The Wiz (1978)

US:: G Adventure Family Fantasy Music

A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she has, as Aunt Em teases her, "never been south of 125th Street", and refuses to move out and on with her life.

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1978-10-24

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Runtime: 134 mins Revenue: $21,049,053 Budget: $24,000,000 Rating: 5.9 Tag Line: From the book that's an American tradition… from the smash-hit Broadway show… the entertainment of the year!

Cast

Richard Pryor

The Wiz (Herman Smith)

Diana Ross

Dorothy

Mabel King

Evillene

Ted Ross

Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville

Theresa Merritt

Aunt Emma

Michael Jackson

Scarecrow

Nipsey Russell

Tinman

Lena Horne

Glinda the Good

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Crew

Joel Schumacher

Screenplay

Dede Allen

Editor

L. Frank Baum

Author

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

Tony Walton

Production Design

Rob Cohen

Producer

Kenneth Harper

Executive Producer

Berry Gordy

Executive Producer

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