--- title: 'Return to Oz (1985)' type: 'film' director: 'Walter Murch' released: '1985-06-21' runtime_minutes: 109 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Family' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/return-to-oz-1985' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089908/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Return to Oz (1985) 1985 · 109 min · Fantasy, Family · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Return to Oz is a 1985 dark fantasy film serving as an unofficial sequel to the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz, and is based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz novels, mainly being a combination of The Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907). Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Silver Screen Partners II, the film was co-written and directed by Walter Murch in his directorial debut. It stars Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, and Fairuza Balk as Dorothy Gale in her first screen role. In the plot, an insomniac Dorothy returns to the Land of Oz to find it has been conquered by the wicked Nome King and his accomplice Princess Mombi. Dorothy must restore Oz with her new friends Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Gump. ## Credits - **Director:** [Walter Murch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-murch) - **Screenplay:** [Walter Murch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-murch), [L. Frank Baum](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-frank-baum), [Gill Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gill-dennis) - **Original Music Composer:** [David Shire](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-shire) - **Producer:** [Gary Kurtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-kurtz) - **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin), [Freddie Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-francis) ## Cast - [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark) - [Sophie Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-ward) - [Nicol Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicol-williamson) - [Fairuza Balk](https://cinepixo.com/people/fairuza-balk) - [Pons Maar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pons-maar) - [John Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alexander-2) - [Jean Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marsh) - [Bruce Boa](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-boa) - [Mak Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mak-wilson) - [Brian Henson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-henson) - [Deep Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/deep-roy) - [Stephen Norrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-norrington) - [Piper Laurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/piper-laurie) - [Michael Sundin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-sundin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://movies.disney.com/return-to-oz Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/return-to-oz-1985 Film facts: Wikidata (Q514701); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.