Movie
The Wiz
Overview
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Details
- Release date
- 1978-10-24
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Family, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Motown Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Diana Ross as Dorothy
- Michael Jackson as Scarecrow
- Nipsey Russell as Tinman
- Ted Ross as Lion
- Mabel King as Evillene
- Theresa Merritt as Aunt Em
- Thelma Carpenter as Miss One
- Lena Horne as Glinda the Good
- Richard Pryor as The Wiz
- Stanley Greene as Uncle Henry
- Clyde J. Barrett as Subway Peddler
- Derrick Bell as Crow
Crew
- Sidney Lumet - Director
- Joel Schumacher - Screenplay
- L. Frank Baum - Characters
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