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Return to Oz is a 1985 dark fantasy film released by Walt Disney Pictures, co-written and directed by Walter Murch. It stars Nicol Williamson , Jean Marsh , Piper Laurie , and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role.
In the 1985 film Return to Oz, Dorothy returns to Oz long after being sent back home to Kansas from her first visit; she finds the yellow brick road in ruins by the hands of the evil Nome King who also conquered the Emerald City. She defeats him and the city is restored to its original glory, and presumably the road is as well.
The Nome King was portrayed on film by Nicol Williamson in 1985's Return to Oz which was based loosely on the books Ozma of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz. In that film, his rock-like nature was taken to the extreme via Will Vinton's Claymation. His personality and characterization largely stays true to how he is portrayed in the original ...
'Return to Oz' (1985) It's mildly hilarious that Disney's first foray into Oz is pure nightmare fuel. The film begins with a young Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) escaping from a mental hospital, after ...
Return to Oz may refer to: Return to Oz, 1985 dark fantasy film; Return to Oz, 1964 animated television special "Return ...
At the end of the sidebar to the article "James Franco is the wizard in new Oz film, 'Oz the Great and Powerful'" by Frank Lovece, Newsday, February 26, 2013 5:54 PM, it says: "Return to Oz (1985) -- Walt Disney Pictures' critically and commercially disappointing hybrid sequel to / retelling of the 1939 film."
'The Wizard of Oz' Though most people say 'Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore,' or 'Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore,' those quotes aren't quite right. Dorothy actually says 'Toto ...
Henson performed Jack Pumpkinhead in Return to Oz (1985), operated special effects for Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and was a principal performer for the Audrey II puppet in Little Shop of Horrors (1986), controlling mouth movement while others performed the lips and vines.