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This page provides a description of the principal Oz productions for cinema and television. Each film is listed in chronological order, from 1980 through 1995. To navigate this page by the relationship between the books and films, use the Movie Index.
THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ
Release date: 1981
Descripton: Video version of The Minneapolis Children's Theatre Co.
stage production of the original Baum book.
Production company: The Minneapolis Children's Theatre Co.
Executive Producer: Francis M. McGovern
for TV: Douglas Draper and Ronald Tanet
Producer: John Clark Donahue
for TV: Richard A. Carey and Jonathan Stathakis
Director: John Clark Donahue
for TV: John Driver
Screenwriter: Thomas W. Olson
Editor: Veronica Lozo
Music: Richard Dworsky
Lyrics: Gary Briggle
Distributor: Child Vision Company
Length: 105 minutes
Cast: Wendy Lehr (Mombi), Christopher Passi (Tip/Ozma), Carl Beck (Jack
Pumpkinhead), Gary Briggle (Scarecrow), Stephen Boe (Tin Woodsman),
Rana Haugen (Jellia Jamb), Julee Cruise (General Jinjur), Steve
Huke (Guardian of the Gates), Kathleen Wegner (Glinda), Tom Dunn
(H.M. Wogglebug, T.E.), Garth Schumacher (Dr. Nikidik), Suzanne Petri
(Colonel Cardamon), Oliver Osterberg (Soldier of Oz), James McNee
(voices of Sawhorse and Mouse Queen)
OZU NO MAHOTSUKAI
Release date: 1982 (Japan) 1983 (US)
Description: Animated film based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Production company: Toho Co. Ltd./Alan Enterprises
Executive producer: Yoshimitsu Banno and Katsumi Ueno (Japan)
Alan L. Gleitsman (US)
Producer: John Danylkiw
Director: Fumihiko Takayama (Japan)
John Danylkiw (US)
Music: Jo Hisaishi
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn and Allen Byrns
Editor: Johann Lowenberg
Cast: (voices in US version) Aileen Quinn (Dorothy), Lorne Green
(Wizard), John Stocker (Tin Woodman), Billy Van (Scarecrow),
Thick Wilson (Cowardly Lion), Elizabeth Hanna (Wicked Witch
of the West), Wendy Thatcher (Glinda)
Available on VHS video
EL MAGO DE OZ
Release date: 1985
Description: Mexican musical comedy based on Baum's
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". Alternate
title is "Mago de Oz Cuento de Frank Baum".
Production company: Amarillo Rojo Cafe/Estudio 5 y 3
Producer: Ramon Tellez
Director: Angelica Ortiz, Ramon Tellez (for TV)
Art Director: Leopoldo Falcon
Screenwriter: Angelica Ortiz
Music: Harold Arlen
Editor: Andres Menendez
Distributor: Madera Cinevideo
Length: 70 mins
Cast: Angelica Vale (Dorotea), David Rodrigo (Espantapajaros y
Panta), Ana Gloria Blanch (Bruja y Dona Brujilda), Lucio
Boliver (Hombre de Hojalata), Manuel D'Flon (Profesor
Maravilla y Mago de Oz), Carlos Espindola (Leon y Leoncio),
Jorge Rosette (Guardia y Jorobado), Pilar Bolivar (Ema y
Hada Glinda)
RETURN TO OZ
Release date: 1985, June 21
Description: Based on pieces of the L. Frank Baum books, "The Marvelous
Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz", and "Tik-tok of Oz".
Production company: Oz Productions/Walt Disney Productions
Executive producer: Gary Kurtz
Producer: Paul Maslansky
Director: Walter Murch
Screenwriter: Walter Murch and Gill Dennis
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Editor: Leslie Hodgson
Music: David Shire
Distributor: Buena Vista. Color
Length: 113 minutes
Cast: Fairuza Balk (Dorothy), Nicol Williamson (Dr. Worley/Nome King),
Jean Marsh (Nurse Wilson/Mombi), Piper Laurie (Aunt Em),
Matt Clark (Uncle Henry), Emma Ridley (Ozma), Michael Sundin
and Tim Rose (Tik-Tok)(voice by Sean Barrett), Mak Wilson (Billina)
(voice by Denise Bryer), Pons Maar (leader of the Wheelers and Nome
Messenger), Justin Case (Scarecrow), John Alexander (Cowardly Lion),
Deep Roy (Tin Woodman), Sophie Ward (Mombi 1), Sophie Ward (Mombi 2),
Fiona Victory (Mombi 3), Brian Henson and Stewart Lawrence (Jack
Pumpkinhead)(voice by Brian Henson), Lyle Conway and Steve Norrington
(Gump)(voice by Lyle Conway), Cherie Hawkins (Polychrome), Tansy (Toto).
