Oz the Great and Powerful - YouTube Oz the Great and Powerful Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 31, 2014 Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi, produced by Joe Roth, and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. The film stars James Franco as the titular character, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Evanora, and Michelle Williams as Glinda. Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox are featured in supporting roles. The film is based on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels and is a prequel to the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.

Set 20 years before the events of the original novel, Oz the Great and Powerful focuses on the origin of the Wizard of Oz, whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, and who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora (the Wicked Witch of the West whose non-canon origin is elaborated upon), Evanora (the Wicked Witch of the East), and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category Watch "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013) Free Online Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi , produced by Joe Roth , and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner . The film stars James Franco as the titular character, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Evanora , and Michelle Williams ...

Show More Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi , produced by Joe Roth , and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner . The film stars James Franco as the titular character, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Evanora , and Michelle Williams as Glinda . Zach Braff , Bill Cobbs , Joey King , and Tony Cox are featured in supporting roles. The film is based on L. Frank Baum 's Oz novels and is a prequel to the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz . Set 20 years before the events of the original novel, Oz the Great and Powerful focuses on the origin of the Wizard of Oz, whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, and who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself.

Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on February 14, 2013, and with general theatrical release by Walt Disney Pictures on March 8, 2013, through the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theatres. Show Less [watch free movies online] Latest Movie : [watch free movies online] watch Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) online Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi, produced by Joe Roth, and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. The film stars James Franco as the titular character, Mila Kunis as Theodora, Rachel Weisz as Evanora, and Michelle Williams as Glinda. Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox are featured in supporting roles. The film is based on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels[2] and is a prequel to the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.

Set 20 years before the events of the original novel,[3] Oz the Great and Powerful focuses on the origin of the Wizard of Oz, whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, and who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora (the Wicked Witch of the West whose non-canon origin is elaborated upon), Evanora (the Wicked Witch of the East), and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself. Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on February 14, 2013, and with general theatrical release by Walt Disney Pictures on March 8, 2013, through the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theatres. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing $493 million worldwide in revenue; $234 million of which was earned in the United States and Canada.

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The film also features the vengeful pursuit of Azog the Defiler and Bolg while Gandalf the Grey investigates a growing evil at the ruins of Dol Guldur. The ensemble cast includes Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, and Orlando Bloom. Watch The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Online Although originally planned as a two-part adaptation, it was later announced that a third film would be produced due to the scale of the project, and was subsequently retitled The Desolation of Smaug. The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, who was credited for his contributions before his departure in May 2010. The films were shot simultaneously in 3D at a projection rate of 48 frames per second, with principal photography taking place around New Zealand and at Pinewood Studios. Additional filming took place throughout May 2013.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug premiered on 2 December 2013 in Los Angeles and was released internationally on 11 December 2013 in both conventional and IMAX theatres. The film has grossed over $958 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers nominally, making it the fourth highest-grossing film of 2013 and the 25th highest-grossing film of all time. Director : Peter Jackson Writers : Philippa Boyens,Guillermo del Toro,Peter Jackson,Fran Walsh Actors : Martin Freeman,Ian McKellen,Richard Armitage,Orlando Bloom,Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch (Voice),Luke Evans,Lee Pace,Cate Blanchett* Producers : Peter Jackson,Fran Walsh Release Date : December 13, 2013 Genre : Fantasy Runtime : 2 hrs. 41 min. Storyline : After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard.

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Following disagreements with Pixar, Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the sequel. An early draft of the film was developed; however, Disney's purchase of Pixar in early 2006 led to the cancellation of Circle 7's version of the film. A Pixar-made sequel was confirmed in 2010, and in 2011, it was confirmed that the film would instead be a prequel titled Monsters University. Monsters University tells the story of two monsters, Mike and Sulley, and their time studying at college, where they start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends. Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as Mike Wazowski, James P. Sullivan, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively. Bonnie Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher Ms. Karen Graves. The music for the film is composed by Randy Newman, marking his seventh collaboration with Pixar.

watch Monsters University (2013) Online Monsters University premiered on June 5, 2013 at the BFI Southbank in London, United Kingdom and was released on June 21, 2013, in the United States. It was accompanied in theaters by a short film, The Blue Umbrella, directed by Saschka Unseld. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $743 million against its estimated budget of $200 million. Director : Dan Scanlon Watch Gravity (2013) Online Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts, and sees them stranded in space after the mid-orbit destruction of their space shuttle and their subsequent attempt to return to Earth. Cuarón wrote the screenplay with his son Jonás and attempted to develop the film at Universal Pictures. The rights were sold to Warner Bros. Pictures, where the project eventually found traction. David Heyman, who previously worked with Cuarón on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, produced the film with him.

