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Oz: The Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful
Oz - The Great and Powerful Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sam Raimi
Produced by Joe Roth
Screenplay by
Story by Mitchell Kapner
Based on Oz series
by L. Frank Baum
Starring
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography Peter Deming
Edited by Bob Murawski
Production
companies
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $160.2 million
Box office $493.3 million
Oz the Great and Powerful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by Danny Elfman
Released March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05)
Recorded 2012
Studio Sony Scoring Stage
Genre Film score
Length 1:06:19
Label Walt Disney

Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and produced by Joe Roth, from a screenplay written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner. The film stars James Franco as the titular character, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, and Michelle Williams with Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox in supporting roles. Based on L. Frank Baum's Oz novels and set 20 years before the events of the original novel,Oz the Great and Powerful is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, The Wizard of Oz. The film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceptive magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda. Oscar is then enlisted to restore order in Oz, while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself.

Kapner began developing an origin story for the Wizard of Oz after a lifelong interest of wanting to create one for the character. Walt Disney Pictures commissioned the film's production in 2009, with Joe Roth as producer and Grant Curtis, Joshua Donen, Philip Steuer, and Palak Patel serving as executive producers. Raimi was hired to direct the following year. After Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp declined the titular role, Franco was cast in February 2011, with principal photography commencing five months later. Danny Elfman composed the film's score.


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