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title: 'Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Raimi'
released: '2013-02-14'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/oz-the-great-and-powerful-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

2013 · 127 min · Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Family · United States

Original title: Oz: The Great and Powerful

## Synopsis

Oz the Great and Powerful is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner, from a story by Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz books and set 20 years before the events of the original 1900 novel, the film is a spiritual prequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. Starring James Franco in the title role, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, and Tony Cox; the film tells the story of Oscar Diggs, a deceitful stage magician who arrives in the Land of Oz and encounters three witches: Theodora, the Wicked Witch of the West, Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the East, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the South. Diggs is then enlisted to restore order in Oz while struggling to resolve conflicts with the witches and himself.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi)
- **Screenplay:** [David Lindsay-Abaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lindsay-abaire), [Mitchell Kapner](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-kapner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Producer:** [Joe Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-roth)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Deming](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-deming)
- **Editor:** [Bob Murawski](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-murawski)

## Cast

- [Martin Klebba](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-klebba)
- [Zach Braff](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-braff)
- [Tony Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-cox)
- [Rachel Weisz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-weisz) as Wicked Witch of the East
- [Joey King](https://cinepixo.com/people/joey-king)
- [Gene Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-jones)
- [Robert Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stromberg)
- [Bill Cobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-cobbs)
- [James Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-franco) as Wizard of Oz
- [Bruce Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-campbell)
- [Tim Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-holmes)
- [Stephen Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-hart)
- [Michelle Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-williams) as Glinda the Good Witch
- [Ted Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-raimi)
- [Abigail Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/abigail-spencer) as May

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Official site: http://disney.go.com/thewizard/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/oz-the-great-and-powerful-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q590216); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.