The Wiz1978

From the book that's an American tradition… from the smash-hit Broadway show… the entertainment of the year!

Overview

A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she has, as Aunt Em teases her, "never been south of 125th Street", and refuses to move out and on with her life.

Cast

Dorothy
Diana Ross
Scarecrow
Michael Jackson
Tinman
Nipsey Russell
Lion / Fleetwood Coup de Ville
Ted Ross
Aunt Emma
Theresa Merritt
Glinda the Good
Lena Horne
The Wiz
Richard Pryor
Evillene
Mabel King
Miss One
Thelma Carpenter
Uncle Henry
Stanley Greene

Directed by

  • Sidney Lumet

Runtime

134 minutes

Released

1978

Rating

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