Nomes (Claymation) by Will Vinton.
Available on VHS video
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS
Release date: 1985, December 17
Description: Made for CBS televison adaption of L. Frank Baum's
book, with stop-motion puppet animation.
Production company: Rankin-Bass Productions
Producer: Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass
Director: Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass
Screenwriter: Julian P. Gardner
Lyrics: Julian P. Gardner
Music: Bernard Hoffer
Distributor: Lorimar-Telepictures
Length: 49 mins
Cast: Earl Hammond (Santa Claus), Earle Hyman (King Awgwa), Larry Kenney
(Commander of the Wind Demons) Lynne Lipton (Queen Zurline/Wife/et.al),
Robert McFadden (Tingler), Lesley Miller (Necile), Peter Newman (Peter
Nook/Awgwas/Lord of Lerd/The Nome King/Husband/et.al), Joey Grasson
(Weekum), J.D. Roth (young Claus), Alfred Drake (The Great Ak)
Available on VHS video
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1986
Description: Animated short based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz",
and Alibaba and the Forty Thieves (from "1001 Nights").
Full title is "My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 4:
The Wiazrd of Oz - The Magic Carpet - Alibaba and the
Forty Thieves."
Production company: Saban Productions
Producer: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Director: Robert Barron
Screenwriter: Winston Richard
Music: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Distributor: Video Treasures, Inc.
Length: 30 minutes
Available on VHS video
DOROTHY MEETS OZMA OF OZ
Release date: 1987
Description: Animated film made for television based on Baum's book,
"Ozma of Oz". Hosted by Michael Gross.
Production company: Atlantic/Kushner-Locke, Inc.
Executive Producer: Donald Kushner and Peter Locke
Director:
Screenwriter:
Distributor: Lorimar Home Video
Length: 30 minutes
Available on VHS video
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1987
Description: Series of fifty-two 23 minute episodes
based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "The
Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz", and
"The Emerald City of Oz". Edited to four
93 minute video tapes, one each four the four books.
Production company: Cinar Films, Inc. (Canada)
Executive Producer: Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg
Producer: Ronald Weinberg
Director: Tim Reid
Screenwriter: Don Arioli and Tim Reid
Cinematographer: Ian MacGillvray
Distributor: Lightyear Entertainment
Narrator: Margot Kidder
Length: 93 minutes (four each)
Cast: Morgan Hallet (Dorothy), George Morris (Tin Woodman), Neil Shee
(Cowardly Lion), Richard Dumont (Scarecrow)
Available on VHS video
THE DREAMER OF OZ
Release date: 1990, December 10
Description: NBC Television Movie of the Week.
Based on the life of L. Frank Baum.
Production company: Bedrock Productions, Inc
Executive Producer: David Kirschner and Robert M. Myman
Producer: Ervin Zavada
Director: Jack Bender
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson
Cinematographer: Thomas Burstyn
Editor: Jerrold R. Ludwig
Music: Lee Holdridge
Distributor: NBC-TV
Length: 100 mins
Cast: John Ritter (L. Frank Baum), Annette O'Toole (Maud Gage Baum),
Rue McClanahan (Matilda Gage), David Schramm (W. W. Denslow),
Nancy Lenehen (harriet Baum), Courtney Barilla (Dorothy Leslie
Gage/Dorothy Gale), David Ellzey (Scarecrow), Charles Haid
(Cowardly Lion), Derek Loughran (Tin Woodman), Courtney Barilla (Dorothy)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1990
Description: Series of thirteen 23 minute made-for-television
cartoons based on the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz.
Production company: Turner Entertainment Company/Pacific Rim Animation
Executive Producer: Andy Heyward
Director:
Screenwriter: Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser
Art Director: Kurt William Conner
Distributor: ABC-TV
Length: 23 minutes each
Available on VHS video
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1991
Description: Animated film based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
Production company: American Film Investment Corp.
Dai Won Animation
Executive Producer: Diane Eskanzzi and Ron Layton
Producer: Jim Simon
Director: Jim Simon
Screenwriter: Roger Scott Olsen
Distributor:
Length: 25 minutes
Available on VHS video
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Release date: 1993
Description: Animated film based on "The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz".
