Return to Oz

1985 109 min ★ 6.7 Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

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Cast

Fairuza Balk

Dorothy

Nicol Williamson

Dr. Worley / Nome King

Jean Marsh

Nurse Wilson / Mombi

Piper Laurie

Aunt Em

Matt Clark

Uncle Henry

Michael Sundin

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Tim Rose

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Sean Barrett

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Mak Wilson

Billina

Denise Bryer

Billina (voice)

Details

Director

Walter Murch

Screenplay

Walter Murch

Tagline

"An all-new adventure down the yellow brick road."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$11,137,801

Production

Oz Productions Ltd., Silver Screen Partners II

Reviews

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r96sk

September 16, 2020

★ 6/10

<em>'Return to Oz'</em> is alright, I personally didn't enjoy it though. I did like the horror edge it has to it for the first portion of the film, it's something I wasn't necessarily expecting so it was pleasing to see. That's about all I did rate from this though, with Oz itself not looking as magical as it should while the non-human characters are boring to me. Talking of the onscreen lot...

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CinemaSerf

April 4, 2022

★ 6/10

There are some positively darker elements to this follow-up story of the young "Dorothy" (Fairuza Balk). Traumatised by her first visit to "Oz" her desperate "Auntie Em" (Piper Laurie) resorts to electrical therapy to try and help her young niece. Luckily, a thunderstorm comes to her rescue and escaping from the asylum where she was to be treated, she finds herself back in a now desolate land of "...