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Wicked is the cinematic equivalent of the tornado from The Wizard of Oz: A massive and impressive force that transports anyone in its path to a magical place filled with singing, dancing and — a ...
Cinema has the power to make moments like those even more magical, and so it does in the splendiferous 160-minute first half of a two-part adaptation, which dazzles and delights in the lead-up to ...
A lot happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in. Wicked, an enchanting prequel story to The Wizard of Oz that reimagines the story from the perspective of its witches, finally lands on movie ...
Wicked (titled onscreen as Wicked: Part I) is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, with songs by Stephen Schwartz. It is the first installment of a two-part film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name based on the 1995 novel , which in turn is based on the Oz books ...
Chu’s movie lasts two hours and 41 minutes – almost the same runtime as the entire Broadway production (with intermission), even though it only covers the stage musical’s first act.
A contemporary review in The New York Times called the film a "misguided little melodrama" that "manages to squander some persuasively realistic upholstery". [4] In 2004 The Village Voice praised Michaels's performance as "wonderfully lurid," and included the movie in a list of the 25 most memorable cult films. [5]
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Jon M. Chu-directed Broadway-to-screen movie musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as the witches of Oz topped the National Board of Review's honoree class.