The Wiz
Type
Label
The Wiz
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: G (Wiz), Not rated (Wiz live!)
Main title
The Wiz
Medium
videorecording
resource.otherEventInformation
The Wiz live! originally broadcast on television in 2015
Runtime
270
Summary
A schoolteacher in Harlem is whisked away by a snowstorm to a fantasy New York City in order to find herself; a soul/rhythm and blues interpretation of the musical "The Wizard of Oz."
Table Of Contents
Wiz (1978, 2 hr., 15 min.) / produced by Rob Cohen ; written by Joel Schumacher ; directed by Sidney Lumet -- Wiz live! (2015, 2 hr., 15 min.) / produced by Greg Lettieri, Donna Suchan ; written by Harvey Fierstein ; directed by Matthew Diamond, Kenny Leon
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Baum, L. Frank, Lyman Frank, 1856-1919 -- Film adaptations
- Wizards -- Drama
- Friendship -- Drama
- Musical films
- Film adaptations
- Live television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Fiction television programs
- Fiction films
- Made-for-TV movies
- Fantasy films
- Television adaptations
- Television musicals
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor6
- Genre11
- Subject14
- Baum, L. Frank, Lyman Frank, 1856-1919 -- Film adaptations
- Wizards -- Drama
- Friendship -- Drama
- Musical films
- Film adaptations
- Live television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Fiction television programs
- Fiction films
- Made-for-TV movies
- Fantasy films
- Television adaptations
- Television musicals
- Content1
- Actor3
- Director2
- Is Derivative Of3