"Return to Oz" |
Directed by: Walter Murch Written by: Gill Dennis & Walter Murch Based on the Novels: "The Marvelous Land of Oz" & "Ozma of Oz" by L. Frank Baum Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures Production Year: 1984-1985 Original Theatrical Release: June 21, 1985 Running Time: 113 Minutes Rating: PG(Parental Guidence) |
SUMMARY 6 months after the tornado Dorothy is back in Kansas after her 1st adventure in Oz. Unable to sleep & continually talking about a place that "just doesn't exist" Auntie Em takes her to see Dr. Worely to see if she can be cured w/ his electral shock treatments. Before the doctor can get to Dorothy a mysterious girl helps Dorothy escape in the storm. After jumping into the river, the girl is lost but Dorothy manages to climb into a chicken coop & when she wakes up she is in Oz w/ Billina, the talking hen, but it is not all as she left it. The Yellow Brick Road is destroyed, the Emerald City is in ruins & everyone has been turned to stone. Dorothy meets Tik-Tok the mechanical man who accompanines her to the tower of Mombi, who has 31 different heads, Mombi who is actually the evil assistant of the Nome King locks Dorothy in the tower where she meets Jack Pumpkinhead, together w/ Tik-Tok they build a "gump" to carry them to the Nome King's Mountain & the are off to rescue Oz! |
CAST Dorothy Gale...Fairuza Balk Nome King/Dr. J.B. Worley...Nicol Williamson Mombi/Nurse Wilson...Jean Marsh Tik-Tok...Sean Barrett(Voice) Billina...Denise Bryer Jack Pumpkinhead...Brian Henson Gump...Lyle Conway Scarecrow...Justin Case Tin Woodman...Deep Roy Aunt Em...Piper Laurie |