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The Wiz

19786.0 / 10134 min

Music, Fantasy, Adventure

Overview

The wiz! The stars! The music! Wow!

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

Cast

Diana Ross

Dorothy

Michael Jackson

Scarecrow

Nipsey Russell

Tinman

Ted Ross

Lion

Mabel King

Evillene

Theresa Merritt

Aunt Em

Thelma Carpenter

Miss One

Lena Horne

Glinda the Good

Richard Pryor

The Wiz

Stanley Greene

Uncle Henry

Clyde J. Barrett

Subway Peddler

Derrick Bell

Crow

Roderick-Spencer Sibert

Crow

Kashka Banjoko

Crow

Ronald "Smokey" Stevens

Crow

Toney Brealond

Gold Footman

Joe Lynn

Gold Footman

Clinton Jackson

Green Footman

Charles Rodriguez

Green Footman

Carlton Johnson

Head Winkie

Ted Williams

Munchkin #1

Mabel Robinson

Munchkin #2

Damon Pearce

Munchkin #3

Donna Patrice Ingram

Munchkin #4

Harry Madsen

Cheetah

Glory Van Scott

Rolls Royce Lady

Vicki Baltimore

Green Lady

Carles Cleveland

Aunt Em's Party

Mariann Aalda

Aunt Em's Party

Aaron Boddie

Aunt Em's Party

Gay Faulkner

Aunt Em's Party

Ted Butler

Aunt Em's Party

T.B. Skinner

Aunt Em's Party

Jamie Perry

Aunt Em's Party

Daphne McWilliams

Aunt Em's Party

H. Douglas Berring

Aunt Em's Party

James Shaw

Aunt Em's Party

Johnny Brown

Aunt Em's Party

Gyle Waddy

Aunt Em's Party

Dorothi Fox

Aunt Em's Party

Frances Salisbury

Aunt Em's Party

Beatrice Dunmore

Aunt Em's Party

Traci Core

Aunt Em's Party

Donald King

Aunt Em's Party

Claude Brooks

Aunt Em's Party

Billie Allen

Aunt Em's Party

Willie C. Carpenter

Aunt Em's Party

Denice De Jon Nortez

Aunt Em's Party

Kevin Stockton

Aunt Em's Party

Alvin Alexis

Aunt Em's Party

Iman

Emerald City Citizen (uncredited)

Quincy Jones

Emerald City Gold Pianist (uncredited)

Duke Thorbs

The Wiz Singers Children's Choir (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Sidney Lumet

Director

Joel Schumacher

Screenplay

Rob Cohen

Producer

Kenneth Harper

Executive Producer

Berry Gordy

Executive Producer

Charlie Smalls

Original Music Composer

Dede Allen

Editor

Anna Hill Johnstone

Costume Coordinator

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

Robert N. Tucker Jr.

Orchestrator

Eugene Powell

Scenic Artist

Edward Garzero

Scenic Artist

Gloria Gresham

Costume Coordinator

Robert Laden

Makeup Supervisor

Carl Fullerton

Makeup Artist

Michael R. Thomas

Makeup Artist

Scott Cunningham

Makeup Artist

Allen Weisinger

Makeup Artist

Marilyn Putnam

Wardrobe Assistant

George Newman

Wardrobe Assistant

William A. Farley

Hairstylist

Ted Long

Hairstylist

Lynne Twentyman

Script Supervisor

Grace Blake

Production Office Coordinator

James A. Contner

Camera Operator

Jack Priestley

Second Unit Director of Photography

Jack Fitzstephens

Sound Supervisor

Jack Fitzstephens

Music Editor

Stan Bochner

Sound Editor

Marc Laub

Sound Editor

Hal Levinsohn

Sound Editor

Al Nahmias

Sound Editor

Ronald Roose

Sound Editor

Angelo Corrao

Assistant Editor

Marlayna Franklin

Assistant Editor

Norman Leigh

Gaffer

Kenneth Goss

Key Grip

Al Griswold

Special Effects

Conrad 'Connie' F. Brink

Property Master

Charlie Smalls

Songs

Alan Hopkins

Second Assistant Director

Burtt Harris

First Assistant Director

Hank Muller

Assistant Camera

Kenneth Utt

Production Manager

Tony Walton

Costume Design

Quincy Jones

Music Arranger

Quincy Jones

Music Supervisor

Louis Johnson

Choreographer

Albert Whitlock

Visual Effects

Stan Winston

Makeup Designer

Philip Rosenberg

Art Direction

Burtt Harris

Associate Producer

John Jay Moore

Assistant Art Director

Edward Stewart

Set Decoration

Robert Drumheller

Set Decoration

Dona Granata

Assistant Costume Designer

James Sabat

Sound Mixer

Dick Vorisek

Recording Supervision

Everett Creach

Stunt Coordinator

Jack Fitzstephens

Supervising Sound Editor

Jack Fitzstephens

Supervising Music Editor

Tony Walton

Production Design

L. Frank Baum

Characters

Charlie Smalls

Theatre Play

William F. Brown

Theatre Play