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Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner. 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]
Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, [1] better known as the "Wizard of Oz" and, during his reign, as "Oz the Great and Terrible" or the "Great and Powerful Oz", is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. [2]
The Land of Oz is a magical country introduced in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow.. Oz consists of four vast quadrants, the Gillikin Country in the north, Quadling Country in the south, Munchkin Country in the east, and Winkie Country in the west.
Many film and television adaptations conflate Omby Amby and the Gatekeeper for convenience. An example is the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful, in which Bruce Campbell plays an unnamed character who exhibits traits of both men. In the 2005 TV-movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Sam the Eagle portrays "the Gate Guard."
In 2013, Walt Disney Pictures released a "spiritual prequel" titled Oz the Great and Powerful. It was directed by Sam Raimi and starred James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams. It was the second film based on Baum's Oz series to be produced by Disney, after Return to Oz. It was a commercial success but received a mixed ...
The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum , who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. [ 1 ]
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Oz the Great and Powerful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2013 film of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Pictures.The film is directed by Sam Raimi, and featured musical score composed by Danny Elfman.