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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12

Cast Michael Jackson Diana Ross Richard Pryor

Directors Sidney Lumet

Screenwriters Joel Schumacher

Running Time 134 minutes

The Wiz (12)

Plot
Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Richard Pryor travel through an altogether more urban Oz in a drastic reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic musical.

Verdict
This lengthy funk-gospel Wizard Of Oz makeover deserves points for effort but none for execution


Reviewer: William Thomas

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