Lyman Frank Baum, a children's author and the creator of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", was a resident of the Lincoln Park area in the 1890s. Remembering its former resident, fans of The Wizard of Oz would gather in the park for an Oz Festival to honor the famous book, movie, and author every year. The park was officially named Oz Park in 1976, The Oz Park

neg: Wicked (Maguire novel) Wicked (Maguire novel) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by Douglas Smith. It is a revisionist exploration of the characters and land of Oz from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", its sequels, and the 1939 film adaption "The Wizard of Oz". Unlike the popular 1939 movie and Baum's writings, this novel is not for children; it contains adult language and content, including violent imagery and sexual situations. The novel presents events, characters and situations from Baum's books

neg: Cowardly Lion "The Marvelous Land of Oz" he receives a bare mention in the eleventh chapter.) In the classic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", the Cowardly Lion was a humanoid biped and played by Bert Lahr, a popular vaudeville and Broadway star, with many of Lahr's trademark mannerisms deliberately worked into the film. In this version, the liquid courage given to him by the Wizard is replaced with a medal marked "Courage". Bert Lahr's biography, written by his son John Lahr, is entitled "Notes on a Cowardly Lion". The movie was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which uses a lion as its mascot.

neg: Bert Lahr song numbers-"If I Only Had the Nerve", performed after the initial meeting with Dorothy, The Scarecrow, and The Tin Man in the forest, and "If I Were King of the Forest", performed while he and the others are awaiting their audience with the Wizard. "The Wizard of Oz" was Lahr's 17th movie. When warned that Hollywood had a habit of typecasting actors, Lahr replied, "Yeah, but how many parts are there for lions?" An original Cowardly Lion costume worn by Lahr in "The Wizard of Oz" is in the holdings of The Comisar Collection, which is also the largest collection

neg: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Prawn. In the US, the DVD and VHS release of the film was in a 1.33:1 (fullscreen) aspect ratio, whereas the international versions are in the original 1.78:1 (widescreen) aspect ratio. During Macy's annual Flower Show promotion, the store's windows along Broadway displayed flower arrangements illustrating six scenes from the movie, while the store sold "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"-related merchandise, such as plush dolls. 7.75 million viewers watched "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" on its television premiere night in the United States; it ranked as the forty-second most-watched television program of the week. Michael Schneider of "Variety" wrote that

neg: Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States those images are not copyrighted and therefore may be used, but only those exact images may be used.) "Journey Back to Oz" was a 1974 animated film that served as an official sequel to the 1939 movie, as well as a very loose adaptation of "The Land of Oz" (which was in public domain by then). It is just about the only film that could borrow from the 1939 movie without issue. It was copyrighted in 1971 as it was nearing completion. The 1985 film "Return to Oz" was based on "The Land of Oz" and "Ozma of Oz". Disney

neg: Emerald City its described as "Oz, seen through the eyes of Raymond Chandler". Emerald City The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). Located in the center of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City is the end of the famous yellow brick road, which starts in Munchkin Country. In the center of the Emerald City is the Royal Palace of Oz. In the first book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), the walls are green,

neg: Wizard of Oz experiment Louisiana, United States). CSC ’85. ACM Press, New York, USA, 292-297. Good, M. D., Whiteside, J. A., Wixon, D. R., and Jones, S. J. 1984. Building a user-derived interface. Commun. ACM 27, 10 (Oct. 1984), 1032-1043. Several dozen references here. Wizard of Oz experiment In the field of human–computer interaction, a Wizard of Oz experiment is a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that subjects believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated or partially operated by an unseen human being. The phrase "Wizard of Oz" (originally "OZ Paradigm") has come into common usage

neg: Wizard of Oz (character) he shortened his name further and called himself "Oz". When Ozma rescues them from the underground kingdoms, he recounts his story of becoming the ruler of Oz, and Ozma explains that before the witches usurped her grandfather's throne (an occurrence happening long before the wizard arrived), the ruler of Oz had always been known as Oz or (if female) Ozma. Ozma then permits him to live in Oz permanently. He becomes an apprentice to Glinda (the most powerful magic-worker in Oz). Ozma decrees that, besides herself, only The Wizard and Glinda are allowed to use magic unless the other magic

