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Return To Oz [1985] | ![Return To Oz [1985]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZYY4NZTVL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Walter Murch
Actors: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 2296
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188811736
ASIN: B0001IMCDE
Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 1985
Release Date: March 22, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Return to Oz is a 1985 live-action sequel that split critics and audiences alike: you don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-seven set. Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvellous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas
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 my favorite film! March 13, 2004
tweets (United Kingdom)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
i fell in love with this film when i saw it as a child and still adore it today. it's much darker than the original oz film and has some fantastic characters - mombi with her collection of heads being one of the best!
another aspect of the film that makes it so special is the way that the two worlds portrayed are parallels of each other; it's not just a childish disney film.
i advise anyone who hasn't seen this to get a copy!
Underated film! January 9, 2005
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Such a good childrens film- a truely underated classic and, if you have actually read the Oz books (there were 14 of them) you realise that this film matches the orignal vision of L Frank Baum far more than the 1939 version of the Wizard of Oz which deviated quite wildly from the original book. Scary and fun in all the right places it is an excellent family film. I actually prefer it to the 1939 film!
Not for young children March 7, 2006
John P. Galantini (Southampton)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't be fooled by it's colourful artwork. This film is extremely dark and in many places, very frightening. Dorothy is sent to a hospital, where doctors use harmful electric techinques, to rid children of dreams. Dotothy manages to escape the very gothic hospital during a storm, and awakes in the land of oz. After exploring her surroundings, she finds that the place has been trashed and the emerald city is no more than crumbling ruins. This is the part where parents should intervene, becuase the characters she encounters next are terrifying. The Wheelers are men with wheels for hands and feet. There arms are as long as legs and they race around on all fours, chasing dorothy to dead ends. If the children are brave enough to continue watching, dorothy then meets princess mombie, who is a sort of witch, she has a hall of heads in cabinents and can freely change her head for another one whenever she pleases. In a later scene where dorothy creeps into the corridor, the heads all wake up and begin groaning and wailing her name, alerting the headless princess to the intruder. This again is very frightening. If you saw the film as a child like i did, you too probably had repeated nightmares about the wheelers. Don't let your children suffer this too.
Watch this film with them. They will enjoy it, but there are a few scenes that are far too scary.
A timeless classic October 29, 2006
Andrew Kerr (Scotland)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are certain films you see as a child that stick with you in life. Those sorts of films that influence your childhood. Return To Oz is one of those films. Don't be mislead by the colourful and cheerful image portrayed on the cover as Return To Oz differs from the first film in so many ways, despite being a continuation of the story. Return To Oz is by far more scary, more gloom and more dark, with electric shock treatment, the emerald city in ruins, the yellow brick road is no more, no more munchins and all of the original characters have been turned into stone. Still it is a very enjoyable film for the family or yourself if you just want to relive a part of your childhood. For children and adults alike this is a fantastic film to own and a timeless classic.
This film is amazing! March 3, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I must say when I first watched this as a child it really scared me and it's not until now that I can fully appreciate the great things this film has to offer. If you liked The Wizard of Oz this may not be your cup of tea. It sees Dorothy in shock therapy facing the propect of loosing her head to queen mombi! A great film though if your intrigued, buy it it's really worth the money!
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