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The Wiz

An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

Director

Sidney Lumet

Year

Genre

adventure, family, fantasy

Box Office

$21,049,053

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 11 nominations total

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Dorothy

Scarecrow

Michael Jackson

Tinman

Lion

Evillene

Aunt Em

Theresa Merritt

Miss One

Thelma Carpenter

Glinda the Good

The Wiz (Herman Smith)

Uncle Henry

Subway Peddler

Clyde J. Barrett

The Four Crows

The Four Crows

Roderick-Spencer Sibert

The Four Crows

The Four Crows

Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens

Gold Footman

Gold Footman

Green Footman

Clinton Jackson

Green Footman

Charles Rodriguez

Head Winkie

Carlton Johnson

Munchkin #1

Munchkin #2

Munchkin #3

Munchkin #4

Donna Patrice Ingram

Cheetah, Head of the Flying Monkeys

Rolls Royce Lady

Glory Van Scott

Green Lady

Vicki Baltimore

Aunt Em's Party

Carlos Cleveland

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Guest at Aunt Emma's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Daphne McWilliams

Aunt Em's Party

H. Douglas Berring

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Frances Salisbury

Aunt Em's Party

Beatrice Dunmore

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

Willie C. Carpenter

Aunt Em's Party

Denice De Jon Nortez

Aunt Em's Party

Aunt Em's Party

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Adrienne Albert

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Alfa K. Anderson

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Joshie Armstead

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

Winkie

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Clare Janice Bathe

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Emerald City Citizen

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Charles Collins

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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Christopher Dean

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Melvin W. Edmondson

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

Camille Farrell

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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Emerald City Citizen

Vocalist

Guest at Aunt Emma's Party

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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Citizen of Oz

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Emerald City Gold Pianist

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Christine Langner

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Ullanda McCullough

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Debbie McDuffie

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Janice Pendarvis

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Gerrard Randall

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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Trashcan

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

Ermundo Russell

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Annette Sanders

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Zachary Sanders

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir

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Emerald City Citizen

Sterling St. Jacques

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Susan Stephenson

The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

Maeretha Stewart

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Alfonzo Thornton

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Luther Vandross

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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The Wiz Singers Adult Choir

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Beurice Whitehead

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Emerald City Citizen

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Tinman Scarecrow Lion Dorothy Aunt Em Glinda The Good The Wiz Evillene Cheetah, Head Of The Flying Monkeys The Four Crows Miss One

Hello, there.
This is my son.
Good to see you. - The Wiz

Hello, there. This is my son. Good to see you.

Move, now,
we're getting ready to
set the table, you all. - The Wiz

Move, now, we're getting ready to set the table, you al...

MAN: (ON TV)
Emergency snow aIert
is now in effect. - The Wiz

MAN: (ON TV) Emergency snow aIert is now in effect.

Girl do you know you're 24 years old and you've never - The Wiz

Girl do you know you're 24 years old and you've...

Oh here we go again - The Wiz

Oh here we go again

L can't see how going south of 125th Street - The Wiz

L can't see how going south of 125th Street

(TOTO WHlMPERlNG) - The Wiz

(TOTO WHlMPERlNG)

Toto. Toto. - The Wiz

Two four six eight Who do we appreciate - The Wiz

Two four six eight Who do we appreciate

(MlSS ONE LAUGHlNG) - The Wiz

(MlSS ONE LAUGHlNG)

Come to mama you hot little digits - The Wiz

Come to mama you hot little digits

Lnnumerable blessings,
countless felicitations. - The Wiz

Lnnumerable blessings, countless felicitations.

Lnnumerable blessings countless felicitations - The Wiz

Lnnumerable blessings countless felicitations

Bottom line honey this chick put the ugh in ugly - The Wiz

Bottom line honey this chick put the ugh in ugly

But where's my home Where's Aunt Em Where's New York - The Wiz

But where's my home Where's Aunt Em Where's...

What's a Wiz - The Wiz

Sweet thing, Iet me
teII you about the worId
and the way things are now - The Wiz

Sweet thing, Iet me teII you about the worId and the way thi...

He's the Wiz - The Wiz

I wish... - The Wiz

(CHUCKLlNG) - The Wiz

But Bacon here said - The Wiz

But Bacon here said

L gotta sing that thing again - The Wiz

L gotta sing that thing again

The results of the first experiment - The Wiz

The results of the first experiment

First thing we have to do is get rid of these crows - The Wiz

First thing we have to do is get rid of these crows

Say what's your name - The Wiz

Say what's your name

Don't you carrt nothing
that might be a Ioad - The Wiz

Don't you carrt nothing that might be a Ioad

MAN Hurry hurry hurry Step right up and save a life - The Wiz

MAN Hurry hurry hurry Step right up and save a life

Oh ! - The Wiz

L'm in a little bit of a squeeze brother Can you give me a hand - The Wiz

L'm in a little bit of a squeeze brother Can you give...

