Return to Oz (1985)

Recommended

USA/UK

Feature Film

Director: Walter Murch

Writers: Gill Dennis, Walter Murch, L. Frank Baum

Cinematographer: David Watkin

Composer: David Shire

Cast: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Sean Barrett, Denise Bryer, Brian Henson, Lyle Conway, Emma Ridley

Based on Baum’s novels The Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907), which follow on from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), which was loosely adapted as The Wizard of Oz (1939), this well-crafted, creepy, and downbeat film follows Dorothy’s unhappy return to Oz, which in her absense has been taken over by Princess Mombi and The Nome King, with all of her old friends now turned to stone. Iain.Stott