They filmed Gravity in the UK, where the British company Framestore spent more than three years creating most of the film's visual effects, which comprise over 80 of its 91 minutes. Gravity opened the 70th Venice International Film Festival in August 2013 and had its North American premiere three days later at the Telluride Film Festival. It was released to cinemas in the United States and Canada on October 4, 2013. The film was met with universal acclaim from critics and audiences; both groups praised Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography, Steven Price's musical score, Cuarón's direction, Bullock's performance and Framestore's visual effects. It has grossed more than US$716 million worldwide, making it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2013.

Watch Gravity (2013) Online Here At the 86th Academy Awards, Gravity received a leading ten nominations (tying American Hustle), and won seven, the most for the ceremony, including: Best Director for Cuarón, Best Cinematography for Lubezki, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score for Price.[6] The film was also awarded six BAFTA Awards, including Outstanding British Film and Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and seven Critics Choice Awards. Director : Alfonso Cuaron Writers : Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron Actors : George Clooney, Sandra Bullock Producers : Alfonso Cuaron, David Heyman, Stephen Jones (executive) Composer : Steven Price Release Date : October 4, 2013 Genre : Sci-Fi Thriller Runtime : 1 hrs. 31 min. Production Budget : $100 million Storyline : Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes.

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Sources : Wikipedia,Box Office Mojo & IMDb Wizard of Oz (character) | Oz Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Wizard of Oz (character) Counsellor of the Princess Ozma Ventriloquist (Former) Magician (Former) Affiliation The Wonderful Wizard of Oz "They called me Wonderful, they called me Wonderful, so I'll be Wonderful if you insist. And guess who's Wonderful, he's Wonderful, I'm Wonderful this corn-fed Hick, who said It might be Keen to build a town of all green and a Wonderful road of yellow bricks! " The Discovery of Oz the Great & Terrible by artist Charles Santore. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" ―Wizard (1939) ― The Wiz Live! Oscar Diggs, (aka the Wizard of Oz, Wizard, Oz ) is a fictional character invented by L. Frank Baum , author and creator of the Oz legacy. Oscar is first introduced in Baum's first Oz book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , published in 1900. However, despite the book being named after his title of position as the self proclaimed "Wizard", Oscar is not the focal point character.

He is not brought into the plot until halfway through the tale when he meets and speaks with the child protagonist and heroine of the novel named Dorothy Gale . Contents [ show ] Oscar of Oz "The only one who might know would be the Great and Wonderful Wizard of Oz himself. Oz is very good, but very mysterious. He lives in the Emerald City and that's a long journey from here, did you bring your Broomstick? " ― Glinda the Good (1939) When a little farm girl named Dorothy Gale and her pet dog Toto are swept away by a Kansas cyclone and unexpectedly transported to the magical Land of Oz , she is desperate to find a way home again. The only one powerful enough to truly help Dorothy is the mysterious and reclusive dominant ruler of Oz known as the great Wizard. The girl and her dog are then forced to embark on a remarkable journey filled with many adventures as they travel throughout Oz to seek him. However, no one knows that this Wizard has a shocking secret to protect! And to do so he will send Dorothy to prove herself worthy of his assistance; to successfully eliminate Oz's most dreaded baddie--the Wicked Witch of the West , or die trying. Baum's Description Oscar of Oz.

Illustration by W.W.Denslow 1900. The iconic character of the Wizard can appear to be a rather controversial one. At times the Wizard seems charming, genuine and caring, yet at others Oz's true intentions can seem rather questionable to the point of looking quite sociopathic. Overall, Oscar is a cornfed, dried-up, old man who remains a fun loving country boy at heart. His wrinkled face is cheerful and his eyes glimmer with innocence and adorable humor. He is described as being completely bald and always appears clean shaven in the face. The Wizard. By artist Robert Ingpen. Although once a con-man and liar who was feared by all in Oz, underneath it all Oscar is very human and kind with a naturally majestic and inventive persona. Before coming to the magical Land of Oz in his hot air balloon, he lived in a Circus Carnival and traveled all around the countries in America duping people left and right and practicing the magic tricks that made him a great Magician. In his later years, he was known as a greatly gifted illusionist and also a skilled Ventriloquist, able to imitate any bird, beast or human (male or female).

In Baum's later Oz books, he proves himself quite a creative inventor of sorts, providing devices that aid in the various characters’ fantastical journeys. He also introduces to the Ozians the use and value of money and in Baum's eighth Oz book titled Tik-Tok of Oz , published in 1914, the use of Mobile Phones. Some of Oscar's most elaborate devices are life size realistic Marionette dolls of beautiful women dressed elegantly in fancy dresses. Or even life size replicas of fierce and ferocious beast, levitating fire balls that hang from fireproof strings and most notably the giant green Marionette head that is held by invisible wires over an emerald studded throne within the Royal Palace of Oz . Oscar is a very clever and intelligent man. Being a certified artistic master of illlusions, because of his long experience in the craft there is almost nothing he cannot do. When he arrived in Oz he used his incredible skill in magic to fool literally thousands of people and also the witches who lived and ruled in various parts of Oz, making them think he too was very powerful, almost omnipotent, thus protecting themselves from any threat.

