Oz: The Great and Powerful

Release Date: Friday, March 8, 2013 Nationwide

Joey King, James Franco, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis, Joe Roth, Michelle Williams, Sam Raimi, Abigail Spencer, Bruce Campbell, David Lindsay-Abaire, Mitchell Kapner

When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful wizard—and just maybe into a better man as well.

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When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful wizard—and just maybe into a better man as well.

Plot

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Plot
When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful wizard but into a better man as well.
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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Sam Raimi last directed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Drag Me to Hell. The film's writer Mitchell Kapner last wrote The Whole Ten Yards and Oz: The Great and Powerful 2.

Director
Sam Raimi
Producer
Joe Roth
Production Company
Roth Films

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG Parental Guidance Suggested for sequences of action and scary images, and brief mild language
Runtime
2 hrs, 3 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
Brick, The Great and Powerful Oz, Oz

Language
English

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Oz: The Great and Powerful Featurette: The World of Oz
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Oz: The Great and Powerful Video Clip: Evanora Vs Theodora
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Oz: The Great and Powerful TV Spot: Which Witch is Which? Clip Image
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Oz: The Great and Powerful TV Spot: Which Witch is Which?
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Oz: The Great and Powerful Video Clip: Bubble Travel
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Oz: The Great and Powerful Behind the Scenes: Costumes
Oz: The Great and Powerful TV Spot: The Good, The Bad, The Wise, The Wicked Clip Image
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Oz: The Great and Powerful TV Spot: The Good, The Bad, The Wise, The Wicked

Production Details

What we know about the Oz: The Great and Powerful movie production.

Key Facts

  • GRAMMY® Award–winning superstar Mariah Carey has recorded the song, "Almost Home,"
  • There are over 3,000 props used in "Oz The Great and Powerful," with 1400 of them manufactured specifically for the film. These do not include the 5000 coins Prop master Russell Bobbitt had made especially to fill Oz's treasure chest. One side of the coin is stamped with an image of the Yellow Brick Road and on the other side there is an image of author L. Frank Baum.
  • James Franco, who plays Oscar Diggs (aka Oz), had to learn magic tricks in order to accurately portray his small-time, circus magician character. He came to set two weeks early so he could work with Las Vegas magician Lance Burton. Working every day, Franco learned tricks involving doves and fire as well as how to pull objects out of hats and how to make things levitate.
  • The fantasy world of Oz The Great and Powerful was brought to life by Academy Award®–winning production designer Robert Stromberg. In all, Stromberg designed 24 full sets plus several partial sets, bringing the total to around 30. Stromberg created such iconic sets as the famed Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City, all freshly designed and imagined, along with such highly anticipated, new designs as the witch's Throne Room, the Whimsie Woods (where Oz meets Theodora), the Dark Forest, which introduces Glinda the good witch in the story, and China Town, whose inhabitants are made up entirely of porcelain.
  • Imagines the origins of the Wizard of Oz's wizard, who debuted in author L. Frank Baum's first book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum, who wrote 14 novels between 1900-1920, all set in the fantasyland he so vividly created, never fully portrayed the wizard's background. Oz The Great and Powerful is a cinematic prequel to Baum's books.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Set to start shooting July 2011.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. Hope to start production in the second half of 2011.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

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Announced

The film was tagged as Announced.

Release Dates

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Oz: The Great and Powerful was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, March 8, 2013 . There were 13 other movies released on the same date, including Dead Man Down, Emperor and The Monk. Additional information: 3D/2D; IMAX 3D.



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