The Wiz trailer (dir: Sidney Lumet, 1978)

The Wiz is a 1978 American musical film produced by Motown Productions and Universal Pictures, and released by Universal on October 24, 1978. An urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-American cast, The Wiz was adapted from the 1975 Broadway musical of the same name. The film follows the adventures of Dorothy, a shy schoolteacher from Harlem, New York who finds herself magically transported to the wonderland of Oz, which resembles a fantasy version of New York City. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels through the world of Oz to seek an audience with the mysterious "Wiz", who they say has the power to take her home.

Produced by Rob Cohen and directed by Sidney Lumet, The Wiz stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor. The film's story was reworked from William F. Brown's Broadway libretto by Joel Schumacher, and Quincy Jones supervised the adaptation of Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross' songs for film. A handful of new songs, written by Jones and the songwriting team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, were added for the film version. Upon its original theatrical release, The Wiz was a critical and commercial failure, and marked the end of the resurgence of African-American films that began with the blaxploitation movement of the 1970s.[3][4][5] The film received four Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Original Music Score and Best Cinematography. (Wikipedia)

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[OldMotownFan]

R.I.P. Sidney Lumet.

[LoganJackson]

Only Dorothy remains now. Scarecrow, Tinman, the Lion and Toto have travelled beyond the yellow brick road.

[Taporeee]

underrated

[SteampunkCentral]

Rob Cohen Joel Schumacher? The fuck?

[TheWizWiki]

@Shizuma1123 Well , at least 18 people know about good music (not including you). What you commented is an opinion , if it were a fact , the movie wouldn't have been released!

[TheWizWiki]

@Shizuma1123 Well , at least 18 people know about good music (not including you). What you commented is an opinion , if it were a fact , the movie wouldn't have been released! If anyone agrees , please give this comment a thumbs up.

[Kell1295]

The best sequence was the Emerald City. Forever preserved in this movie <3

[backto1960]

This looks A HOT PILE OF STEAMING MESS!!!!!!

[Shizuma1123]

SOO FUCKIN STUPID!

[Troijatar]

I Wanna see that movie! Especially MJ And Diana Ross. :)