The Magician eventually also became a master of real magic, when he finally returned to Oz and went to live in the Emerald City permanently under the reign of Princess Ozma . Glinda the Good Witch of the South, then took him under her wing to teach him real magic, so he could finally cast spells that were not of false or phony magic. Princess Ozma, Dorothy Gale and many others in Oz saw that Oscar wasn't such a bad man after all, just a very bad Wizard with good intentions despite all the corruption and confusion he caused while being in charge. Oz: the Great Shapeshifter " I thought Oz was a great green Head," said Dorothy. "And I thought Oz was a lovely Fairy," said the Scarecrow. "And I thought Oz was a monstrous Beast," said the Tin Woodman. "And I thought Oz was a big ball of fire," exclaimed the Lion. "No, you are all wrong," said the little old man meekly. "I have been making believe." "MAKING BELIEVE!" cried Dorothy. "Are you not a real Wizard? " Oz History: How Oscar Became A Wizard...

" Oh no my dear, I am a very good man, just a very bad Wizard..." ―The Wizard (1939) Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs was born in Omaha , the son of a politician. He went to work as a ventriloquist for Bailum & Barney's Great Consolidated Shows , going up in a hot air balloon to draw crowds to the circus, using only his first two initials (since the rest spell "pinhead"). One day his ropes got twisted and the balloon escaped. Two days later it settled in the Land of Oz. The people, seeing that this man had descended from the clouds, were easily impressed and greeted him as a wizard. ( The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz ) When the Wizard arrived in Oz, he became power hungry and stole the throne from the rightful king, Pastoria , and hid away the king's only daughter Ozma with the old witch Mombi , whom he visited three times prior, so there would be no heir to the throne. ( The Marvelous Land of Oz ) He then set the people to work, building the Emerald City and the Royal Palace of Oz .

He announced himself ruler of the entire Land of Oz, uniting the Munchkins , Gillikins , Quadlings , and Winkies . He lived in fear of the four witches who ruled each quadrant of Oz, so he shut himself away and depended upon his reputation as a powerful wizard to protect him. He was highly venerated by his subjects and known as "The Great Oz " or "Oz the Terrible". It was commonly thought that he was all-powerful, although all acknowledged that he was reclusive and never seen, even by the servants who waited upon him. I AM OZ! Believing him to be the only one capable of solving their problems, Dorothy Gale and her friends traveled to the Emerald City to ask for his help. The Wizard was very reluctant to meet them, but eventually they were each granted an audience, one at a time. The Wizard appeared to Dorothy as a giant head, to the Scarecrow as a beautiful fairy, to the Tin Woodman as a terrible beast, and to the Cowardly Lion as ball of fire. The Wizard promised to grant each of their requests if they killed the Wicked Witch of the West .

When they succeeded in this task, they returned to the Emerald City to collect their rewards. There, they discovered that Oz was a humbug who had used a lot of elaborate magic tricks and props to make himself seem "great and powerful." "Making Believe?" Cried Dorothy. Pressed by Dorothy's companions, the humbug Wizard gave them each what they wanted. The Wizard, tired of being a humbug and having to hide away from his subjects, planned to grant Dorothy's request by escaping Oz with her in a hot air balloon. He appointed the Scarecrow to rule in his absence, but when the time came the Wizard and his balloon floated away, accidently leaving Dorothy behind. ( The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ) He returned to the circus, but during another ascension came down in a crack in the earth caused by an earthquake. He eventually landed in the Land of the Mangaboos where he was reunited with Dorothy Gale and met her cousin, Zeb Hugson . After demonstrating his power by producing Nine Tiny Piglets , the Wizard was challenged by Gwig , the local sorcerer, and Oz sliced the Mangaboo in half.

The Mangaboos forced the companions to leave their country, so the travelers journeyed through the Valley of Voe , the Land of Naught , and a den of Dragonettes before reaching a dead end. From there, Dorothy signalled Ozma, who transported the entire party to the Emerald City. The Wizard took up residence in his old rooms behind the throne room, and Ozma invited the little old man to remain in Oz permanently. ( Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz ) When Glinda learned that the Wizard was to become a permanent resident of the Emerald City, she began to teach him magic so that he would not remain a humbug. ( The Emerald City of Oz ) Ozma decrees that, besides herself, only The Wizard and Glinda are allowed to use magic unless if the other magic users have a permit. The Wizard in his Hot Air Ballon! Book appearances How the Wizard Came to Oz How the Wizard Saved Oz ​The Wicked Years Son of a Witch (mentioned) Background The Wizard's part in the kidnapping of Ozma in The Marvelous Land of Oz did not please the readers, and in Ozma of Oz , although the character did not appear, Baum described Ozma's abduction without including the Wizard as part of it.