neg: Emerald City Emerald City The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). Located in the center of the Land of Oz, the Emerald City is the end of the famous yellow brick road, which starts in Munchkin Country. In the center of the Emerald City is the Royal Palace of Oz. In the first book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), the walls are green, but the city itself is not. However, when they enter, everyone

neg: Karl Slover sent him to Hollywood, where little people were needed for an upcoming film called "The Wizard of Oz". At the age of 21 and standing just 4 feet 4 inches, Slover played the parts of four Munchkins in the movie; the first trumpeter, a soldier, one of the sleepy heads, and was among those who sang "Follow the Yellow Brick Road". His "Oz" co-stars, The Matina Triplets whose names were Bela "Ike", Lajos "Leo", and Matjus "Mike" were originally from Budapest. They also appeared in the film as Munchkins. After filming "Oz", Slover began working for the 'Original World Famous

neg: Land of Oz original Oz saga. Baum characterized Oz as a real place, unlike MGM's 1939 musical movie adaptation, which presents it as a dream of lead character Dorothy Gale. According to the Oz books, it is a hidden fairyland cut off from the rest of the world by the Deadly Desert. The canonical demonym for Oz is "Ozite". The term appears in "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz", "The Road to Oz", and "The Emerald City of Oz". Elsewhere in the canon, "Ozmie" is also used. In the animated 1974 semi-sequel to the MGM film, "Journey Back to Oz", "Ozonian" is used.

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The Muppets Movie Adventures that he is his twin brother due to this being a low-budget movie and that they couldn't afford another actor. Following the defeat of Guard Chief Sweetums and his twin brother, Captain Greenlegs returns to the Rapid Mosquito and sets sail for bold new adventures. But that's another story. Stage Two: "The Wizard of the Green Earth"
Based on: "The Wizard of Oz (1939)"
Theme: Fantasy The players control Miss Piggy, who plays the role of "Princess Miss Piggy". Piggy reigns over the paradise-like land of Green Earth which is described as a land of "fantasy, magic and powerful warriors".

neg: Little Wizard Stories of Oz Tiger longs to satisfy his long-denied appetite for fat babies. In the end, both cats discover that they cannot bring themselves to harm anybody. The strategy of reaching beginning readers was successful enough for Reilly & Britton to repeat it within a few years. The publisher released selections from "L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker" (1910) in six smaller books called "The Snuggle Tales" in 1916–17, and again as the "Oz-Man Tales" in 1920. Four of the "Little Wizard Stories" were re-issued in 1932 in a new form, as "The Little Oz Books with Jig Saw Oz Puzzles". A year or

neg: Warner Animation Group 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated adaptation of "The Ice Dragon", a children's fantasy book by George R. R. Martin. Martin will produce and possibly write the script for the film. On July 12, 2018, it was announced that WAG will produce an animated film about "Toto" from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The new film will be based on the children's book "Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz". On August 29, 2018, Warner Animation Group announced "Coyote vs. Acme", a Wile E. Coyote animated film with "The Lego Batman Movie" director

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) European markets, the film has also been released multiple times on the Video CD format since the 1990s in Asia. The first DVD release was on March 26, 1997, by MGM/Turner and contained no special features or supplements. It was re-released by Warner Bros. for its 60th anniversary on October 19, 1999, with its soundtrack presented in a new 5.1 surround sound mix. The DVD also contained a behind-the-scenes documentary, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic", produced in 1990 and hosted by Angela Lansbury, which was originally shown on television immediately following the 1990 telecast

neg: Land of Oz even if repaired. Many other characters are highly individual, even unique members of a species. Many such people from the outer worlds find refuge in Oz, which is highly tolerant of eccentricity. The history of Oz prior to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (often called the prehistory of Oz as it takes place before Baum's "histories") is often the subject of dispute, as Baum himself gave conflicting accounts. In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the title character recounts that he was a ventriloquist and a circus balloonist from Omaha, and during one flight the rope for his parachute vent became

neg: The Wizard of Oz (pinball) The Wizard of Oz (pinball) The Wizard of Oz is a Jersey Jack Pinball, Inc. pinball machine designed by Joe Balcer and released in April 2013. It is the first US pinball machine with an LCD in the back box as well as the first one to have color on the monitor produced in the US since the Pinball 2000 games. Although it is not the first pinball machine with a LCD worldwide because MarsaPlay in Spain manufactured a remake of Inder's original "Canasta" titled "New Canasta", with an LCD screen in the backbox in 2010. "The Wizard of Oz"

neg: Munchkin Country Munchkin Country Munchkin Country or Munchkinland, as it is referred to in the famous MGM musical film version, is the fictional Eastern region of the Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). Munchkin Country is in the East, noted by later being ruled by the Wicked Witch of the East. In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", it was originally called "the land of Munchkins", but is referred to as "Munchkin Country" in all subsequent Oz books. Munchkin Country is linked to Oz's imperial capital the Emerald City by means

