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6.7/10 • 998

1985-06-211h 49m

AdventureFamilyFantasy

An all-new adventure down the yellow brick road.

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Directors
Walter Murch
Editors
Leslie Hodgson

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  1. Fairuza Balk

    Fairuza Balk

    Dorothy Gale

  2. Nicol Williamson

    Nicol Williamson

    Dr. Worley / Nome King

  3. Jean Marsh

    Jean Marsh

    Nurse Wilson / Mombi

  4. Piper Laurie

    Piper Laurie

    Aunt Em

  5. Matt Clark

    Matt Clark

    Uncle Henry

  6. Sean Barrett

    Sean Barrett

    Tik-Tok (voice)

  7. Denise Bryer

    Denise Bryer

    Billina (voice)

  8. Brian Henson

    Brian Henson

    Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)

  9. Lyle Conway

    Lyle Conway

    Gump (voice)

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r96sk

Sep 16, 2020

6/10

'Return to Oz' is alright, I personally didn't enjoy it though. I did like the horror edge it has to it for the first portion of the film, it's something I wasn't necessarily expecting so it was pleasing to see. That's about all I did rate from this though, with Oz itself not looking as magical as it should while the non-human characters are boring to me. Talking of the onscreen lot, Jean Marsh as Princess Mombi is the only performance I felt entertained by - she's very good. Away from her, there's not much to note. Fairuza Balk is solid in the role of Dorothy, nothing really to say about her other than she does an OK job; considering her age. The Wheelers are kinda interesting, they do look cool. It's a shame they don't make use of Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man - the latter I'm actually glad they didn't, given how awful his design was. I get why they don't feature more, given the source material, but it feels a needless change-up especially with Billina, Tik-Tok and Jack Pumpkinhead being so lame. I read that this is apparently true to the original book series, which is respectable. However, the point of a film is to make it a good film first and foremost - this doesn't quite do that in my opinion. Each to their own, of course!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$11,137,801.00
Keywords
princessdonkeyelectric shocksequelpumpkinimaginary landmental institutionmechanicalbased on young adult novelmirrorwizard of ozwonderful wizard of oz