[1] In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz , When Ozma rescued the adventurers from the underground kingdoms, the Wizard recounted his story of becoming the ruler of Oz, and Ozma explained that before the witches usurped her grandfather's throne (an occurance happening long before the wizard arrived), the ruler of Oz had always been known as Oz or (if female) Ozma. [2] Ozma decreed that, besides herself, only The Wizard and Glinda are allowed to use magic. In Magic Land , the Wizard in named James Goodwin. In this version, he hails from Kansas like Ellie (Dorothy), not Omaha. He is seen briefly in Kansas at the end of the first book. In the second book, the heroes attempt to recruit him to help the Magic Land, but he states he had enough of magic. He never appears later. In The Great Wishy Woz he is the title character. L. Frank Baum may have based the character of the Wizard on Harry Keller. Bald and clean-shaven, Keller was "America's leading magician when Baum's book was written" and, in the judgement of one writer, "almost certainly the inspiration" for Baum's character.

[3] The Wizard of Oz (1939 movie) Frank Morgan 1939. In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz , the Wizard's character is similar to that the one found in the earlier books: a bumbling "humbug". He was played by actor Frank Morgan . The same actor also played several other roles in the movie; including Professor Marvel, the mysterious traveling fortune teller that Dorothy meets in Kansas, the Guard at the Emerald City, the Guard at the Gates to Oz's Castle and the Coachman whose carriage is pulled by a "Horse of a Different Color". His face was also presumably used as the projected image of the Wizard. It is unclarified if the Gatekeeper of Oz, the Guard and the Coachman are the same character as the Wizard of Oz himself, dressed differently because he finds more safe to do everything in his house without trusting in anybody to do "his" work, but not wanting the people of Oz (and Dorothy) to know how he really looks like.

Emerald City Oz the Great and Powerful | Oz Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Oz the Great and Powerful 2,002pages on IMDb rating 6.4 Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 fantasy film that is intended to be a prequel to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz . Both films have been adapted from author L. Frank Baum 's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was published in 1900. The prequel stars James Franco as the protagonist. Mila Kunis , Michelle Williams , and Rachel Weisz star as the three witches. It is directed by Sam Raimi, with a script written by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire. Contents Summary The story takes place about 20-30 years before Dorothy's story. When Oscar Diggs , a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away in a tornado from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz , he thinks he’s hit the jackpot — fame and fortune are his for the taking — that is until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora and Glinda , who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting.

Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must figure out who is good and who is evil, before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity, and even a bit of wizardry, Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, but also into a much better man as well. [1] Cast Tim Holmes as The Strong Man Martin Klebba as Nikko Stephen R. Hart & Bruce Campbell as Winkie guards at the Emerald City Abigail Spencer as May, Oscar's temporary magic assistant in Kansas and one of his several fleeting loves in the film Cameo Roles Ted Raimi as a small-town skeptic at a magic show who yells, "I see a wire!" Jim Moll & Jim Bird as Emerald City townspeople Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker & Theresa Tilly as Quadling townspeople Differences from the Books The Wicked Witch of the West & the Wicked Witch of the East are portrayed as being sisters while in the books this is not stated. The 1939 movie also portrayed them as sisters. Glinda is the daughter of the former King of Oz .

Ozma , the canonical daughter of the former King of Oz, is never mentioned. The Wicked Witch of the West is portrayed as originally being a Good Witch but has no stated territory claim in the film. She develops romantic feelings for the Wizard who uses her. Part of her downfall is her quick temper and naivety. It is also shown that she was transformed into the evil witch after eating a cursed green apple given to her by her evil sister. In the books she appears to have always been an evil hag with none of the character traits shown in the film. China Girl is shown to be able to travel outside of China Country . In the books, if a China Person leaves China Country they become stiff and immobile like dolls. Glinda has red hair in the books, but she has blonde hair in this movie. The Quadlings nor Quadling Country show any signs of the color red in either their clothing, architecture or landscape, while in the books, the color red is very prominent in their land and personal appearance. The Wizard comes from Kansas instead of Omaha. In the books, the Wizard had the Emerald City built after his arrival. In this movie, the Emerald City already exists prior to his coming to Oz.

Though the later books retcon as having the Emerald City already existed before Oz arrived. In the books, the Yellow Brick Road leads to the Wizard, but in the movie, the Yellow Brick Road leads to China Country, the Dark Forest, and Emerald City. At no time is it mentioned or hinted at that everyone in Oz is immortal, as the books clearly say. People seem quite afraid of dying and mourn the loss of the Wizard when his balloon explodes, signifying that they are very familiar with death. Though it could be that no one in Oz can die from natural causes. Production Notes Before Sam Raimi signed on to make the film, directors Sam Mendes and Adam Shankman were also reported to be top candidates. In June 2011, Danny Elfman was chosen to compose the music for the film, a surprising choice considering that he and Raimi had a falling out over Spider-Man 2 and vowed to never work with each other again. According to a reporter for Deadline Hollywood, the film's distributor wanted to reduce the film's production budget to about $200 million. Robert Downey, Jr. was Raimi's first choice for the part of Oz.

