AdventureFamilyFantasy

Return to Oz

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

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.

Release Date : 1985-06-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Oz Productions Ltd.Silver Screen Partners II

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dorothy

Original Name : Fairuza Balk

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Worley / Nome King

Original Name : Nicol Williamson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse Wilson / Mombi

Original Name : Jean Marsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Em

Original Name : Piper Laurie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Henry

Original Name : Matt Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tik Tok

Original Name : Michael Sundin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tik Tok

Original Name : Tim Rose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tik Tok (voice)

Original Name : Sean Barrett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billina

Original Name : Mak Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billina (voice)

Original Name : Denise Bryer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Pumpkinhead (voice)

Original Name : Brian Henson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Pumpkinhead

Original Name : Stewart Harvey-Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gump (voice)

Original Name : Lyle Conway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gump

Original Name : Stephen Norrington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scarecrow

Original Name : Justin Case

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowardly Lion / Wheeler

Original Name : John Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tin Man

Original Name : Deep Roy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ozma

Original Name : Emma Ridley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mombi II

Original Name : Sophie Ward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mombi III

Original Name : Fiona Victory

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lead Wheeler / Nome Messenger

Original Name : Pons Maar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Rachel Ashton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Robbie Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Ailsa Berk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Peter Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Roger Ennals

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Michele Hine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Mark Hopkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Colin Skeaping

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Ken Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Philip Tan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler

Original Name : Rob Thirtle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Bruce Boa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toto

Original Name : Tansy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cage Carrier (uncredited)

Original Name : Jon Jacobs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Munchkin (uncredited)

Original Name : Kevin Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polychrome (uncredited)

Original Name : Cherie Hawkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Santa Claus (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Standeven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler (uncredited)

Original Name : Andy Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler (uncredited)

Original Name : Gareth Milne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler (uncredited)

Original Name : Stuart Fell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wheeler (uncredited)

Original Name : Tip Tipping

Gender : Male

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

'Return to Oz' 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, Jean Marsh as Princess Mombi is the only performance I felt entertained by - she's very good. Away from her, there's not much to note. Fairuza Balk is solid in the role of Dorothy, nothing really to say about her other than she does an OK job; considering her age. The Wheelers are kinda interesting, they do look cool. It's a shame they don't make use of Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man - the latter I'm actually glad they didn't, given how awful his design was. I get why they don't feature more, given the source material, but it feels a needless change-up especially with Billina, Tik-Tok and Jack Pumpkinhead being so lame. I read that this is apparently true to the original book series, which is respectable. However, the point of a film is to make it a good film first and foremost - this doesn't quite do that in my opinion. Each to their own, of course!

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

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 "Oz". The yellow brick road has been torn up and the emerald city is but a ruin. It turns out that the subterranean "Nome King" has determined to reclaim all the precious stones stolen (as he sees it) from his realm, and so together with the Princess "Mombi" has reduced the once mighty city to rubble. It falls to young "Dorothy" and her new friends "Jack Pumpkinhead" and the rotund tin soldier "Tik-Tok" to find the mysterious powder of life and try to outsmart the pair and restore the kingdom. This story has much more menace to it. The treatment scenario at the start (aided well by Nicol Williamson and Jean Marsh) works effectively, and the multi headed Princess gives Sophie Ward and Fiona Victory an opportunity to spread a little mayhem too. My biggest gripe with this is that Miss Balk looks much younger that Judy Garland, and she isn't a terribly engaging actress either. The animation is a bit on the basic side, too, but it does move along well with plenty of flying sofas and a message that green is always good!