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The Wiz

1978, Movie, G, 133 mins

The Wiz: Cast & Details

Year: 1978
Rated G
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 133
Format: Color
Genre(s): Musical
Production Co(s).: Motown
Released By: Universal

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Tony Walton (Art Direction), Philip Rosenberg (Art Direction), Edward Stewart (Set Decoration), Robert Drumheller (Set Decoration)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Cinematography - Oswald Morris
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design - Tony Walton
Academy Award Nominee: Best Song Score - Quincy Jones (Music Adaptation)

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Cast
Diana Ross: Dorothy
Michael Jackson: Scarecrow
Nipsey Russell: Tinman
Ted Ross: Lion
Mabel King: Evillene
Theresa Merritt: Aunt Em
Thelma Carpenter: Miss One
Lena Horne: Glinda the Good
Richard Pryor: The Wiz
Stanley Greene: Uncle Henry
Clyde Barrett: Subway Peddler
Carlton Johnson: Head Winkie
Harry Madsen: Cheetah
Glory Van Scott: Rolls Royce Lady
Vicki Baltimore: Green Lady
Derrick Bell: Crow
Roderick Spencer Sibert: Crow
Kashka Banjoko: Crow
Ronald Smokey Stevens: Crow
Tony Brealond: Gold Footman
Joe Lynn: Gold Footman
Clinton Jackson: Green Footman
Charles Rodriguez: Green Footman
Ted Williams
Mabel Robinson
Damon Pearce
Donna Patrice Ingram
Carlos Cleveland
Mariann Aalda
Aaron Boddie
Gay Faulkner
Ted Butler
T.B. Skinner
Jaime Perry
Daphene McWilliams
Douglas Berring
James Shaw
Johnny Brown
Gyle Waddy
Dorothi Fox
Francis Salisbury
Beatrice Dunmore
Traci Core
Donald King
Claudio Brook
Billie Allen
Willie Carpenter
Denise DeJon
Kevin Stockton
Alvin Alexis

Credits
Sidney Lumet: Director
Joel Schumacher: Writer - based on the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and the musical "The Wiz" by William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls
L. Frank Baum: Source
Charlie Smalls: Source
William F. Brown: Source
Rob Cohen: Producer
Ken Harper: Exec. Producer
Burtt Harris: Assoc. Producer
Oswald Morris: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Dede Allen: Editor
Quincy Jones: Musical Composer
Tony Walton: Production Designer
Philip Rosenberg: Art Director
Tony Walton: Costumes
Al Griswold: Special Effects
Stan Winston: Special Effects
Albert Whitlock: Special Effects
Louis Johnson: Choreography

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