When Downey declined, Johnny Depp was linked to the role. By the end of February 2011, James Franco was in final negotiations to star in this film. Principal photography for Oz: The Great and Powerful began July 2011 in Pontiac, Michigan. Casting calls were put out for locals looking to be extras. Sam Raimi has revealed that Bruce Campbell (Ash from the Evil Dead series) makes a small, but humorous cameo. Sam's younger brother Ted also has a small role, these two actors have been something of a staple in Raimi's previous films. [2] Raimi promises that this movie would be a departure from his usual horror-filled flicks, instead calling it a "family movie" with an uplifting feel. [3] Crew Visual Effects Producers: CHRISTIAN HEJNAL, DIANA STULIC IBANEZ Animation Supervisor: BRIAN R. WELLS Assistant Director: ANITHA P. JOHNY Computer Graphics Supervisors: J.J. BLUMENKRANZ, DANNY DIMIAN, BOB PEITZMAN, GOMATHI RAMALINGAM Digital Effects Supervisor: FRANCISCO X.

DE JESUS Compositing Supervisor: CRAIG WENTWORTH Digital Production Manager: COLLEEN MURPHY Associate Production Managers: ELAYARAJA SANTHANA KRISHNAN, CHIRAG R. SHAH Senior Production Coordinator: CHIRAG R. SHAH Senior Visual Effects Production Coordinator: ASHLEY KOONS Senior Animation Coordinator: ALYSE JOSEPH Animation Coordinator: AMANDA HUI Characters, Look Development, Textures and shot work with Lighting team, Fx, Matchmove and Paint/Roto Coordinator: ANDREW TURNER Interim Back-End Production Coordinator, Animation & Pipeline Production Coordinator: BENJAMIN MILLER Matchmove Production Coordinator: CHANNI CHAITALI Production Coordinator: CAMERON STEPHENS Visual Effects Editors: ELAINE C. ANDRIANOS, ALLEN CAPPUCCILLI, GUY T. WIEDMANN Senior Modeler: AARON HAMMAN CG Character and Hard-Surface Modelers: E. DHARANIDHARAN, APOLLO (SUNGJOO) S.J.

KIM, ANDREW LEMA, ERIC NEILL, CHRIS O'CONNELL, BARBAROS SARISOZEN Environmental Modeler: HUNTER EVAN ROSENBERG Character Set-Up Supervisor: AARON PFAU Character Body and Facial Set-Up Artists: AARON CAMPBELL, BRIAN M. COHEN, BRIAN H. THOMPSON Character Pipeline Supervisor: CHUCK McILVAIN Lead Character Pipeline Technical Director: DANIEL GREENSTEIN Character Pipeline Digital Layout Artist: BRIAN M. COHEN Texture Paint Supervisor: DENNIS BREDOW Digital Texture Painters: EDWIN FABROS, CAMILA P. DAVILA LOHR, HEE-CHEL NAM Matchmove Lead: T.P. BALA MORARJI Matchmovers: DINESH BALA, ANAND SESHADRI Rotomotion Artist: DHANANJAYAN.

D Plate Prep/Stereo Precomp Artist: ERIN KANOA Layout Lead: BRIAN DOMAN Senior Layout Artist: DONALD REICH Layout Artists: GEER DuBOIS, DEMIAN "DMAN" GORDON, DANI MORROW, ERIC PETERSON, EMI TAHIRA Senior Final Layout Artist: HAJIME OGATA Final Layout Artist: DANIEL ERICKSON Supervising Animator: CRAIG McPHERSON Lead Animator: IN-AH ROEDIGER Senior Character Animators: BENJAMIN CINELLI, INA MARCZINCZIK, ATSUSHI SATO, ALEXANDER SNOW Character Animators: IBRAHIM BASHA, ELISABETH FRANKLIN CONSTANTINE, DEREK HAASE, DAVID LISBE, DAVE MAH, AGATA MATUSZAK, CHRIS McGAW, ALLEN O'SANLOU, CLAUDIO de OLIVEIRA, HENRY SATO, JR.

GLENN SYLVESTER, CAROLYN VALE, DAVID WESCH, DANIELE ZANNONE Hair Lead: CHRIS YEE Cloth Leads: GAVIN BADGER BAXTER, CHRISTOPHER ALEX LOGAN Senior Cloth and Hair Technical Directors: DIPANKAR GOSWAMY, CHRISTO SANDRO LIBARIDIAN Cloth and Hair Technical Directors: ARTURO AGUILAR, CHRIS BOLWYN, DANIEL CAMP, AARON CAMPBELL, CLAIRE LAWRENCE-SLATER, HANNAH K. PINKY LEES Senior Digital Effects Crowd Simulation Technical Director: CHRIS KAZMIER Effects Animation Lead: DAVID R.

