The Wizard of Oz
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The Wizard of Oz may refer to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900 book by L. Frank Baum, or any of its numerous adaptations, the most famous being the 1939 film version The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. It may also refer to the character of the Wizard in this book.
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Lesser known stage, film and television adaptations:
- The Wizard of Oz (1902 stage play), by L. Frank Baum, Glen MacDonough, Paul Tietjens et al. directed by Julian Mitchell
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film), directed by Otis Turner
- The Wizard of Oz (1921 film), directed by Ray C. Smallwood, never completed
- Wizard of Oz (1925 film), directed by Larry Semon and notable mostly because it features a young Oliver Hardy
- The Wiz, 1975 Broadway musical and 1978 film
- Return to Oz (1985), directed by Walter Murch, the unofficial sequel to the 1939 film
- Wicked (musical), a popular Broadway musical based on the book
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, 2005 TV movie directed by Kirk Thatcher and starring The Muppets and Ashanti
- Tales of the Wizard of Oz, 1961 animated TV series of short episodes based on the Oz characters from the book
- Return to Oz (TV program), animated sequel-cum-remake, 1964, based on the artistic renderings of the characters in the 1961 animated series
- Journey Back to Oz, a 1964 official animated sequel to the MGM film [The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)]]
- Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde, a 1971 Turkish film directed by Tunç Başaran (known to bootleggers as "The Turkish Wizard of Oz")
- The Wizard of Oz (1982 film) anime film from Toho, best known for its dubbing cast including Aileen Quinn and Lorne Greene.
- Oz no Mahōtsukai, a 1987 Japanese anime adaptation
- The Wizard of Oz (TV series), a 1990 animated series inspired by the 50th anniversary of the 1939 film.
- Supēsu Ozu no Bōken, another anime adaptation created in the 1990s, this time involving Dorothy and the gang traveling the "Galaxy of Oz".
- The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz, a 75 minute dubbed version edited from Supēsu Ozu no Bōken
- The Oz Kids
Other meanings:
- Ozzie Smith, the acrobatic St. Louis Cardinals shortstop of the 1980s known as the Wizard of Oz
- Wizard (Oz), a major character in the Land of Oz
- Wizard of Oz experiment, in human-computer interaction, a type of experimental setup
- A video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, based on the 1939 film
- Nickname for Ant Cook, founder of the worldwide Object Server project