Return to Oz

1985 film directed by Walter Murch
Movie film Q514701
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Return to Oz

Summary

Return to Oz is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,547 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Return to Oz's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Return to Oz's director is recorded as Walter Murch[4].
  • Return to Oz's screenwriter is recorded as Walter Murch[5].
  • Return to Oz's screenwriter is recorded as L. Frank Baum[6].
  • Return to Oz's screenwriter is recorded as Gill Dennis[7].
  • Return to Oz's composer is recorded as David Shire[8].
  • Return to Oz's genre is recorded as fantasy film[9].
  • Return to Oz's genre is recorded as children's film[10].
  • Return to Oz's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[11].
  • Return to Oz's based on is recorded as The Marvelous Land of Oz[12].
  • Return to Oz's based on is recorded as Ozma of Oz[13].
  • Return to Oz's follows is recorded as The Wizard of Oz[14].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Fairuza Balk[15].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Nicol Williamson[16].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Jean Marsh[17].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Piper Laurie[18].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Matt Clark[19].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Stephen Norrington[20].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Deep Roy[21].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as John Alexander[22].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Sophie Ward[23].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Brian Henson[24].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Mak Wilson[25].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Bruce Boa[26].
  • Return to Oz's cast member is recorded as Michael Sundin[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Return to Oz's producer is recorded as Gary Kurtz[28]. Its director is recorded as Walter Murch[4]. Screenwriters include Walter Murch[5], L. Frank Baum[6], and Gill Dennis[7]. Cast members include Fairuza Balk[15], Nicol Williamson[16], Jean Marsh[17], Piper Laurie[18], Matt Clark[19], and Stephen Norrington[20].

Publication

Publication dates include +1985-06-21T00:00:00Z[29] and +1985-09-26T00:00:00Z[30]. Return to Oz's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[31]. Genres include fantasy film[9], children's film[10], and film based on a novel[11].

Reception

Reviews include 54%[32], 5.7/10[33], and 42/100[34].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Return to Oz's after a work by is recorded as L. Frank Baum[35]. Its follows is recorded as The Wizard of Oz[14].

Why It Matters

Return to Oz ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,547 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . catalog.afi.com. catalog.afi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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