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:
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As Ross takes a final star turn against a black background and her tears fall and she lets fly a homily about home, it's easy to understand why Aunt Em wants her out of the house.
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Maclean's Magazine
If you can take it just as an occasion for the exercise of some real talents, a good time can be had much of the time.
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The New Republic
...Director Sidney Lumet has created what amounts to a love letter to the city of New York, which he equates with Oz...
Variety
Director Sidney Lumet has created what amounts to a love letter to the city of New York, which he equates with Oz.
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Variety
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
...Real, old-fashioned production numbers....Children and Diana Ross fans will probably think every penny was well spent.
New York Times
Rating: 1/5 --
Despite its marvelous personnel and terrific premise, The Wiz is a bungled mess.
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TV Guide
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.
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