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The Wiz
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
G
1978
2h 14m
Adventure
,
Family
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5.6
47%
65%
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An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
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Cast of The Wiz
Diana Ross
Dorothy Gale
Michael Jackson
Scarecrow
Nipsey Russell
Tinman
Ted Ross
Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville
Theresa Merritt
Aunt Em
Lena Horne
Glinda the Good
Richard Pryor
The Wiz
Mabel King
Evillene
Thelma Carpenter
Miss One
Stanley Greene
Uncle Henry
Quincy Jones
Emerald City Gold Pianist
Iman
Emerald City Citizen
Clyde J. Barrett
Subway Peddler
Harry Madsen
Cheetah
Mabel Robinson
Munchkin #2
The Wiz Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's good that the Scarecrow is the first traveling companion she meets; Michael Jackson fills the role with humor and warmth.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It lost its magic.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
This Broadway mainstay is horrifying -- nightmare-inducing, really.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Sidney Lumet's all-black musical, starring Diana Ross, is a failed effort to transfer the setting of the Judy Graland musical to contempo Manhattan.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Despite its marvelous personnel and terrific premise, The Wiz is a bungled mess.
TIME Magazine
John Skow
So much wit and talent and energy crowd the screen in this lavishly filmed variant of the Oz story that it is depressing to realize that the production never had a chance.
Variety
Variety Staff
Director Sidney Lumet has created what amounts to a love letter to the city of New York, which he equates with Oz.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
If you can take it just as an occasion for the exercise of some real talents, a good time can be had much of the time.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Sidney Lumet's spectacular, joyous production of The Wiz generates a mood of wonder and sentimental rapture recalling the arrival of the Mother Ship in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
A lot to look at, little to contemplate, and nothing to hum.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Rick Chatenever
Taken on its own terms it gets better as it goes along, and winds up generating a mostly happy experience for those members of the audience who will take its lead and "ease on down" the road.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
Flat-footed screen version of a jubilant show; a miscast mess, sad to say
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A celebration of personhood with plenty of rousing rock-and-soul-and gospel music.
Juicy Cerebellum
Alex Sandell
This one's so bad it's good, but not so good that I'd say that it isn't bad.
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