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical) began running across the U.S. in October 2017. It features new scenic design, costumes & choreography. The Wizard of Oz (1987 musical) The Wizard of Oz is a musical with a book by John Kane, music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It has additional background music by Herbert Stothart. It is based on the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film version written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Successful musicals based on the Baum novel were created in 1902 (for Broadway) and 1945 (for St. Louis

neg: Oz (1976 film) Oz (1976 film) Oz (a.k.a. Oz – A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie also released as 20th Century Oz in United States) is a 1976 Australian film written, directed and co-produced by Chris Löfvén. It stars Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, and Robin Ramsay; and received four nominations at the 1977 AFI Awards. The musical score is by Ross Wilson (frontman for Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock). The plot is a re-imagining of the 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" film transferred to 1970s Australia and aimed at an older teen / young adult audience. It was released

neg: The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical) The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical) The Wizard of Oz is a musical based on the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", with a book adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. The musical uses the Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg songs from the film and includes some new songs and additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and additional lyrics by Tim Rice. After previews in the West End from 7 February, the musical opened on 1 March 2011, directed by Jeremy Sams, and closed on 2 September 2012. The original cast included Danielle Hope as Dorothy Gale,

neg: The Wizard of Oz on television late winter/early spring. First showing by NBC, in Spring rather than Winter. The first time that the film was shown at 7:00 P.M instead of 6:00 P.M. The first time that the film aired in the middle of the week, rather than on a weekend. The year that "The Wizard Of Oz" returned to CBS. It remained there for twenty-two more years, a likely record in those years for a film's consecutive showings on one network. Initially the movie aired late winter/early spring, but beginning in 1991, the movie moved back and forth from spring to late fall. Another change

neg: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books (the other being "The Emerald City of Oz" (1910), to be illustrated with watercolor paintings. Baum, having resigned himself to writing a series of Oz books, set up elements of this book in the

neg: Dorothy Gale be the dream of a little girl who has fallen asleep listening to the story of Kynd and Kruel, said to be the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The film also introduced the idea of the farmhands also being the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion, albeit as costumes they don in order to conceal themselves in Oz. In the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy was played by Judy Garland, who received an Academy Juvenile Award for her performance. Since she was sixteen years old at the time of filming, Garland's maturing figure was bound into

neg: Terry (dog) of Oz" at Grauman's Chinese Theater; because of the popularity of the film, her name was changed to Toto in 1942. She had 16 total film appearances, three of which were playing in theaters at the same time in the fall of 1939: "The Wizard of Oz", "The Women", and "Bad Little Angel". Her last one was "Tortilla Flat" (1942), in which she was reunited with "Oz" director Victor Fleming and Frank Morgan, who played the Wizard. Terry was the mother of Rommy, another movie Cairn terrier, who appeared in other films including "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942) and "Air

neg: The Wizard of Oz (album) The Wizard of Oz (album) The Wizard of Oz, subtitled "Live Australian Cast Recording" is a cast recording of the 2001 Australian production of the stage musical "The Wizard of Oz", featuring Nikki Webster. It was nominated for the 2002 ARIA Award for Best Cast or Show Album. In 2001 an Australian musical theatre staging of "The Wizard of Oz", an adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" toured the country. It was directed by Nancye Hayes with Peter Casey as musical director. It ran from November 2001 until December 2002 and featured Nikki Webster as Dorothy. "The Wizard of

neg: Yellow brick road on the hard, yellow road-bed "". The road is first introduced in the third chapter of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The road begins in the heart of the eastern quadrant called Munchkin Country in the Land of Oz. It functions as a guideline that leads all who follow it, to the road's ultimate destination—the imperial capital of Oz called Emerald City that is located in the exact center of the entire continent. In the book, the novel's main protagonist, Dorothy, is forced to search for the road before she can begin her quest to seek the Wizard. This is

