30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
#130th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/23/07 at 10:36am
What a joke of a DVD release. Typical.
http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-wiz.html
"As far as we know, the only extra material will be a Wiz on Down the Road featurette, and the theatrical trailer. An 8-Track Bonus CD Featuring Songs by Michael Jackson & Diana Ross will also be included."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/23/07 at 10:45amThey're "celebrating" the 30th anniversary of an embarassing flop? Jeez, what a waste of of money.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#2re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/23/07 at 10:56am
Hey Capn- Any plans on ever updating Moviemusicals.net? I always wonder that when I see your signature link.
Not to pester, but it's a cool site and no updates in over 6 months... 
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#3re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/23/07 at 11:14amOh good... let's "celebrate" a movie that has long been available for $5 or less at Wal*Mart due to sheer lack of interest by releasing a new one that adds absolutely no special features.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/23/07 at 11:27am
Um, those features are already on the current DVD which has been available for years: the WIZ ON DOWN THE ROAD featurette (not listed on the DVD backcover but is on the DVD) and the trailer.
Guess the ONLY addition to merit this new 30th Anniversary Edition will be that pointless CD sampler and of course...the new anamophic print which will be very nice for those widescreen TV owners. 
Here's the cover art of the current/old DVD: 
sparkleplenty
Stand-by Joined: 9/4/07
#5re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 6:33pm
Oh, yeah - the movie where Ms. Ross, having a "whim of iron" stole a potentially great part from a YOUNG black actress and then looked miserable on screen for over two hours.
What a horror that movie was! (I liked Lena and Nipsy though and the bad witch)
#6re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 6:38pmPure Crap!
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Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#7re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:34pm
As I said when I heard about the Ring of Fire cast recording:
Oh hell
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#8re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:38pm
...Ah YES, but it's 30th Anniversary Crap!
"These are desperate times, Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures must be taken..."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#9re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 8:11pm
I...ya know...I...sorta like...just SOMETIMES...enjoy watching this movie...
The lack of an anamorphic transfer did indeed piss me off, but it's not worth another purchase if there's no new special features.
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#10re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 8:44pm
"...Ah YES, but it's 30th Anniversary Crap!"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
#11re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 9:53pmWhy not bring out crap that's at least entertaining (in a funny sort of way) like Lost Horizon or At Long Last Love!
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
#12re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 10:26pm
oh bah! I like this movie!
sure it ain't the best adaptation, but it's fun and I watched it almost daily when I was a little gay sick elementary school boy.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#13re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 10:27pm
I actually enjoy this movie a little bit. It's not great by any standards, but Jackson, Russel, Ross, King, and Horne are all great in it.
It's kinda fun to watch, except when it's just Diana on screen.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#14re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/25/07 at 11:31pm
as someone mentioned earlier... i'm only buying it because it's anamorphic... i hate that the one now is not...
did anyone else love the BRAND NEW DAY scene in FAMILY GUY.... that was freaking brilliant!!!
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#15re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 12:08amWhy didn't that La Jolla revival make it to Broadway? I love this score and the only production I've ever seen live was an ok regional production. Instead we get Godspell.... ugh.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#16re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 12:15am
THE WIZ, starring Miss Diana 'The Boss' Ross is the greatest movie musical ever made.
Georgia James
Baltimore, MD
Waiting for Fanny to make up her mind
#17re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 7:16amThe last Broadway revival of 'The Wiz' made it to the grand totla of 13 performances! Im not sure if it'll get to Broadway again despite the success it had in California earlier this year.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#18re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 7:47am
Ok, so I am gonna go out on a limb and confess that this movie is an insane guilty pleasure. Yes, it's total crap. Yes, Diana Ross was probably high when she called Barry Gordy and said "I Should Be Dorothy!" Yes, she is far too old.
That said, I saw this when I was about 8 for the first time, and as a young Oz-enthusiast and young musical enthusiast, and a Musical Theatre Queen in Training, it slipped past my Radar O' Crap and fell into my heart. I will be buying this on the day it comes out, new crap or not. All I want is new cover art.
With regards to La Jolla- I do not think it's happening. From a very reliable source, the cast member that has first refusal rights has not been approached for either a Broadway run, or the upcoming 2008 San Fran run. The rights have been unfrozen for regional theatres, and most (if not all) of the cast have moved on to better things. Aside from that, (and I know some of you will not agree with me, and that is fine), I think the entire concept was crap, and the revisions don't work. And I stand by my statement of "If it doesn't work on paper, it can not work in real life."
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alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#19re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 9:01amThere's to be a 2008 San Fran run? Tell me more please.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#20re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:03am
alterego-
It was announced back in the Spring (I think), but I've heard nothing else since.
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#21re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:17amI loved Lost Horizon!! Now that I would buy! (I own the album) I do own the vinyl recording of "The Wiz". I really only listened to it for the Emerald City sequence. And I haven't listened to it in years.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#22re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 12:10pm
uncageg-
Does your LP have the insert for Wiz T-Shirts? I really want to write to the address and see if they still have them.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#23re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:24pmThanks husk_charmer. Your enquiry made me search out my THE WIZ soundrack and would you believe that in the sleeve I found the flyer for the T-Shirts! Adult sizes $6.00 Bargain!!! Says the offer expires on March 19, 1979, so you are about 28 years too late but who knows, they may have a huge backlog of orders! Creative Promotions Inc. P.O. Box 25750, Cincinnati, Ohio 54225.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#24re: 30th Anniversary DVD of THE WIZ Slated for February 5
Posted: 10/26/07 at 11:02pm
this is a waste they need to remake it with a good director who
dose not picture the show in an urban setting that was a terrible mistake and they need a good music arranger i hated
how they rearrged the score but i do like how the did stage he's the wiz.
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