Return To Oz
It has been six months since Dorothy has returned home from Oz and she still cannot sleep, as she is obsessed with her memories of Oz. Aunt Em, worried for Dorothy';s health, takes her to a famous doctor. While he tries to treat her, she is rescued by a mysterious girl who leads her back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful. Â
14 September 1936, Hamilton, Scotland, UK
1 March 1961, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
5 January 1928, Kensington, London, England, UK
1 December 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
13 February 1958, England, UK
30 December 1964, London, England, UK
7 September 1944, Cambridge, England, UK
17 July 1956, Pittsfield, Illinois, USA
10 July 1930, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1956, Yorkshire, England, UK
1960, Singapore
10 September 1966, Derbyshire, England, UK
10 May 1972, Hampstead, London, England, UK
21 May 1974, Point Reyes, California, USA
1 July 1934, Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
4 May 1940, Hampstead, London, England, UK
18 June 1944, Colchester, Essex, England, UK
August 21, 2004
Director Walter Murch tries to infuse the story with the inventiveness and adventure of the Star Wars saga, but the results are disappointing.
December 12, 2007
It's bleak, creepy, and occasionally terrifying.
December 12, 2007
Best to see them as individual films with nothing in common apart from source material, one a classic, the other a strong enough picaresque amongst some decent fabulation.
August 12, 2003
Faithfully brings the Oz books to life. A classic.
September 22, 2005
A forgotten classic.
March 09, 2009
Any movie in which a Midwestern prairie actually looks more attractive and more interesting than the enchanted land over the rainbow is in big trouble.
May 20, 2003
The work of ingenious technicians who seem either not to know what gave the original film its magic, or not to care.
April 03, 2005
I can see why the Judy Garland fans might not appreciate this weird little adaptation, but it's actually pretty good!
November 09, 2010
1985 sequel to American classic is tin-eared and creepy.
March 10, 2013
On its own merits, has some very fine cinematic flourishes... if we can but manage the herculean feat of separating it from the older movie.
