The Wiz

Blu-ray - 2025

L. Frank Baum's timeless story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz gets a funky reimagining in this lavish adaptation of a landmark Broadway show based on the book. Diana Ross brings her showstopping star power to the role of Dorothy, here a Harlem schoolteacher who is magically transported to a surreal fantasyland that resembles New York City, complete with man-eating trash cans and a disco paradise.

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Subjects
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Fantasy films
Musical films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Action and adventure films
Films fantastiques
Films musicaux
Adaptations cinématographiques
Films de fiction
Films d'aventures
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2025]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Motown Record Corporation
Corporate Author
Motown Record Corporation (production company)
Other Authors
Sidney Lumet, 1924-2011 (film director), Joel Schumacher, 1939-2020 (screenwriter), Rob Cohen, 1949- (film producer), Diana Ross, 1944- (actor), Michael Jackson, 1958-2009 (-), Nipsey Russell, 1924-2005, Ted Ross, 1934-2002, Mabel King, 1932-1999, Theresa Merritt, Thelma (Vocalist) Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, 1940-2005, William F. (William Ferdinand) Brown, 1928-2019, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum, 1856-1919
Edition
Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition
Item Description
Based on the play The wiz; book by William F. Brown; music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls; produced on the New York stage by Ken Harper.
Adaptation of the book, The wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by producer Rob Cohen, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack ; New audio commentary featuring scholars Michael B. Gillespie and Alfred L. Martin ; Archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet and actor Diana Ross ; Trailer.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, region A, wide screen 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Atmos; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits
Songs by Charlie Smalls ; editor, Dede Allen ; director of photography, Oswald Morris.
ISBN
9798886072860
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