DAVIES Senior Effects Technical Directors: DIMITRE BERBEROV, GREGORY ECKER, DIPANKAR GOSWAMY Effects Animators: DANIEL LA CHAPELLE, HENRIK FALT, AHMED BAHAA HASSAN, BENJAMIN LIU, FRANKLIN LONDIN, CHRISTOPHER MESSINEO, HIROAKI NARITA, GREGORY WADE REYNOLDS, CHRISTOPHER DANTE ROMANO Senior Look Development/Lighting Lead: COSKU TURHAN Lead Lighting Sequence Artists: CRAIG FEIFAREK, CHRIS HUNG, BRIAN KLOC Senior Lighting Technical Directors.......................................................BERTRAND CORDIER, CARLOS A. VIDAL 3D Color and Lighting Technical Directors BRIAN ADAMS, BEKAH BAIK, BROOKE BEANE, CLARA CHAN, ERIK GONZALEZ, DARREN D.

KINER, ENRIQUE MUNOZ Consultant Stereographer....................................................................................................BENJAMIN HENDRICKS Lead CompositorsCOLIN DROBNIS, FISH ESSENFELD, FRANK FIESER, BRIAN FISHER, ANTHONY KRAMER Senior Compositors GEETA BASANTANI, ANDY CHIH-JEN CHANG, CRAIG CLARKE, FISH ESSENFELD, GEORGE GERVAN, AARON KUPFERMAN, DAVID D-LO LOPEZ, FLORIAN SCHUCK, BRIAN SMALLWOOD, DANIEL SUNWOO, BRIDGET M. TAYLOR Digital Compositors DAVE ISAAC SANTOS ABUEL, ERIN BOSWORTH, CHRISTIAN BOUDMAN, BONJIN BYUN, BENJAMIN CONNER, DOUG CRAM, DENNIS DAVIS, GREG DEROCHIE, CHRISTINA DRAHOS, ERIK GONZALEZ, DANIELLE NORGATE, ANGELICA PEREZ, BENJAMIN T.

PERKINS, DANIEL RUBIN, DOUGLAS ZABLOCKI 3D Motion Graphics Artist.............................................................................................................JACOB MARTINEZ Associate Compositors...........................................................................BRETT G. BRONSON, CURTIS CARLSON Compositing Assistant Technical Director........................................................................................CHEN LING FAN Interactive Compositing Manager.......................................................................................................DAWN GUINTA Senior Look Development Technical Directors.......................................................................BENJAMIN AGUILLON Look Development Technical Director............................................................................................ERIK GONZALEZ Paint Artists......................................................................................................................ELIKA BURNS, A. DINESH Junior Paint Artist....................................................................................................................A.A ELANCHEZHIYAN Roto Lead..................................................................................................................NADARAJAN USHA ABHEESH 2D Digital Rotoscope Artists AARAVINDAN. C, BALAJI. E, BHARANIDHARAN. S, BIJU. S, CHANDRASEKAR. C H, DEVIKASHRI. S, DILIPAN JEEVANANDHAM, DINESH KUMAR Stereoscopic Camera Depth Layout Artists..........................................................ALYSSA BRULE, S.R.

DHEEPIKA Executive Director of Production Services and Resources.................................................ANDREA LACKEY PACE Senior Production Services Technicians ADHIR MICHAEL KAMBLI, DAVID JINYOO LEE, ANGEL ORLANDO, BRIAN K. SMITH, DAN ZIMMER Production Services Technician...........................................................................................................AMIR MADANI Oz the Great and Powerful - Fanlore Oz the Great and Powerful From Fanlore Oz the Great and Powerful Abbreviation(s): Mitchell Kapner & David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay) Mitchell Kapner (story by) 7 References Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film as a prequel to the 1939 The Wizard of Oz film which is based on the novels by L. Frank Baum . A sequel has already been announced for the film.

Canon It takes place 20 years before the events of the original novel, Oz the Great and Powerful focuses on the origin of the Wizard of Oz, whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, and who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora (the Wicked Witch of the West whose non-canon origin is elaborated upon), Evanora (the Wicked Witch of the East ), and Glinda . Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself with the help of his trusty flying monkey, Finley and a young china doll, China Girl.

Main Characters James Franco as Oscar Diggs aka "Oz", a womanizing con artist and stage magician who is whisked away to the Land of Oz Rachel Weisz as Evanora , who is revealed to be the Wicked Witch of the East Michelle Williams as Glinda , the Good Witch of the South, Williams also plays Annie, Dorothy Gale 's future mother Zach Braff as the voice of Finley , Oz's loyal flying monkey Bill Cobbs as the Master Tinker, leader of the Tinkers who are ruled by Glinda Joey King as the voice of China Girl , a living china doll whose whole town, China Town, was destroyed by the Wicked Witch Fandom This article or section needs expansion . Oz the Great and Powerful fandom is fairly small, probably due to the mixed reviews the film received. The fandom is mainly found at FanFiction.net and Archive of Our Own , with gifs and art posted on Tumblr . The film generates a lot of mixed reviews, as stated above, mainly for casting of Mila Kunis and James Franco as the Wicked Witch and the Wizard - a lot of people dislike them and didn't believe they did a good job while others thought they did a good job.

