Return to Oz (1985)
June 21, 1985Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Fairuza Balk
Dorothy Gale
Nicol Williamson
Dr. Worley / Nome King
Jean Marsh
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
Piper Laurie
Aunt Em
Matt Clark
Uncle Henry
Sean Barrett
Tik-Tok (voice)
Denise Bryer
Billina (voice)
Brian Henson
Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)
Lyle Conway
Gump (voice) / Creature Design
Justin Case
Scarecrow
John Alexander
Cowardly Lion
Deep Roy
Tin Man
Mak Wilson
Billina
Emma Ridley
Ozma
Michael Sundin
Tik-Tok
Tim Rose
Tik-Tok
Stephen Norrington
Gump
Sophie Ward
Mombi II
Fiona Victory
Mombi III
Pons Maar
Lead Wheeler / Nome Messenger
Rachel Ashton
Wheeler
Robbie Barnett
Wheeler
Ailsa Berk
Wheeler
Peter Elliott
Wheeler
Roger Ennals
Wheeler
Michele Hine
Wheeler
Mark Hopkins
Wheeler
Colin Skeaping
Wheeler / Stunt Coordinator
Ken Stevens
Wheeler
Philip Tan
Wheeler
Rob Thirtle
Wheeler
Bruce Boa
Policeman
Tansy
Toto
Andy Bradford
Wheeler (uncredited) / Stunts
Stuart Fell
Wheeler (uncredited)
Cherie Hawkins
Polychrome (uncredited)
Barrie Holland
Gentleman (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson
Munchkin (uncredited)
Jon Jacobs
Cage Carrier (uncredited)
Gareth Milne
Wheeler (uncredited) / Stunts
Guy Standeven
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Tip Tipping
Wheeler (uncredited) / Stunts
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Walter Murch
Director / Screenplay
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Gary Kurtz
Executive Producer
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Leslie Hodgson
Editor
Cheryl Brown
Stunt Double
Sarah White
Stunt Double
Elaine Ford
Stunts
Alison Lynn
Stunt Double
Nicola Roche
Stunt Double
Paul Vachon
Wardrobe Supervisor
Susie Figgis
Casting
Raymond Hughes
Costume Design
Denis Rich
Storyboard
Jim Dawes
Gaffer
Colin Michael Kitchens
Associate Producer
Ian Hickinbotham
Second Assistant Director
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Marci Liroff
Casting
Maurice Gillett
Gaffer
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Fred Hole
Art Direction
Harley Jessup
Storyboard
William McPhail
Assistant Costume Designer
Norman Reynolds
Production Design
Charles Bishop
Supervising Art Director
Michael Ford
Set Decoration
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
John Stephenson
Mechanical Designer
L. Frank Baum
Book
Bruce Sharman
Executive In Charge Of Production
Mike Ploog
Storyboard
Sally Jones
Continuity
Richard Blanshard
Still Photographer
Bill Rowe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Watts
Thanks
Ken Worringham
Camera Operator
Barry Peake
Still Photographer
Tony Morris
Assistant Sound Editor
Henry Selick
Storyboard
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Michael Murray
Assistant Director
Peter Hancock
Property Master
Martin Evans
Sound Editor
Richard Holland
Draughtsman
Peter Musgrave
Sound Editor
George Lucas
Thanks
Gill Dennis
Screenplay
Walter Nelson
Assistant Sound Editor
Geoff R. Brown
Assistant Sound Editor
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Philip Kohler
Unit Manager
Grania O'Shannon
Location Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingPG
Budget$25,000,000
Box Office$11,137,801
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Return to Oz is a 1985 dark fantasy film released by Walt Disney Pictures, co-written and directed by Walter Murch. It stars Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role. The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz, and it is based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz novels, mainly Ozma of Oz (1907). In the plot, an insomniac Dorothy returns to the Land of Oz to find it has been conquered by the wicked Nome King and his accomplice Princess Mombi. Dorothy must restore Oz with her new friends Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump.
In 1954, Walt Disney Productions bought the film rights to Baum's remaining Oz books to use in the television series Disneyland; this led to the proposed live-action film The Rainbow Road to Oz, which was never completed. Murch suggested making another Oz film in 1980. Disney approved the project as they were due to lose the film rights to the series. Though MGM was not involved in the production, Disney had to pay a large fee to use the ruby slippers created for the 1939 film. Return to Oz fell behind schedule during production, and, following a change of Disney management, Murch was briefly fired.
Return to Oz was released in theaters on June 21, 1985. It performed poorly at the box office, grossing $11.1 million in the United States on a $28 million budget, and received mixed reviews, with critics praising the effects and performances but criticizing the dark content and twisted visuals. However, it performed well outside the US, and has since acquired a cult following from fans of the Oz books who regard it as more faithful to L. Frank Baum's works. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.