Don't worry l wasn't planning any promenades - The Wiz

Don't worry l wasn't planning any promenades

He's probably in shock - The Wiz

He's probably in shock

The genius who created me only took care of my dashing good looks - The Wiz

The genius who created me only took care of my dashing good...

Nobody home in Soulville - The Wiz

Nobody home in Soulville

Free from your posterior prison you hulking she devil - The Wiz

Free from your posterior prison you hulking she devil

Ah it was a sad day - The Wiz

Ah it was a sad day

There How does that feel - The Wiz

There How does that feel

You could come with us to see the Wiz - The Wiz

You could come with us to see the Wiz

You're not just flimflamming an old flimflammer are you - The Wiz

You're not just flimflamming an old flimflammer are you

He rusted himself crying - The Wiz

He rusted himself crying

Slide some oil to me - The Wiz

Slide some oil to me

Come on,
you metal metatarsals,
don't fail me now. - The Wiz

Come on, you metal metatarsals, don't fail me now.

Let me show you my
Saturday night finish. - The Wiz

Let me show you my Saturday night finish.

You tacky package of horse fodder - The Wiz

You tacky package of horse fodder

L can't scare anything - The Wiz

L can't scare anything

A lion without
any courage! - The Wiz

A lion without any courage!

''Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown '' - The Wiz

''Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown...

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown - The Wiz

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Lion ! - The Wiz

(CRYlNG)
Because l'm scared. - The Wiz

(CRYlNG) Because l'm scared.

Mama would be so proud - The Wiz

Mama would be so proud

How does he do that? - The Wiz

How does he do that?

(LlON GASPlNG) - The Wiz

Lion ! Lion !
Help! - The Wiz

Lion ! Lion ! Help!

(SCREAMS) - The Wiz

(GRUNTlNG) - The Wiz

Toto Toto Toto Toto Toto - The Wiz

Toto Toto Toto Toto Toto

(HlSSlNG) - The Wiz

My queen if you'll allow me - The Wiz

My queen if you'll allow me

Out of the frying pan,
into the. . .
This is like a setup. - The Wiz

Out of the frying pan, into the. . . This is like a setup.

SlNGlNG How high the moon - The Wiz

SlNGlNG How high the moon

Oh mighty Zeus and gods of the universe - The Wiz

Oh mighty Zeus and gods of the universe

(SlNGlNG)
There is a pIace we'II go - The Wiz

(SlNGlNG) There is a pIace we'II go

(ALL LAUGHlNG) - The Wiz

(SlNGlNG)
I want to be seen green - The Wiz

(SlNGlNG) I want to be seen green

You've got to be
seen green to show that
your stuff's Iaid - The Wiz

You've got to be seen green to show that your stuff...

You've got to be seen green - The Wiz

You've got to be seen green

(TRUMPET BLOWlNG) - The Wiz

(TRUMPET BLOWlNG)

WlZ I thought it over and green is dead - The Wiz

WlZ I thought it over and green is dead

(SlNGlNG)
I wouIdn't be seen green - The Wiz

(SlNGlNG) I wouIdn't be seen green

MAN: An announcement from
the great and powerfuI Oz. - The Wiz

MAN: An announcement from the great and powerfuI Oz.

You go ahead Dorothy - The Wiz

You go ahead Dorothy

L'd like to speak
to the Wiz. - The Wiz

L'd like to speak to the Wiz.

Either you see
my friends, sir,
or you forget it. - The Wiz

Either you see my friends, sir, or you forget it.

Send up the riffraff - The Wiz

Send up the riffraff

What's happening? - The Wiz

What's happening?

So you wanted to meet the Wizard - The Wiz

So you wanted to meet the Wizard

And what do you want you overstuffed animal cracker - The Wiz

And what do you want you overstuffed animal cracker

(KNOCKlNG AT DOOR) - The Wiz

(KNOCKlNG AT DOOR)

L don't think there's any choice - The Wiz

L don't think there's any choice

L have to go all the way,
even if it means to Evillene. - The Wiz

L have to go all the way, even if it means to Evillene.

L have to go all the way even if it means to Evillene - The Wiz

L have to go all the way even if it means to Evillene

Come on. - The Wiz

And how do we
find Evillene? - The Wiz

And how do we find Evillene?

(EXCLAlMS lN DlSGUST) - The Wiz

(EXCLAlMS lN DlSGUST)

How do you want them White bread or rye - The Wiz

How do you want them White bread or rye

You get smart with me and I'll send you back to your cages - The Wiz

You get smart with me and I'll send you back to your...

(SHOUTlNG) - The Wiz

Hey, brother! - The Wiz

(PANTlNG) - The Wiz

Psst, psst! Lion.
Hey, brother. - The Wiz

Psst, psst! Lion. Hey, brother.

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An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: L. Frank Baum, William F. Brown, Joel Schumacher

Production: N/A

Genre: adventure, family, fantasy

Year: 1978

MetaScore: 53/100

ImdbRating: 5.4

BoxOffice: $21,049,053

Released: 24 Oct 1978

Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 2 wins & 11 nominations total

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