Journey Back to Oz (1972)

Directed by

Hal Sutherland

Genre

fantasy film, speculative fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

G

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl returns to the magical land of Oz to help her friends fight a new villain. It is based on L. Frank Baum's second Oz novel and was made as an animated film.

whimsicallightheartedbouncynostalgicgentleanimatedadventurous

What happens

Journey Back to Oz is a 1972 American animated fantasy film produced by Filmation. Although L. Frank Baum received no screen credit, the film is loosely based on his second novel The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904). While a commercial flop in theaters, the film received a better reception on television, premiering December 5, 1976 on ABC. For television broadcast, Filmation produced live-action interstitial segments with a celebrity playing the Wizard, flying in his balloon with two Munchkins. Filmation contracted with Bill Cosby for two airings of the live-action segments, while Milton Berle was cast for the live-action interstitials used in subsequent syndication. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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