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The Wiz
U.S., 1978
Director Sidney Lumet’s dazzlingly inventive adaptation of the hit Broadway musical transplants L. Frank Baum’s fantastical world from somewhere over the rainbow to somewhere over the Brooklyn Bridge. Diana Ross, as Dorothy, heads the all-Black cast featuring Michael Jackson as The Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as The Tin Man, Ted Ross as The Lion and Richard Pryor as The Wiz.
DCP, color, 134 min. Director: Sidney Lumet. Screenwriter: Joel Schumacher. With: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor.
Recommended for ages 7+
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