I'm Magic

Titolo originale: The Wiz
Regia: Sidney Lumet |
Anno: 1978
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Musica Fantasy Avventura
Tag: new york city | dreams | melancholy | musical | based on play or musical | dog | disco | based on movie | wizard | harlem, new york city | funk | african american | whimsical | commanding | familiar | joyful | african american lead | african american musical |
Cast: Diana Ross | Michael Jackson | Nipsey Russell | Ted Ross | Mabel King | Theresa Merritt | Thelma Carpenter | Lena Horne | Richard Pryor | Stanley Greene | Clyde J. Barrett | Derrick Bell | Roderick-Spencer Sibert | Kashka Banjoko | Ronald "Smokey" Stevens | Toney Brealond | Joe Lynn | Clinton Jackson | Charles Rodriguez | Carlton Johnson | Ted Williams | Mabel Robinson | Damon Pearce | Donna Patrice Ingram | Harry Madsen | Glory Van Scott | Vicki Baltimore | Carles Cleveland | Mariann Aalda | Aaron Boddie | Gay Faulkner | Ted Butler | T.B. Skinner | Jamie Perry | Daphne McWilliams | H. Douglas Berring | James Shaw | Johnny Brown | Gyle Waddy | Dorothi Fox | Frances Salisbury | Beatrice Dunmore | Traci Core | Donald King | Claude Brooks | Billie Allen | Willie C. Carpenter | Denice De Jon Nortez | Kevin Stockton | Alvin Alexis | Iman | Quincy Jones | Duke Thorbs |

Dorothy, insegnante ventiquattrenne di Harlem, viene travolta da una bufera di neve e si ritrova così nel misterioso mondo di Oz: una megalopoli decadente e inquietante che racchiude tutte le caratteristiche più saventose di New York. Gli abitanti del luogo la informano che per tornare alla vera New York dovrà andare dal mago di Oz...

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First role in which Richard Pryor would wear his mustache as a permanent part of his popular image ( [...] D
This was Sidney Lumet's only musical. D
Debut of a singer/actress Cissy Houston. D
Motown Productions bought the rights to the stage show, intending to cast Stephanie Mills as Dorothy [...] D
In 1965, Diana Ross and The Supremes performed as a warmup act for Judy Garland at the Astrodome the [...] D
Joel Schumacher's script for The Wiz was influenced by Werner Erhard's teachings and his Erhard Semi [...] D
Ted Ross reprised his role as the Cowardly Lion from the 1974 Broadway production. D
Diana Ross and Richard Pryor had previously appeared together in La signora del blues (1972). D
This movie changed Dorothy's shoes from ruby slippers back to silver slippers, as in the original L. [...] D
According to her unauthorized biography, "Call Her Ms. Ross", Diana Ross was hospitalized and nearly [...] D
Stephanie Mills, who starred in the Broadway production, was the top choice to play Dorothy in the m [...] D
The name of the wicked witches in this version are Evilene and Evermean; this was the only time they [...] D
The Scarecrow's nose tip is the piece of brown paper that holds a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. D
If you look closely the Lion has high heels on. They built boot heals under his foot paws so Ted Ros [...] D
The first song that Michael Jackson sings, "You Can't Win," was originally written for the stage ver [...] D
Eartha Kitt was first choice for the role of Evillene. D
Simultaneously with the release of the film, Congoleum, the flooring company that designed the look [...] D
Final film of Lena Horne. D
The Snow Babies in all of the closeup shots were related to the stars of the movie. Snow Babies shot [...] D
Comedian Doug Benson cites this as his movie debut, claiming to have been an extra. D
Robin Givens' debut, as a guest at Aunt Emma's party. D
Original director John Badham stepped down when he objected to 33-year-old Diana Ross being cast as [...] D
Joel Schumacher used his connections in the fashion industry to procure the hundreds of costumes use [...] D
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker was originally considered the part of the Scarecrow. He turned it down, and the p [...] D
The duet between Michael Jackson and Diana Ross on "Ease On Down the Road" was released as a single [...] D
This was the first film shot at Kaufman Astoria Studios when it was reopened in the 1970s. D
The subway scene, coming between the arrival of the Lion and the peril of the poppy field, does not [...] D
The CBS Television Network's eyeball logo, slightly modified with an O and a Z in the middle of the [...] D
Michael Jackson's film debut. D
In his book "Making Movies," Sidney Lumet admits that filming the Emerald City sequence on the plaza [...] D
At the time of production, director Sidney Lumet was the son-in-law of Lena Horne (Glinda, the Good [...] D
Sidney Lumet was chosen to direct primarily because of his reputation for finishing his pictures on [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...] D
When the flying monkeys appear in front of Evillene after being summoned, Cheetah says to her "What' [...] D
The scene in which the Cowardly Lion emerges from one of the statues in front of the main research b [...] D
One of two mid-1970s rock music/musical pictures inspired by 'The Wizard of Oz'. The other was the A [...] D
In the Emerald City sequence, Quincy Jones is shown as the pianist, but the actual piano player on t [...] D
The original New York City production of "The Wiz" opened at the Majestic Theater on January 5, 1975 [...] D
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly Magazine named the film #28 of the 50 Top Cult Movies. D
Harry Madsen (Cheetah) and Willie C. Carpenter (Guest at Aunt Em's Party) are the only actors to app [...] D
Iman's debut. D
"I'm A Mean Ole Lion, "So You Wanted To See The Wizard" (which is actually in the Broadway Show but [...] D
Around 77 minutes in, during the Emerald City dance, one of the Emerald dancers has her skirt ride u [...] D
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel both gave this two thumbs up on Sneak Previews: The Wiz/Who is Killing T [...] D

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