neg: Oz Pearlman Pearlman was featured in an article by "The Huffington Post" called "The Art of Hustling: America’s Got Talent star mentalist on goals and persistence". Pearlman was featured in a "New York Times" article titled "Oz, The Great Wizard". On July 1, 2013, Pearlman was featured in an article published by "Sports Illustrated". On March 20, 2004, Pearlman was featured in an article by "New York Post" titled "Do You Believe in Magic?" On June 7, 2013, "USA Today" featured an article on Oz Pearlman called "Ultramarathon running magician has 135 mile race up his sleeve". Oz performed for a number

neg: Surrender Dorothy Surrender Dorothy "Surrender Dorothy" is a famous special effect used in the movie "The Wizard of Oz", which later attained local fame as a graffito in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The first appearance of the phrase is in the 1939 version of "The Wizard of Oz" (it is not in the novel or any previous adaptations). In the scene, Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) has reached the Emerald City with her companions The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley) and Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), whereupon they are treated to the hospitality and technological comforts of the fantastic city. As

neg: Land of Oz which is so powerful it could see distant objects like a telescope, but in the movie she uses a crystal ball to watch Dorothy and her friends from afar. The 1939 MGM film makes the first reference to The Witches of the East and West being sisters, which was not the case in the book; none of the Witches in Baum's Oz are related. The Wizard of Oz does not resort to anywhere near as much trickery in the movie as the book. In the book he entertains each member of Dorothy's party on a different day, and takes a

neg: Boq Boq Boq is a minor character in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. He becomes a more prominent character in Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel "", which purports to show the lives of some of Baum's characters from another perspective, and more prominent still in the Broadway musical "Wicked" which is based on Maguire's novel. In Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Boq is a rich Munchkin man who lives in the eastern quadrant called Munchkin Country in the Land of Oz. He gladly provides shelter for Dorothy and her dog Toto on their first night in Oz

neg: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz historian of Oz, there are several incongruities throughout the series that do not match up across the entire canon. Some of these were later reconciled by modern stories. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books (the other being "The Emerald City

neg: Mathew Waters and Germany, and he has gone on to appear in the Spielberg/Hanks HBO mini series "The Pacific" and also a Canadian production "Darwin's Brave New World". In December 2015, he played the Cowardly Lion in a pantomime production of The Wizard of Oz at the Shaw Theatre, London. Mathew Waters Mathew Waters (born Mathew John Waters on 29 May 1989, in Kogarah, New South Wales Australia) is an Australian actor best known for his roles in "Round the Twist", "SNOBS", "The Pacific", "Peter Pan The Movie" and the original cast of the musical "The Boy From Oz", where he played

neg: Larry Semon Larry Semon Lawrence "Larry" Semon (February 9, 1889 – October 8, 1928) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent film era. In his day, Semon was considered a major movie comedian, but he is now remembered mainly for working with both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they started working together. He is also sometimes noted for directing (as well as appearing in) the 1925 silent film "The Wizard of Oz", which had a slight influence on the better-known 1939 talkie "The Wizard of Oz" released by MGM. The film was included in the 2005 three-disc

neg: The Giant Garden of Oz cream too. (Imogene the cow originated in "The Wizard of Oz", the 1902 stage adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".) Imogene talks Dorothy into accepting her companionship (the cow wants to see the Emerald City). With the help of the Wizard, Dorothy begins to unravel the mystery of the giant garden, and to follow the trail of a would-be witch called Old Magda who is its cause. The task isn't easy; the trio endure a thunderstorm and a near-crash-landing during a balloon flight. Magda created a giantism potion to make her gardening more productive and her life easier —

neg: Apocalypse Oz with extreme prejudice" an insane, renegade US Army colonel - codenamed 'The Wizard'. The film received positive reviews. Film Threat's review said “Apocalypse Oz” had the ability to ruin it from the very beginning but Telford’s direction, convincing performances and an original concept make this worth watching." Quiet Earth described it as a "kinetic punk-rock gem of a film... something entirely new [that] attempts to explore new ways of telling stories." Apocalypse Oz Apocalypse Oz is a 2006 short film. It is based on the novels "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L.

