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Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz books and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, [5] the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. [6]
Murphy is Black Irish like the O'Reily brothers and understands that Ryan is trying to protect him. Murphy also helps McManus start the prison boxing tournament where each competitor represents one prison group. Ryan enrolls Cyril, who used to box before his injury, in the tournament to show everyone in Oz that Cyril is physically powerful.
Later on, Oz thanks Victor for helping him, lamenting that he saw him during his worst time. Victor confides they are like family. Oz reacts to this by strangling Victor to death, ignoring his pleas. After stealing Victor's money, Oz drops his driver's license in a nearby river and walks off. In Arkham Asylum, Dr. Rush visits Sofia in her cell.
He was the cause of nearly every death in the first season of Oz: In the pilot episode, he bribes the guards in solitary confinement to allow Johnny Post in to burn Dino Ortolani. He then betrayed Post to the Italian gang. He sets up Jefferson Keane to be killed. This backfires, but Keane goes to death row for killing one of his attackers.
The actor never diminished his involvement in The Wizard of Oz, saying in a 1976 interview that he felt lucky to be a part of a movie that left such an impression on the culture. "It's a great ...
Carrie proves Hank is the father of her baby, but is killed in a bus accident on the way to Oz. The baby survives and is sent to live with Carrie's parents in Montana . Sister Pete averts an Aryan–Muslim war by arranging mediation sessions between Beecher, Saïd, and Schillinger.
In a flashback, a young Oz lives with his mother Francis and his brothers Jack and Benny, and resents the affection his siblings receive from Francis. While walking in the streets, the three brothers run into notorious criminal Rex Calabrese, who gives them 50 dollars. Jack leads his siblings to an abandoned underground railway, where they play ...
'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 ...