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Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz books and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, [5] the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. [6] Starring James Franco in the title role, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, William Bock ...
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. ... a Disney prequel to L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Filming began ...
The Wizard of Oz is celebrated for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters. [5] It was a critical success and was nominated for five Academy Awards , including Best Picture , winning Best Original Song for " Over the Rainbow " and Best Original Score for Stothart; an Academy Juvenile Award was ...
In it, James Franco portrays Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician who’s transported from Kansas to the Land of Oz — where residents expect a great and powerful wizard to take over as ruler.
Eighty-five years ago, The Wizard of Oz arrived in cinemas and forever changed the art form. Based on L. Frank Baum's novel, the beloved film follows Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her cast of ...
Other film adaptations of Baum's book include The Wiz, a 1978 musical film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson and Oz the Great and Powerful, a 2013 film starring James Franco, Michelle ...
Franco had six roles in 2012 none of which had much success except the crime-comedy film Spring Breakers, in which he played a gangster to highly positive reviews. [11] The following year, Franco played the title role in the fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful , and the disaster film This Is the End saw him play a fictional version of himself.
In the 1939 adaption of The Wizard of Oz, the Guardian of the Gates appears as the "Gatekeeper" portrayed by Frank Morgan (who also portrays Professor Marvelous, the Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City Coachman, and the Guard). When Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion reach the Emerald City, they ring on the bell which alerted the ...