
Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of both the popular 1902 Broadway musical and the well-known 1939 film adaptation. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by Lyman Frank Baum and illustrated by W. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting.

At first he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Trailer Oz, the Great and Powerful (Oz: the Great and Powerful) Directed by: Sam Raimi Cast list: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Zach Braff, Abigail, Joey King Country: USA Year: 2013 Genres: Adventure / Fantasy / Runtime: 130 min.
