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Year

1978

Duration

128 minutes

Genres

Musicals, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Language

English

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4 Star

5

3 Star

15

2 Star

8

1 Star

7

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Synopsis

This Sidney Lumet film gives a makeover to the classic children's book The Wizard of Oz. Adapted from a hit Broadway musical, it stars a young Michael Jackson as the scarecrow and soul diva Diana Ross. Her Dorothy is a shy Harlem schoolteacher who finds herself transported to a nightmarish metropolis, which, with its graffiti and subway stations, seems more like New York than the Emerald City of the original.

Director/s

Sidney Lumet

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