---
title: 'Lion of Oz (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tim Deacon'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lion-of-oz-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120733/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lion of Oz (2000)

2000 · 74 min · United Kingdom, United States, Canada


## Synopsis

Lion of Oz is a 2000 animated film set before the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of how the Cowardly Lion, formerly part of the Omaha Circus, came to be in Oz and how he stopped the Wicked Witch of the East from getting the Flower of Oz. It is based upon the 1995 book Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage by Roger S. Baum. It was announced by CinéGroupe and Sony Wonder and was released in 2000.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tim Deacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-deacon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jennifer Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-wilson)

## Cast

- [Tim Curry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-curry)
- [Jane Horrocks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-horrocks)
- [Bobcat Goldthwait](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobcat-goldthwait)
- [Jason Priestley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-priestley)
- [Lynn Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-redgrave)
- [Dom DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/dom-deluise)
- [Henry Beckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-beckman)
- [Kathy Griffin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-griffin)

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