Return to Oz (1985 film)

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adventure film dark fantasy film fantasy film film

Return to Oz (1985 film) is a dark fantasy adventure movie that serves as a more faithful and somber continuation of L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories, following Dorothy’s return to a now-ruined Emerald City.

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Return to Oz (1985 film) canonical 3
Return to Oz (1985 film score) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film ⓘ
dark fantasy film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Norman Reynolds ⓘ
basedOn Ozma of Oz ⓘ
The Marvelous Land of Oz ⓘ
basedOnAuthor L. Frank Baum ⓘ
character Billina ⓘ
The Cowardly Lion ⓘ
surface form: Cowardly Lion

Dorothy Gale ⓘ
Jack Pumpkinhead ⓘ
Mombi ⓘ
surface form: Princess Mombi

The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow

The Nome King ⓘ
Tik-Tok ⓘ
The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form: Tin Woodman
cinematographyBy David Watkin ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Raymond Hughes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Walter Murch ⓘ
distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Walt Disney Pictures
editedBy Leslie Hodgson ⓘ
follows The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
genre adventure ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
musicBy David Shire ⓘ
narrativeFocus Dorothy returns to a ruined Emerald City ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
notableFor darker tone than the 1939 film adaptation ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Paul Maslansky ⓘ
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ
ratingMPAA PG ⓘ
releaseDate 1985-06-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 113 ⓘ
screenwriter Gill Dennis ⓘ
Walter Murch ⓘ
setIn Oz ⓘ
stars Denise Bryer ⓘ
Fairuza Balk ⓘ
Jean Marsh ⓘ
Matt Clark ⓘ
Nicol Williamson ⓘ
Piper Laurie ⓘ
targetAudience family ⓘ
visualEffectsSupervisor Zoran Perisic ⓘ

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The Tin Man → appearsIn → Return to Oz (1985 film) ⓘ
David Shire → notableWork → Return to Oz (1985 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Return to Oz (1985 film score)
Nome King → adaptedIn → Return to Oz (1985 film) ⓘ
Tik-Tok → appearsInAdaptation → Return to Oz (1985 film) ⓘ