neg: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz Teeth due to Kennedy now performing Floyd. The production also marked the feature film debut of Eric Jacobson as the performer of Sam Eagle, a character originally performed by Frank Oz. "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" premiered on April 27, 2005 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film's television premiere was broadcast on ABC on May 20, 2005, as the final "ABC Movie of the Week". The film received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics, who felt that the film was too mature for young audiences and that the cameo scenes and popular culture references were unnecessary. Dorothy Gale

neg: Babes in Arms (film) Freed and Nacio Herb Brown wrote a new song for the film, "Good Morning", later made famous in "Singin' in the Rain". "God's Country", from "Hooray for What!" by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg – composer and lyricist for "The Wizard of Oz" – was used for the finale. Garland and Rooney later sang "I Wish I Were in Love Again" from the Broadway version of the show in the 1948 Rodgers and Hart biopic "Words and Music". Garland also sang "Johnny One Note" in the same picture. The movie, as well as the musical, included the song "I'm

neg: The Great Movie Ride that gave Disney worldwide rights to use the MGM name and logo for what would become Disney-MGM Studios (now known as Disney's Hollywood Studios), while separate contracts were used for "The Wizard of Oz", "Casablanca", "Singin' in the Rain", "A Fistful of Dollars", "The Public Enemy", "Tarzan the Ape Man" and "Footlight Parade" to give these films representation in The Great Movie Ride. Currently, WarnerMedia owns the rights to many of the original MGM films, which are handled by Warner Bros. and Turner Entertainment. The Great Movie Ride also included "Alien", distributed by 20th Century Fox, as Disney originally acquired

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1942 musical) The Wizard of Oz (1942 musical) The Wizard of Oz is a musical commissioned by the St. Louis Municipal Opera (The Muny) based on the novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum and the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz" and using the film's songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. The book of the musical is by Frank Gabrielson, who would later write an adaptation of "The Marvelous Land of Oz" for Shirley Temple (1960). The musical was first presented in 1942 at The Muny and has been revived many times thereafter, both by The Muny

neg: Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz people live the "high life." Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The phrase "The Wizard of Oz" was included in the title to coincide with the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz", which was released the same year the book was published. As such, the focus of the story is on characters who appeared in the first book. Thompson

neg: Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) is the thirty-third in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors, and the nineteenth and last written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It was illustrated by John R. Neill. The phrase "The Wizard of Oz" was included in the title to coincide with the MGM film "The Wizard of Oz", which was released the same year the book was published. As such, the focus of the story is on characters who appeared in the first book. Thompson focuses the book most strongly

neg: Virtual assistant privacy which can be impactful on society since virtual assistants are used so widely. Crowdsourcing is also controversial; although it allows for innovation from the users, it can perhaps act as a cop-out for companies to take credit where, in reality, the customers have created a new innovation. One way to research human-robot interaction is called the Wizard of Oz approach. Specifically, this approach aims to have a human leader of a study fill in for a robot while the user completes a task for research purposes. In addition to humans evaluating artificial intelligence and robots, the Wizard of Oz approach

neg: Holy Crap Pope. Rosie O'Donnell and the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own", which she starred in were referenced in the episode. While the Griffins are watching television a commercial for the advertising campaign Got Milk? is shown. In a cutaway Peter goes to Hell and sees Adolf Hitler, Al Capone, John Wilkes Booth, and Superman. When Peter realizes he raises a good family and doesn't care what his father thinks, he tells The Scarecrow and Tin Woodsman from "The Wizard of Oz" that they always had what they wanted. The episode features a parody of the opening of "The Dick

neg: Liquid Dreams (film) Liquid Dreams (film) Liquid Dreams is 1991 American erotic thriller starring Candice Daly. "Liquid Dreams" has some cult film buzz, mainly due to the movie's slight comparisons to the 1983 film "Videodrome". The film was screened at the International Critics' Week of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Set in the near future, Eve Black (Daly) auditions successfully in a futuristic strip club where a movie called "Neurovid, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz" is being filmed. Eve has a device put in her ears that turn white to star in a hot movie for her director Ceceil and becomes the

