The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story (2011)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story (2011)
This iconic American story was written in 1900 by L Frank Baum, a Chicago businessman, journalist, chicken breeder, actor, boutique owner, Hollywood movie director and lifelong fan of all things innovative and technological. His life spanned an era of remarkable invention and achievement in America and many of these developments helped to fuel this great storyteller's imagination. His ambition was to create the first genuine American fairytale and the story continues to fascinate, inspire and engage millions of fans of all ages from all over the world. This documentary explores how The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has come to symbolise the American Dream and includes previously unseen footage from the Baum family archives, still photographs and clips from the early Oz films, as well as interviews with family members, literary experts and American historians as it tells the story of one man's life in parallel to the development of modern America.

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Rebecca Front Rebecca Front As: Narrator
John Fricke John Fricke As: Himself
John Lahr John Lahr As: Himself
Gita Dorothy Morena Gita Dorothy Morena As: Herself
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This iconic American story was written in 1900 by L Frank Baum, a Chicago businessman, journalist, chicken breeder, actor, boutique owner, Hollywood movie director and lifelong fan of all things innovative and technological. His life spanned an era of remarkable invention and achievement in America and many of these developments helped to fuel this great storyteller's imagination. His ambition was to create the first genuine American fairytale and the story continues to fascinate, inspire and engage millions of fans of all ages from all over the world. This documentary explores how The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has come to symbolise the American Dream and includes previously unseen footage from the Baum family archives, still photographs and clips from the early Oz films, as well as interviews with family members, literary experts and American historians as it tells the story of one man's life in parallel to the development of modern America.


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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 28 April 2011

Country: GB

Runtime: 60m

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Company: Prospect Cymru, BBC, Moondance Films, Prospect Pictures

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Todd Austin

Todd Austin

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Fiona Morris

Fiona Morris

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Anne Macgregor

Anne Macgregor

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