The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
- Original title
- The Dreamer of Oz
- Directed by
- Jack Bender
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film tells the story of L. Frank Baum as seen through the memory of his widow Maud. It follows how he overcame personal and professional struggles to write The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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What happens
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical film starring John Ritter as Lyman Frank Baum, the author who wrote the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and thirteen other Oz books. Also starring in it were Annette O'Toole as Baum's supportive wife, Maud, and Rue McClanahan as Baum's tough mother-in-law, Matilda Gage. The film is told as a flashback from the point of view of L. Frank Baum's widow, Maud Gage Baum. It tells how her husband came to create The Wonderful Wizard of Oz while undergoing and eventually overcoming professional and personal failures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Mighty Barnum (1934)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.