neg: Hot air ballooning Lewis. The song "Get It Up" from the 1983 New England release Walking Wild is about hot air ballooning. The song "Let Everything Go" by Phil Keaggy (1981) is about hot air ballooning. In "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), the wizard leaves the Emerald City in a gas balloon, not a hot air balloon. In "Around the World in Eighty Days" a gas balloon, not a hot air balloon, (featured on the movie poster) is used to cross the Pyrenees. In "Enduring Love" (2004), a hot air balloon is involved in a tragic accident during the opening scene. In "The

neg: Wizard of Oz (character) the potion Emma previously drank, which is what restored her past memories. After throwing aside a table, he charges at her, but she dodges, sending him hurling down the roof. He soars up in the form of Flying Monkey to attack her, though Emma violently shoves him away with a metal pipe. Physically wounded, he falls from the building, nearly hitting the ground, before disappearing in a puff of smoke. The Wizard of Oz appears in the "Emerald City" series, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio. He is the ruler of Emerald City and, effectively, Oz, and as such has banished magic

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1993 video game) The Wizard of Oz (1993 video game) The Wizard of Oz is a Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game which is loosely based on the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". It was developed by Manley & Associates and published by SETA Corporation in 1993. The object in the game is to defeat the Wicked Witch of the West that is trying to take Dorothy's ruby slippers so that Dorothy can return to Kansas. In this video game adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Dorthy finds herself traveling in never-before-seen locations. These include Shy Village, Gamboge Gorge, Maize Meadow, Saffron

neg: The Wizard of Oz (album) Oz" was first staged at the Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont, New South Wales before moving to the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, VIC then onto the Lyric Theatre in South Brisbane, Queensland. The original cast recording was released in 2001 through BMG Australia. Track list: Webster released "Over the Rainbow" as a single along with another song, "The Best Days". The double A side single peaked at #21 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold. The Wizard of Oz (album) The Wizard of Oz, subtitled "Live Australian Cast Recording" is a cast recording of the 2001 Australian production of

neg: Wizard of Oz (character) lion), and the China Girl (a living china doll and the sole survivor of an attack on China Town whose legs he repaired with glue). The Wizard of Oz appears in the "Once Upon a Time" episodes "New York City Serenade", "A Curious Thing" and "Kansas" portrayed by Christopher Gorham. Originally, Walsh is from Kansas, but finds himself in the Land of Oz. Giving himself the name "Oz the Great and Terrible", he masquerades as an all-knowing wizard. This hoax upsets Glinda the Witch of the South, as she knows he only gives false hope to those who seek out

neg: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz cap to summon the Winged Monkeys two more times. When Dorothy and her friends meet the Wizard of Oz again, Toto tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room that reveals the Wizard. He sadly explains he is a humbug—an ordinary old man who, by a hot air balloon, came to Oz long ago from Omaha. The Wizard provides the Scarecrow with a head full of bran, pins, and needles ("a lot of bran-new brains"), the Tin Woodman with a silk heart stuffed with sawdust, and the Cowardly Lion a potion of "courage". Their faith in the

neg: Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz all of which are considered "official" sequels or prequels to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". In addition, the following books use the Oz milieu as settings for their tales: Kevin Scott Collier. "The Wonderful Animated World of the Wizard of Oz: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!" CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted many times: for film, television, theatre, books, comics, games, and other media. Many of

neg: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz the initial script was written, ultimately deciding to adapt plot elements from Baum's original novel rather than the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film, "The Wizard of Oz". As with the preceding Muppet films, "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" became a musical, and included five new songs written and composed by Michael Giacchino. The special is the first Muppets special without the involvement of veteran performer Jerry Nelson following his 2004 retirement from physical performing. His characters of Lew Zealand and Floyd Pepper, were respectively performed by Bill Barretta and John Kennedy. Barretta also debuts as the new permanent performer of Dr.

neg: His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz loosely based on Baum's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", but in the screenplay Baum introduced many new characters and a large new story that later became the basis for the 1915 book "The Scarecrow of Oz". Similar to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow's origin is revealed, although his life is now attributed to "the Spirit of the Corn", who appears as a conventional Hollywood depiction of a Native American. The Tin Woodman is found rusted stiff and oiled, but he is already Emperor of the Winkies. Dorothy is a slave to Mombi (Wells) who looks like W.W.

