The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
This version of The Wizard of Oz is played by the Muppets. An adaptation of the 1900 novel, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, rather than the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 2h
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United States, Canada
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
This version of The Wizard of Oz is played by the Muppets. An adaptation of the 1900 novel, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, rather than the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.
Top credits
Ashanti — Dorothy Gale
Jeffrey Tambor — Wizard
Quentin Tarantino — Quentin Tarantino - Kermit's Director
David Alan Grier — Uncle Henry
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Kermit the Frog asks the Wizard of Oz if he has met Frank Oz, one of The Muppets' founding fathers.
• At a certain point in the movie, Toto the Prawn says that the viewer should start listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album, joking about a popular coincidence relating to The Wizard of Oz (1939): certain songs from the album are said to match perfectly with images from the movie.
• The movie pays several homages The Wiz (1978): Dorothy is African-American, Oz is depicted as a modern city, the Flying Monkeys are a biker gang and the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are tortured in a similar fashion.
User reviews
Try's to hard, leaves us wanting.
A Disappointment
The Muppets ain't what they used to be
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1, 1.78 : 1
- Color
- Color
