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The Wiz (1978)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:7

Rotten:12

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: In this Sidney Lumet-directed Motown rendition of THE WIZARD OF OZ, Diana Ross plays a soulful Dorothy, accompanied by a cast peppered with R&B stars such as Roberta Flack and Luther Vandross.

Starring: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor

Starring: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Roberta Flack, Cissy Houston, Gwen Guthrie, Luther Vandross

Director: Sidney Lumet, Rob Cohen

Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenwriter: Joel Schumacher
Story: L. Frank Baum
Director: Rob Cohen
Composer: Quincy Jones, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Charlie Smalls, Luther Vandross

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Well, it's nice to see the child-voiced Michael Jackson with a bulbous brown nose in this black American retake of The Wizard Of Oz

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08/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/01/05
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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05/10/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
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08/19/04
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

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08/01/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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05/21/04
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

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05/10/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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03/11/04
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A celebration of personhood with plenty of rousing rock-and-soul-and gospel music.

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01/24/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Flat-footed screen version of a jubilant show; a miscast mess, sad to say

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07/15/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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07/09/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

This one's so bad it's good, but not so good that I'd say that it isn't bad.

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04/01/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Nearly as lame as its reputation suggests.

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11/20/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A total misfire; Ross was too old for Dorothy. Badly dated, doesn't hold up at all.

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08/30/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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07/26/02
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David Poland
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June 25, 2009: Michael Jackson On Screen: His 10 Best Moments
Though he never made the transition to feature film stardom after 1978's The Wiz, Michael Jackson's music videos became movies unto themselves, revolutionising the art form and... More...

December 12, 2005: Richard Pryor Passes Away at 65
Richard Pryor passed away yesterday morning, and while he's probably best remembered for his incendiary stand-up material (as evidenced in 1979's "Live in Concert,"... More...

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