The Wiz
(1999, original release: 1978)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/MUSICAL/WIZ

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/MUSICAL/WIZ Due: 4/30/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [1999]
©1999
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0783233493 20534, 025192053429
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Widescreen version (aspect ratio: 1.85:1)

A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all

Based on the play by William F. Brown

Originally released as a motion picture in 1978

Special features include: documentary, Wiz on down the road ; scene selections ; production notes ; cast & filmmakers' biographies ; theatrical trailer ; web links

MPAA rating: G

Songs, Charles Smalls ; music, Quincy Jones ; choreography, Louis Johnson ; director of photography, Oswald Morris ; executive producer, Ken Harper ; editor, Dede Allen

Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsy Russell, Richard Pryor, Lena Horne, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter

DVD

English language soundtrack (4.0 surround) with optional subtitles in English and French ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired

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