They are attacked by Wheelers, menacing people with wheels instead of hands and feet, but are saved by a mechanical man, Tik-Tok. They follow a damaged Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, now in ruins and its citizens turned to stone. Dorothy clambers aboard a floating chicken coop, but loses the other girl.ĭorothy wakes up in Oz with her chicken Billina, who can now talk. Dorothy is freed by a mysterious girl who tells her that Dr Worley's machines damage the patients and the two escape, but are chased by Nurse Wilson into a river. Under the care of Nurse Wilson, Dorothy is about to receive treatment when lightning causes a power failure. After she finds a key with an Oz insignia, Aunt Em takes her to a clinic to see Dr. In 1899, Dorothy Gale's obsession with the Land of Oz troubles her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, who believe she is fantasizing. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects. However, it performed well outside the U.S and has since acquired a cult following. It performed poorly at the box office, grossing $11.1 million in the United States on a $28 million budget, and received mixed reviews, with critics praising the effects and performances but criticizing the dark content and twisted visuals. Return to Oz was released in theaters on June 21, 1985. Return to Oz fell behind schedule during production, and, following a change of Disney management, Murch was briefly fired. Though MGM was not involved in the production, Disney had to pay a large fee to use the ruby slippers created for the 1939 film. Disney approved the project as they were due to lose the film rights to the series. Murch suggested making another Oz film in 1980.
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In 1954, Walt Disney Productions bought the film rights to Baum's remaining Oz books to use in the television series Disneyland this led to the live-action film Rainbow Road to Oz, which was never completed. In the plot, Dorothy returns to the Land of Oz to find it has been conquered by the Nome King she must restore it with her new friends Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, the Gump, and Princess Ozma. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz novels, mainly The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907). The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz, and it is based on L. It stars Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role. Return to Oz is a 1985 dark fantasy film released by Walt Disney Pictures, directed and written by Walter Murch, co-written by Gill Dennis and produced by Paul Maslansky.
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