Production company: Fuji Eight Company Ltd./Saban Productions
Executive Producer: Jerald E. Bergh
Producer: Eric S. Rollman
Supervising Producer: Winston Richard
Voice Director: Doug Parker
Screenwriter: Barbara A. Oliver
Story Editor: Tony Oliver
Music: Shuki Levy
Distributor: Saban Home Video/Video Treasures
Length: 24 minutes
Cast: Norma MacMillian (Narrator), Lee Tockar (Toto/Wolf 1),
Christine Lippa (Dorothy), Scott McNeil (Uncle Henry/
Munchkins), Cathy Weseluck (Aunt Em), Kate Robbins
(Glinda), Ian James Corlett (Scarecrow), Britain
Durham (Tin Woodman), Mike Donavan (Cowardly Lion),
Doug Parker (Oz/Guard), Barbara Whiting (Wicked Witch
of the West)
Available on VHS video
IN SEARCH OF OZ
Release date: 1994
Description: Biography of L. Frank Baum and his Oz books.
Production company: BBC Television
Length: about an hour
VOLSHEBNIK IZUMRUDNOGO GORODO
Release date: 1994
Description: A Russian film based on the Alexandr Volkov book that
is a Russian rewrite of The Wizard of Oz. This movie
may be the closest adaptation to the original Baum
story yet to be filmed.
See also The Wizard of the City of Emeralds
Production company: The Russian Federation of Cinematography
Producer: Alexander Malugin
Director: Pavel Arsyenov
Screenwriter: Vadim Korostelyev
Cinematographer: Uri Posnikov
Music: Yevgyeni Bogolepov
Length: 63 minutes
Cast: Katya [Yekaterina] Mikhailovskaya (Elli), Vyacheslav Nevinei (Scarecrow),
Yevgyeni Gyerasimov (Iron Woodman), Vyacheslav Nevinnei, Mladshi
(Cowardly Lion), Victor Pavlov (Goodwin), Valyeri Nosik (Ogre),
Natalya Varlyei (Bastinda and Gingyema), Olga Kabo (mother of
Elli and Styella), Syergyei Varchook (Worra), Vladimir Antonik
(cyclone), Boris Shchyerbakov (Guard)
THE WIZARD OF OZ IN CONCERT
Release date: 1995, November 22
Description: An on-stage live rock version of the 1939
MGM film classic, filmed on 5 November 1995.
Production company: Turner Pictures Worldwide, Inc./TNT
Executive Producer: Jonathan Brauer
Producer: Darrell Larson
Director: Darrell Larson (stage), Louis J. Horvitz (TV)
Screenwriter: Darrell Larson (based on the original screenplay)
Music: Harold Arlen, et. al.
Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg
Length:
Cast: Jackson Browne (Scarecrow), Natalie Cole (Glinda), Roger
Daltrey (Tin Woodman), Joel Grey (Wizard of Oz and Guardian
of the Gate), Jewel Kirscher (Dorothy), Nathan Lane
(Cowardly Lion), Debra Winge (Wicked Witch of the West),
The Boys Choir of Harlem, under the direction of Dr. Walter
J. Turnbull (The Munchkins), Lucie Arnaz (Auntie Em),
Ry Cooder (Crows/Winkies)
LITTLE WIZARD STORIES
Release date: 1996
Description: Twenty-six 23 minutes episodes, based on the
Oz stories by L. Frank Baum. Animated video
for television. Also known as "The Oz Kids."
Production company: Hyperion Animation, Inc.
Executive Producer: Willard Carrol and Thomas L. Wilhite
Producer: John Bush
Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Screenwriter: Willard Carroll
Editor: Charlie King and Julie Ann Lau
Music: Michael Muhlfriedel
Length: 23 minutes each
Cast: Shay Astar (Andrea), Shayna Fox (Bela), Eric Lloyd (Neddie),
Aaron Michael Metchik (Jack Pumpkinhead), Julianne Michelle
(Dot), Bradley Pierce (Boris), Benjamin Salisbury (Tin Boy),
Scott McAfee (Scarecrow jr.), Alex Zuckerman (Frank, jr.),
Lawrence Tierney (Rick), Lori Alan (Auntie Scraps), Marc
Allen Lewis (The Nome King/Santa Claus), Chauncey Leopardi
(Otto), Ross Mapletoft (Zeb Hugson/Jack Sr.), Andy Milder
(Scarecrow Sr./Tommy Kwikstep), Erika Schikel (Dorothy/
Glinda), Steve Stoliar (Tin Man/Wizard)
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