Michelle Williams has also garnered mixed feelings as well. Otherwise, the plot is often disliked. This usually leads to some character bashing happening between all the Wizard of Oz fandoms, for example Wicked and the 1939 film of Wizard of Oz . Shipping The fandom has a mix of main characters, but less male characters which often leads to more Femslash and het than slash . The pairings that can be found in the fandom are: Theodora/Evanora , Glinda/Theodora , Glinda/Oz , Oz/Theodora , Glinda/Evanora . Terminology Evalinda is the pairing name of Glinda/Evanora . Fanworks Examples Wanted : Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. Fics The Wizard of OZ • May 16-20 & 21-26 – South Arkansas Arts Center Box-Office is open!! Call 870-862-5474 for a reservation.

Tickets: $20 General Public, $15 SAAC Members, $10 Students Performances at 7:30pm, except on Sunday’s at 2:30pm July 19 Spirit of OZ Sunday Matinee Come dressed in costume to win a walk on role in the show!!! Stay after the show for a meet and greet with the cast on stage! July 25 Saturday Night Dinner and a Show Enjoy dinner and a show tonight. The audience is invited to the El Dorado Golf and Country Club before the show for the prime rib special or make a selection from the menu. July 26 Drawing for the Promotion Prize Winner!! Follow the yellow brick road downtown. Look for trivia questions on the back of OZ posters in the downtown area. Write the answers on a playing card and bring your filled-in entry card to SAAC for your chance to WIN! Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas day dreams of flying high beyond the rainbow like happy little blue birds. One day her dream comes true as she travels with her little dog named Toto in a cyclone over the rainbow. When she wakes up in this new land, there are perky little munchkins to greet her and Toto.

Come join Dorothy and Toto as they meet the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Corwardly Lion, Glinda the Good Witch, the Wicked Witch of the West, and the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy and Toto travel along the yellow brick road to the beautiful Emerald City, they are chased by flying monkeys and the Wicked Witch to recover ruby slippers with strong, magical powers! This summer South Arkansas Art Center is proud to produce the “Wizard of Oz” musical for the entire family. The History of the Wizard of Oz • From L. Frank Baum to the Big Screen The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children’s novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. It was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago in 1900, and has since been reprinted countless times, sometimes under the name The Wizard of Oz. Its initial success led to Baum’s writing and having published thirteen more Oz books. The earliest musical version of the book was produced by Baum and Denslow (with music by composer Paul Tietjens) in Chicago in 1902, and moved to New York in 1903.

It used the same characters, and was aimed more at adult audiences. It had a long, successful run on Broadway. Baum added numerous additional political references to the script. For example, his actors specifically mention President Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Mark Hanna, and John D. Rockefeller by name. (Swartz, Before the Rainbow, pp 34, 47, 56) He wrote a version more faithful to the book in 1901, but it has never been produced. Although it included many of the same songs, it featured far fewer interpolations of other songs, which had nothing to do with the story than the 1902 version did. The earliest “Oz” film series were produced by Baum in 1908 and 1914 and twice featured the young silent film actress Mildred Harris. Another series that Baum had nothing to do with, aside from a contractual agreement, appeared in 1910, which may have featured Bebe Daniels as Dorothy. Larry Semon, in collaboration with Frank Joslyn Baum, created a rather well known but unsuccessful version in 1925.

Early film versions of the book include a 1914 film produced by Baum himself entitled His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, which incorporates several incidents from the book—the Scarecrow is first seen hanging on a pole, from which Dorothy rescues him, and the Tin Man is discovered standing rusted in the forest—and a 1925 film, Wizard of Oz, featuring Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodsman. The most famous adaptation is the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy. This, in turn, has been adapted into two separate stage productions, first by Frank Gabrielson, (who wrote the 1960 teleplay of The Land of Oz for Shirley Temple), and more recently by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s John Kane), but the first stage production, in 1902, used a score that is now forgotten, and not the one heard in the 1939 film, though there have been attempts, mostly in Florida by Constantine Grame, to revive it.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) premiered at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin on August 12, 1939 and Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood on August 15, 1939. The New York City premiere at Loew’s Capitol Theater on August 17, 1939 was followed by a live performance with Judy Garland and her frequent film co-star Mickey Rooney. They would continue to perform there after each screening for a week, extended in Rooney’s case for a second week and in Garland’s to three. The movie opened nationally on August 25, 1939. The film grossed approximately $3 million against production/distribution costs of $2.8 million in its initial release. It did not show what MGM considered a large profit until a 1949 re-release earned an additional $1.5 million.