neg: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes epic "Gone with the Wind" as the most memorable American movie quotation of all time. Jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections: The table below reproduces the quotes as the AFI published them. With six movie quotes featured, "Casablanca" is by far the most represented film on this list. "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" are tied for second, with three each. "Sunset Boulevard", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Graduate" and "Jerry Maguire" each have two quotes. Rick Blaine ("Casablanca") is the character with the most quotes (four); Dorothy Gale ("The Wizard

neg: Wizard of Oz experiment intelligent help. Commun. ACM 31, 9 (Aug. 1988), 1064-1079. Gould, J. D. and Lewis, C. 1985. Designing for usability: key principles and what designers think. Commun. ACM 28, 3 (Mar. 1985), 300-311. Green, P., and Wei-Haas, L. 1985. The Rapid Development of User Interfaces: Experience with the Wizard of OZ Method. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, volume 29, number 5, 1985, pp. 470 – 474 (5). Embley, D. W., and Kimbrell, R. E. 1985. A scheme-driven natural language query translator. In Proceedings of the 1985 ACM Thirteenth Annual Conference on Computer Science (New Orleans,

neg: The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True The concert also includes the song "The Jitterbug", which was cut from the original film. Throughout the entire concert, the conductor and orchestra are featured on-stage with the performers. The performers are predominantly positioned at music stands reading the script and music (similar to reader's theatre). The choreography is different from the 1939 movie: noticeable differences include the Munchkins not dancing and at no point do the four principals (Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion) dance together. Throughout the production, various photos of “Wizard of Oz” artwork such as a tornado striking the Kansas farm, the Yellow Brick Road,

neg: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) Harlow as a loan from MGM. The tale is almost certainly untrue, as Harlow died in 1937, before MGM had even purchased the rights to the story. Despite this, the story appears in many film biographies (including Temple's own autobiography). The documentary "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic" states that Mervyn LeRoy was under pressure to cast Temple, then the most popular child star, but at an unofficial audition, MGM musical mainstay Roger Edens listened to her sing and felt that an actress with a different style was needed; a 50th anniversary documentary for the

neg: Wizard of Oz experiment Wizard of Oz experiment In the field of human–computer interaction, a Wizard of Oz experiment is a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that subjects believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated or partially operated by an unseen human being. The phrase "Wizard of Oz" (originally "OZ Paradigm") has come into common usage in the fields of experimental psychology, human factors, ergonomics, linguistics, and usability engineering to describe a testing or iterative design methodology wherein an experimenter (the “wizard”), in a laboratory setting, simulates the behavior of a theoretical intelligent computer application (often

neg: Return to Oz (1964 film) They find Dandy crying, and after some unexpectedly cruel bullying from Socrates and Rusty, they cheer him up. After the four friends are reunited, they arrive at the Emerald City, only to be tricked by the Witch, who has captured the Wizard and taken over as the ruler of Oz. The Wizard, who in this continuity is not an Omaha huckster but an Ozite born and bred and the elected ruler of Oz, tells them to destroy her again and he will give them what they want. She arrives back at her castle just before Dorothy and her friends, but

neg: Boq Wicked Witch, Zelena, kills him by turning him into dust to find out who told Dorothy to return to Oz to defeat her. Boq Boq is a minor character in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. He becomes a more prominent character in Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel "", which purports to show the lives of some of Baum's characters from another perspective, and more prominent still in the Broadway musical "Wicked" which is based on Maguire's novel. In Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", Boq is a rich Munchkin man who lives in the eastern quadrant called

neg: Chittenango, New York who played Munchkins in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including Jerry Maren, Karl Slover, Meinhardt Raabe, and Margaret Williams Pellegrini. The Wizard of Oz theme continues beyond the annual festival. The village is the home of the International L. Frank Baum & All Things Oz Historical Foundation. The group is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and is 100% volunteer run. It is Chartered by the NY State Board of Regents. The organization coordinates the annual Oz-Stravaganza festival and also the All Things Oz Museum located in the historic village downtown. The museum features a collection of original costumes and props

neg: Jack Snow (writer) the chronology and history of Oz"." There have been rumors over the years of a third unpublished Oz book by Snow, entitled "Over the Rainbow to Oz" (involving either Polychrome, the rainbow's daughter, or an early history of Oz), but no manuscript has ever been discovered. Snow's address book of Oz fans, discovered after he died, became the basis of the mailing that established The International Wizard of Oz Club. "The Baum Bugle" winter 1987 issue contains biographical and bibliographical information about Snow as well as critical analysis of his horror output. An entry on the movie website IMDB indicates

