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The Wiz
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
G
1978
2h 14m
Adventure
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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
Michael Jackson
Scarecrow
Nipsey Russell
Tinman
Ted Ross
Lion
Mabel King
Evillene
Theresa Merritt
Aunt Em
Thelma Carpenter
Miss One
Lena Horne
Gilda the Good
Richard Pryor
The Wiz
Stanley Greene
Uncle Henry
Clyde J. Barrett
Subway Peddler
Derrick Bell
Crow
Roderick-Spencer Sibert
Crow
Kashka Banjoko
Crow
Ronald "Smokey" Stevens
Crow
Toney Brealond
Gold Footman
Joe Lynn
Gold Footman
Clinton Jackson
Green Footman
Charles Rodriguez
Green Footman
Carlton Johnson
Head Winkie
Ted Williams
Munchkin #1
Mabel Robinson
Munchkin #2
Damon Pearce
Munchkin #3
Donna Patrice Ingram
Munchkin #4
Harry Madsen
Cheetah
Glory Van Scott
Rolls Royce Lady
Vicki Baltimore
Green Lady
Iman
Emerald City Citizen (uncredited)
Quincy Jones
Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)
Duke Thorbs
The Wiz Singers Children's Choir (voice)
The Wiz Ratings & Reviews
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.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Despite its marvelous personnel and terrific premise, The Wiz is a bungled mess.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It lost its magic.
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.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
A lot to look at, little to contemplate, and nothing to hum.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
This Broadway mainstay is horrifying -- nightmare-inducing, really.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A celebration of personhood with plenty of rousing rock-and-soul-and gospel music.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
Flat-footed screen version of a jubilant show; a miscast mess, sad to say
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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