Beginning with the 1949 re-issue, and continuing until the film’s 50th Anniversary videocassette release in 1989, the Kansas sequences were printed and shown in ordinary black-and-white, not sepia, and so TV viewers saw them in black-and-white for more than thirty years. However, with the film’s fiftieth anniversary restoration, the sepia tone was brought back to the Kansas scenes, and beginning in 1990, the film was shown on television as originally released in 1939. The film was again re-released in 1955 in a widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio version, with portions of the top and the bottom of the film removed to produce the effect. The re-release trailer falsely claimed “every scene” from Baum’s novel was in the film, including “the rescue of Dorothy”, though there is no such incident in the novel. The film was first shown on television November 3, 1956 on CBS, as the last installment of the Ford Star Jubilee.

It was shown in color (posters still exist advertising the broadcast, and they specifically say in color and black-and-white), but because most television sets then were not color sets, few members of the TV audience saw it that way. An estimated 45 million people watched the broadcast. However, it was not rerun until three years later. On December 13, 1959 the film was shown (again on CBS) as a two-hour Christmas season special, and at an earlier time, to an even larger audience. Encouraged by the response, CBS decided to make it an annual tradition, showing it every December from 1959 through 1962. The film was not shown in December of 1963 as might have been expected, perhaps due to the proximity of the John F. Kennedy assassination November 22, 1963.

Others say that there was no room on the schedule, due to the fact that by then there were other Christmas specials on television, though not nearly as many as in later years (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker and Frosty the Snowman, among others, had yet to premiere, and the animation team of Rankin-Bass had not made their mark on Christmas TV specials yet. The only animated Christmas special shown in 1963 was Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol). Still, the film was shown very early in 1964, and the showings were therefore still only roughly a year apart. The January 1964 broadcast marked the end of the Christmas season showings, but The Wizard of Oz was nevertheless still televised only once a year for more than two decades. In the late 1960s, the film was bought for annual TV showings by NBC, but by 1976, it had reverted to CBS.

It is now shown several times a year, on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, Turner Network Television, and the TBS Superstation, often several times during the same week “in rotation” on these three channels. The Wizard of Oz became the first videocassette released by MGM/CBS Home Video in 1980; all current home video releases are by Warner Home Video (via current rights holder Turner Entertainment). The first laserdisc release of The Wizard of Oz was in 1989, with a second in 1993, and a final laserdisc release on September 11, 1996. The first DVD release of the film was on March 26, 1997, and contained no special features or supplements. It was re-released for its 60th Anniversary on October 19, 1999, with its soundtrack presented in a new 5.1 surround sound mix. The DVD also contained an extensive behind-the-scenes documentary: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic, produced in 1990 and hosted by Angela Lansbury.

Despite being a one-disc release, outtakes, the deleted “Jitterbug” musical number, clips of pre-1939 Oz adaptations, trailers, newsreels and a portrait gallery were also included, as well as two radio programs of the era publicizing the film. In 2005, two new DVD editions were released, both featuring a newly restored version of the film with audio commentary and an isolated music and effects track. One of the two DVD releases was a 2-disc “deluxe edition”, featuring production documentaries, trailers, various outtakes, newsreels, radio shows, and still galleries. The other set, a 3-disc edition, included these features as well as complete copies of the 1925 silent film version of The Wizard of Oz and a 1933 animated short version. The Wiz was a hit musical with an all-black cast produced in the 1970s on Broadway; it was later made into a 1978 movie directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow.

One of the most recent adaptations of the novel is “Tin Man” which aired on the Scifi Channel on December 2nd – 4th 2007 in a 3 part miniseries. Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American 3D live action and computer animated fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi. The film is based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels and is a prequel to the 1939 MGM film. Set 20 years before the events of the original novel, Oz the Great and Powerful focuses on the origin of the Wizard of Oz, whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, and who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora (the Wicked Witch of the West whose non-canon origin is elaborated upon), Evanora (the Wicked Witch of the East), and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself.

Oz the Great and Powerful premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on February 14, 2013, and with general theatrical release by Walt Disney Pictures on March 8, 2013, through the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D formats, as well as in conventional theatres. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing $493 million worldwide in revenue; $234 million of which was earned in the United States and Canada. Like so many girls her age, little Dorothy Gale of Kansas dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination. SAAC is producing the script that uses as much of the aura of the film as is possible to create in a modern theatre. It is an adaption for live stage performance, even while it strives to look and sound just like the famous film, in telling the story.

Originally presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Centre in London in 1987. The Wizard Of Oz (R.S.C. 1987) By L. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg Background Music by Herbert Stothart Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard Orchestration by Larry Wilcox Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company Based upon the Classical Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros. South Arkansas Arts Center

Question: Whose real name is revealed to be Oscar Diggs, in a 2013 prequel to a 1939 film?
Answer: THE WIZARD OF OZ