He was interested in selling some of his non-Oz movie stuff.

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Once the trip is under way, with Russell on board and stormy weather evoking the flying house in "The Wizard of Oz, " the movie undergoes a mood transplant.

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Oz was a smart movie for Disney.

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But with the recent interest in the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz, the phrase has taken on a whole new meaning.

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However, the television is a CRT from the 1990s, the video game is Super Mario for the Nintendo 64 and the movie is The Wizard of Oz, made in 1939.

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"Oz the Great and Powerful, " like so many products of movie studios that have lost their way, is a Tin Man of epic proportions bright and shiny, with no heart.

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Not since "The Wizard of Oz" has color been used so graphically and so well in a movie This is one you have to see.

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As I wrote a few months ago elsewhere, one of the big differences between Jack the Giant Slayer and Oz: The Great and Powerful was that the latter Disney concoction had actual movie stars.

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While the live-action Disney movie is getting more attention at the moment due to its imminent release, Dorothy of Oz may end up being the larger money maker.

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The MGM movie has been, over the decades, almost too successful: Few producers wanted to return to Oz for fear of competing with Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and company.

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