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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2014 · 88 min

A bright, busy cartoon journey full of songs and candy-colored detours, cheerful but rarely surprising, easy for kids to follow.

Directed by: Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Lea Michele, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters

Tagline: There's trouble in OZ...
Overview: Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, from a devious new villain, the Jester. New comrades Wiser the Owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess, and Tugg the Tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.

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Directed by: Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Lea Michele, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
survival
found family
loyalty
redemption
Places: fantasy world
small town
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
musical
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	1
Humour	5
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Tension	4
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Genres: animation, family, fantasy
Directed by: Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn
Written by: Adam Balsam, Randi Barnes
Starring: Lea Michele, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters, Dan Aykroyd, Kelsey Grammer, Jim Belushi, Oliver Platt, Hugh Dancy
Music: Toby Chu
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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