neg: Jerry Maren sisters were six feet or taller by 1939. At the age of 12, Maren started taking dancing lessons with his sister. He toured around New England with his dance instructor with an act called "Three Steps and a Hop" and was noticed by MGM scouts who were looking for three little guys who could sing and dance. Maren received a telegram, just after graduating from High school, asking him to come to California to work on a movie. He was offered nearly $100 per week plus expenses. In "The Wizard of Oz", he played the green-garbed member of the Lollipop

neg: Uncle Henry (Oz) despite being less featured than she in the film, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Ruth Plumly Thompson gave him only two brief mentions, in "The Royal Book of Oz" and "Grampa in Oz". He had somewhat larger roles in John R. Neill's "The Wonder City of Oz" and "The Scalawagons of Oz", Jack Snow's "The Magical Mimics in Oz", and Eric Shanower's "The Giant Garden of Oz". Frank Alexander portrayed him as a villain in Larry Semon's "Wizard of Oz". In MGM's 1939 musical adaptation "The Wizard of Oz", Uncle Henry is played by Charley Grapewin. Hickory (Tin Man's alter

neg: Sleeper (band) unlike the Sundays, but as time went on our music became increasingly influenced by US bands such as Hole, Nirvana and, most especially, the Pixies". They advertised for new band members in the "Melody Maker" ("Bass player and drummer wanted. Influences The Pixies and The Partridge Family") and recruited Diid Osman and Andy Maclure. At one point, the band called themselves Surrender Dorothy, after the smoke trail in the sky from the "Wizard of Oz" movie, but abandoned this idea after discovering that several other bands had done the same thing. They subsequently chose the name 'Sleeper' after the Woody

neg: Eric Jacobson in 2001. His role expanded on "Sesame Street" in 2002 to include new Grover segments, particularly "Global Grover". However, Oz occasionally came in to "Sesame Street" to record new material with those characters. In 2001, the same year that he worked on "The Book of Pooh", where he worked on Piglet and Kanga, he also began playing Miss Piggy, debuting at the "Muppetfest" convention. Subsequently, in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2002), he performed the roles of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal. In "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" (2005), he began performing Sam the Eagle. Jacobson has

neg: Lion of Oz and into the course of events of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The film was released onto Region 1 DVD in 2000 with special features on the disc including Sing Alongs, Music Videos (which were straight from the movie), Games, Interviews with Behind the Scenes and a Gallery. The film was later released onto Region 2 DVD in 2002 but had no special features and only a scene selection on the DVD menu. The film can now be found for digital download and streaming on iTunes and Hulu. Lion of Oz Lion of Oz is a 2000 animated film set

neg: Tom McGowan Play. Off Broadway, he won an Obie Award for his performance in Nicky Silver's play "The Food Chain". He played the role of Pat Finley in the 1995 movie "Heavyweights" and the role of Patrick Fisher in the 2006 movie "Twelve and Holding". McGowan has been performing the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in various companies of "Wicked" since 2009. He first played the Wizard in the original Second National Tour production, beginning March 7, 2009. He finished with the touring company on December 6, 2009, transferring to the San Francisco production, playing the Wizard from December 22,

neg: The Scalawagons of Oz Jenny Jump. Jenny is the book's protagonist, though the story begins with Number Nine, who is now an assistant to the Wizard of Oz. The Wizard has a tendency to disappear suddenly, as he pursues various projects. His latest project is the creation of a new form of transportation for the Land of Oz. In a red-domed facility atop Carrot Mountain in the Quadling Country, the Wizard has established a factory to build scalawagons, intelligent cars that can also fly. (They spread their running boards like wings.) In his illustrations, Neill makes them resemble the "kiddie cars" of amusement-park rides;

neg: Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States Oz books, and it would be the first of many. Alexander Volkov's six Oz books were published in the Soviet Union, so they are subject to Russian copyright law. The first book – "The Wizard of the Emerald City" – was published in 1939, when "The Wizard of Oz" was still copyrighted. "The Wizard of the Emerald City" is an adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz", borrowing liberally from the original book without even crediting Baum. The subsequent four books were published between 1963 and 1970, and the last one – "The Secret of the Deserted Castle" – was published