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The Wiz (1978) [G]

Release Date:
October 24, 1978

Original Title:
The Wiz

Alternate Titles:
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The Wiz 1978
ウィズ The Wiz：1978
ウィズ：1978

Genres:
Adventure | Fantasy | Music

Production Companies:
Motown Productions
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: G  DE: 6  DK: A  FR: TP  JP: G  NL: AL  SE: 11  US: G 

Runtime: 134

The wiz! The stars! The music! Wow!

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Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

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Production

Art Direction:
Philip Rosenberg

Assistant Art Director:
John Jay Moore

Assistant Camera:
Hank Muller

Assistant Costume Designer:
Dona Granata

Assistant Editor:
Angelo Corrao
Marlayna Franklin

Associate Producer:
Burtt Harris

Camera Operator:
James A. Contner

Characters:
L. Frank Baum

Choreographer:
Louis Johnson

Costume Coordinator:
Anna Hill Johnstone
Gloria Gresham

Costume Design:
Tony Walton

Director:
Sidney Lumet

Director of Photography:
Oswald Morris

Editor:
Dede Allen

Executive Producer:
Kenneth Harper
Berry Gordy

First Assistant Director:
Burtt Harris

Gaffer:
Norman Leigh

Hairstylist:
William A. Farley
Ted Long

Key Grip:
Kenneth Goss

Makeup Artist:
Carl Fullerton
Michael R. Thomas
Scott Cunningham
Allen Weisinger

Makeup Designer:
Stan Winston

Makeup Supervisor:
Robert Laden

Music Arranger:
Quincy Jones

Music Editor:
Jack Fitzstephens

Music Supervisor:
Quincy Jones

Orchestrator:
Robert N. Tucker Jr.

Original Music Composer:
Charlie Smalls

Producer:
Rob Cohen

Production Design:
Tony Walton

Production Manager:
Kenneth Utt

Production Office Coordinator:
Grace Blake

Property Master:
Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink

Recording Supervision:
Dick Vorisek

Scenic Artist:
Eugene Powell
Edward Garzero

Screenplay:
Joel Schumacher

Script Supervisor:
Lynne Twentyman

Second Assistant Director:
Alan Hopkins

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Jack Priestley

Set Decoration:
Edward Stewart
Robert Drumheller

Songs:
Charlie Smalls

Sound Editor:
Stan Bochner
Marc Laub
Hal Levinsohn
Al Nahmias
Ronald Roose

Sound Mixer:
James Sabat

Sound Supervisor:
Jack Fitzstephens

Special Effects:
Al Griswold

Stunt Coordinator:
Everett Creach

Supervising Music Editor:
Jack Fitzstephens

Supervising Sound Editor:
Jack Fitzstephens

Theatre Play:
Charlie Smalls
William F. Brown

Visual Effects:
Albert Whitlock

Wardrobe Assistant:
Marilyn Putnam
George Newman

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