Sidney Lumet’s The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the eyes of a young African-American kindergarten teacher who’s “never been below 125th Street.” Leaving a large family dinner to chase her dog into a snowstorm, Dorothy (Diana Ross) is swept up by a cyclone and transplanted to the land of Oz — which looks suspiciously like a skewed version of the run-down Manhattan of the late ’70s. Landing on top of the Wicked Witch of the East, the puzzled Dorothy is greeted by munchkins who peel themselves from a graffiti mural and sing to her about the Wiz (Richard Pryor), a powerful wizard living in Emerald City who can help her get home. On her journey down the yellow brick road, she encounters a garbage-stuffed scarecrow (Michael Jackson) in a junkyard, a broken-down tin man (Nipsey Russell) caught in the decay of an old amusement park, and a cowardly lion (Ted Ross) posing as a stone statue outside a museum. The quartet tangles with a subway station that comes to life, a poppy den, and a gaggle of motorcycle henchman on their way to the Wiz — who orders them to kill the Wicked Witch of the West (a sweatshop tyrant) before he will grant them their wishes. The Wiz has about double the large-scale production numbers of The Wizard of Oz (1939), with songs written and composed by Charlie Smalls., Screen version of the Broadway musical which re-imagines The Wizard of Oz with an all-black cast. A Harlem schoolteacher is whisked off to a fantastic land that looks suspiciously like Manhattan., Imaginative re-working of The Wizard of Oz, with Dorothy whisked from the inner city to the mystical land of Oz. Top name music stars, a vibrant score by Quincy Jones and a modern twist on the good and evil tale., Screen version of the Broadway musical which took The Wizard of Oz and re-wrote it with an all-black cast. A Harlem schoolteacher is whisked off to a fantastic land that looks suspiciously like Manhattan., Lavish sets, New York City locations and urban rhythms highlight this version of “The Wizard of Oz,” based on the Broadway hit., A young kindergarten teacher finds herself in the Land of Oz, where she is greeted by Munchkins. As she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Wiz, she encounters a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion., Screen version of the Broadway musical which took ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and re-wrote it with an all-black cast. A Harlem schoolteacher is whisked off to a fantastic land that looks suspiciously like Manhattan., Screen version of the Broadway musical which took ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and rewrote it with an all-black cast. A Harlem schoolteacher is whisked off to a fantastic land that looks suspiciously like Manhattan.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Wiz ” ?
A: The main cast includes Diana Ross,Michael Jackson,Nipsey Russell,Lena Horne,Ted Ross,Mabel King,Theresa Merritt,Thelma Carpenter,Richard Pryor,Stanley Greene,Clyde Barrett,Carlton Johnson,Harry Madsen,Glory Van Scott,Vicki Baltimore,Clyde J. Barrett,Derrick Bell,Roderick Spencer Sibert,Kashka Banjoko,Ronald Smokey Stevens,Tony Brealond,Joe Lynn,Clinton Jackson,Charles Rodriguez,Ted Williams,Mabel Robinson,Damon Pearce,Willie C. Carpenter,Donna Patrice Ingram,Carlos Cleveland,Mariann Aalda,Aaron Boddie,Gay Faulkner,Ted Butler,T.B. Skinner,Jaime Perry,Daphne McWilliams,Douglas Berring,James Shaw,Johnny Brown,Gyle Waddy,Dorothi Fox,Francis Salisbury,Beatrice Dunmore,Traci Core,Donald King,Claude Brooks,Billie Allen,Willie Carpenter,Denise DeJon,Kevin Stockton,Alvin Alexis,Sidney Lumet,Burtt Harris,Dede Allen,Philip Rosenberg,Tony Walton,Robert Drumheller,Ken Harper,Steve James,Albert J. Whitlock,Edward Stewart,Albert Whitlock,Louis Johnson,Al Griswold,Oswald Morris,Kenneth Harper,Joel Schumacher,Stan Winston.
Q: When Did the “The Wiz” Released?
A: The Movie “The Wiz” originally aired on 1979-05-05 and released in the year of 1978.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Wiz” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Wiz” ?
A: “The Wiz” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
