One of my very earliest cinematic memories, so early I just remember striking images and in no way understood the plot then, but it still terrified me to no end, particularly when they "get down" into the subway. Par for the course with all Oz adaptations, The Wiz in particular had the dark, dank graffiti-filled urban landscape or yellow colored bizarro imagery to add a little more intrigue to my nightmares. Rewatching it helped put things into perspective. It has charming production values and interesting enough musical numbers to keep things moving. Michael Jackson is also sane in it. This is really one of the high water marks in indulging in 70s grooviness next to Grease and I really hit nostalgia overload watching it. Transported me to an era I wish I could visit in person. Awesome double-bill with The Muppet Movie for your childhood 70s kick.

Seeing that Joel Schumacher wrote the script I now know where he got some of his ideas for his Batman films. Also the cowardly lion is really Zuul from Ghostbusters.

Over the moon that I bought this on Blu ray.. fucking brilliant transfer and brilliant movie..

yea yea .... Diana Ross's songs kind of lag but , damn its soo visualy cool! and HELLOOOOOO MJ as the sacrecrow , lena Horne as the good witch , Nipsy Russel as the tin man , THE LION!?!?! umm yes yes , dont forget Richard pryor as the Wiz!

Ease on down that road friends ..... and don't u carry nothin that might be a load

An almost entirely black cast star in a motown retelling of The Wizard of Oz. About as an insane a crapfest as you could ask for.

A painful pseudo-blackspoitation re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz. This film needs to be about 30 minutes shorter - the musical numbers just get tiresome.

Seeing that Joel Schumacher wrote the script I now know where he got some of his ideas for his Batman films. Also the cowardly lion is really Zuul from Ghostbusters.

Even though I was familiar with songs from the stage version, I had never actually watched the movie adaptation. It is awful...between Diana Ross looking like she's being stabbed or shrieking like a banshee, the bad wide angle shots showing off the lack of choreography, and the overall creepytown depiction of Oz.

But Ease on Down the Road is such a jam.

A negro's attempt at Wizard of Oz

Over the moon that I bought this on Blu ray.. fucking brilliant transfer and brilliant movie..

yea yea .... Diana Ross's songs kind of lag but , damn its soo visualy cool! and HELLOOOOOO MJ as the sacrecrow , lena Horne as the good witch , Nipsy Russel as the tin man , THE LION!?!?! umm yes yes , dont forget Richard pryor as the Wiz!

Ease on down that road friends ..... and don't u carry nothin that might be a load

I was recently in the musical of this. This movie has no soul. I played my character better than the actor in this thing...even Michael Jackson sucks. The landscapes are confusing too, why were there cars in that one place again? Why?

One of my very earliest cinematic memories, so early I just remember striking images and in no way understood the plot then, but it still terrified me to no end, particularly when they "get down" into the subway. Par for the course with all Oz adaptations, The Wiz in particular had the dark, dank graffiti-filled urban landscape or yellow colored bizarro imagery to add a little more intrigue to my nightmares. Rewatching it helped put things into perspective. It has charming production values and interesting enough musical numbers to keep things moving. Michael Jackson is also sane in it. This is really one of the high water marks in indulging in 70s grooviness next to Grease and I really hit nostalgia overload watching it. Transported me to an era I wish I could visit in person. Awesome double-bill with The Muppet Movie for your childhood 70s kick.

The Motown version of the Wizard of Oz is possibly more entertaining than the original. Starring and featuring a soundtrack by Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Lena Horne, it's easy to see how this could be so.