A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 31 nominations
Abigail Spencer
- May
- (as Abigail Leigh Spencer)
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- TriviaThe Tin Man is the only one of Dorothy's three companions in The Wizard of Oz (1939) not to be directly referenced in this film. The Tinkers are a loose reference to the Tin Man, written in for this adaptation. A Quadling also says that he can work with iron.
- GoofsWhen Oz and Theodora flee from the crash site, Theodora's boots are flat; moments later, when he boosts her into the cave, the boots have high heels.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are seen in a 1930s nickelodeon, with certain credits having their own qualities:
- James Franco's credit appears in a puff of smoke
- Mila Kunis' credit appears alongside a couple dancing (whose shadow turns into that of the Wicked Witch)
- Rachel Weisz's credit is held by monkeys
- Michelle Williams' credit is contained within a bubble
- Zach Braff's credit appears with a puppet of Finley
- the make-up credits Greg Nicotero and Howard Bergman are seen with an eye mask
- VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk's credit is seen within an optical illusion
- composer Danny Elfman's credit is seen with a trumpet
- the costume designers' credits are seen fitting clothes on an elephant
- production designer Robert Stromberg's credit is seen in China Town
- cinematographer Peter Deming's credit is seen with the projector
- the screenwriters' credit is seen within a tornado
- and director Sam Raimi's credit is seen within a crystal ball.
- Alternate versionsThe film was also shown in 3D. Some shots displaying 3D effects are exclusive to the 3D version, being altered or removed in the 2D cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fantastic: Episode dated 17 February 2013 (2013)
- SoundtracksAlmost Home
Performed by Mariah Carey
Written by Simone Porter, Justin Gray, Lindsey Ray, Tor Erik Hermansen (as Tor Erik Hermansen), Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (as Mikkel Eriksen), and Mariah Carey
Produced by Mariah Carey and Stargate for 45th & 3rd Music LLC
Courtesy of Island Records
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Beautiful yet vapid prequel.
Beautiful yet vapid prequel to "The Wizard Of Oz" that is plague by not only by the numbers script but the questionable judgment of the people behind the scenes of the making of the film. The CGI effects are good and the characters created by those effects are cute but they are not strong enough to hide the films real problems. The script is so by the numbers that you can envision the twist and the ending five minutes into the film. Prequels are generally predicable because it set before the events of a prior movie but this film just did not have any originality to it and was just lazy in its set up. The script is not the only problem here; some of the casting is also off by a large margin as well. James Franco was not the first actor to be considered to play the character of Oscar Diggs but you can see a hundred better actors who could have done the role justice before you can ever think of Franco in the role and he does not disappoint in proving how miscast he is. Franco is terrible, so terrible that he is distracting to the film. He definitely does not care about his performance and it shows. Franco just swaggers in as if he is above the material and the actors around him while in reality, his performance is worse that the script of this film. Making his character so unlikable that you really do not want to watch or care about him. While Franco is in his own little world, Mila Kunis just looks lost in her performance. She is not believable as the wicked witch of the west and just comes across as lightweight compare to her sisters played by Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams who are both much better actors than this film deserved. Weisz in particular gives the film's best performance because she at least makes an effort with the lazy script she has to work with and just has fun with it. Her character is the typical Disney villain but in Weisz's capable hands, she becomes more and that does translate on screen. You as an audience member are swept off your feet by Weisz's enthusiasm for her role and the movie becomes better off because of it. Williams does the same, making her sweet tooth character a joy to watch as well and brings a real sincerity to the role which is a god sent because of how insincere Franco is in his.
It is a beautiful movie and the CGI does not give you a headache but other those things and the efforts of Weisz and Williams, The movie has too many strikes against it thanks to the script and the miscasting of Franco and Kunis.
It is a beautiful movie and the CGI does not give you a headache but other those things and the efforts of Weisz and Williams, The movie has too many strikes against it thanks to the script and the miscasting of Franco and Kunis.
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- Brick
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- Budget
- $215,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $234,911,825
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $79,110,453
- Mar 10, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $493,311,825
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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