The Wiz (Blu-ray) G
From the book that's an American tradition… from the smash-hit Broadway show… the entertainment of the year!
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: G
- Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 30, 2010
- Originally Released: 1978
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Diana Ross, Michael Jackson & Richard Pryor | |
Performer: | Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell, Theresa Merritt, Gwen Guthrie, Cissy Houston, Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross, Mabel King & Lena Horne | |
Directed by | Sidney Lumet | |
Edited by | Dede Allen | |
Screenwriting by | Joel Schumacher | |
Composition by | Valerie Simpson, Luther Vandross, Charlie Smalls, Quincy Jones & Nick Ashford | |
Story by | L. Frank Baum | |
Produced by | Rob Cohen | |
Director of Photography: | Oswald Morris |
Entertainment Reviews:
On the plus side are vast, brilliant sets by Tony Walton, a couple of well-staged show-stoppers, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, and Diana Ross who, as Dorothy, is just gorgeous.
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Time Out
So much wit and talent and energy crowd the screen in this lavishly filmed variant of the Oz story that it is depressing to realize that the production never had a chance.
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TIME Magazine
Sidney Lumet's spectacular, joyous production of The Wiz generates a mood of wonder and sentimental rapture recalling the arrival of the Mother Ship in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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Washington Post
...Real, old-fashioned production numbers....Children and Diana Ross fans will probably think every penny was well spent.
New York Times
...Director Sidney Lumet has created what amounts to a love letter to the city of New York, which he equates with Oz...
Variety
Taken on its own terms it gets better as it goes along, and winds up generating a mostly happy experience for those members of the audience who will take its lead and "ease on down" the road.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Sidney Lumet's lack of film imagination makes him fail in a genre as imaginative as the musical... The movie completely loses its undeniable appeal. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Product Description:
In this Sidney Lumet-directed Motown rendition of THE WIZARD OF OZ, Diana Ross plays a soulful Dorothy, accompanied by a cast peppered with R&B stars such as Roberta Flack and Luther Vandross.