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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BALK,FAIRUZA
EAN: 0786936233780
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 1074
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 1985
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Dorothy finds herself back in the land of Oz, where she meets both new friends and new enemies.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: PG
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
You don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. Perhaps that is why the 1985 live-action sequel split critics and audiences alike. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L. Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-7 set.
Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvelous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Dozen Great Fantasy Films at The Castro Theatre in SF August 8 to 14
August 8
Return To Oz, Beetlejuice, Meet The Feebles
August 9
Labyrinth, The Never Ending Story
August 10
THE DARK CRYSTAL, Legend
August 11
Flash Gordon, Heavy Metal
August 13
Ladyhawke, Beast Master
August 14
Conan, Flesh & Blood
IMPORTANT NOTE: If good sound is important to you, contact theatre prior to visit to ask if they got a print with good Stereo sound!!
Rating:  - the best way to travel down the Yellow Brick Road
As a fan of Baum's original works, this has always been my most favorite film version of his world.
And as a child of the 1980s, this film has always had nostalgic appeal. Yes, the film scared me as a child. But that very darkness, mixed with the light fairy tale images, the violence and the childish sense of logic and imagination, is also much closer to Baum's wonderful Oz.
The film comes from the Golden Age of Fantasy Films, the 1980s. The time when they knew how to ... Read More
Rating: - LOVE IT.
I absolutely LOVE this movie. When I was younger, we used to make a weekly trip to the video store and this is always the movie that I rented. I watched it almost daily for many years. There is another reviewer I saw that said that it would be insane to show this movie to kids, but I can say that as a kid who was obsessed with it, I came out unharmed and still love it. Buy this movie, you won't regret it.
Rating: - Psychologically brilliant... and a 5 star film at that
I don't often say something is perfect, but that's what this movie is. I don't know why I like Return to Oz so much. I like the MGM movie, I guess, and I've never really found the books captivating. Or even the anime series in the '80s.
This movie gets me for so many reasons. For one, it's so diverse in its intentions, and packs a load of hidden gems.
For one, it's a kids film... for adults. It's hard to explain. On its initial release nobody saw it because back then, kids saw mind-numbing ... Read More
Rating:  - BAD MOVIE
Do not buy this movie... It is terrible.
I guess if you have kids, it's sort of fantasy, and has some scary parts... but, overall-- it's a really bad movie.
I do NOT recommend it.
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