Return to Oz - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Return to Oz"
Return to Oz (1985)
Timing:
1:49 (109 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Executive Producer
Casting
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Marci Liroff
Casting
Susie Figgis
Casting
Editor
Leslie Hodgson
Editor
Art Direction
Fred Hole
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director
Charles Bishop
Supervising Art Director
Costume Design
Raymond Hughes
Costume Design
Stunts
Andy Bradford
Stunts
Gareth Milne
Stunts
Elaine Ford
Stunts
Production Design
Norman Reynolds
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Colin Skeaping
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Michael Ford
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Magdalen Gaffney
Makeup Artist
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Rowe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Associate Producer
Colin Michael Kitchens
Associate Producer
Orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Second Assistant Director
Ian Hickinbotham
Second Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
Stunt Double
Cheryl Brown
Stunt Double
Alison Lynn
Stunt Double
Nicola Roche
Stunt Double
Sarah White
Stunt Double
Director of Photography
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
John Palmer
Camera Operator
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Ken Worringham
Camera Operator
Property Master
Peter Hancock
Property Master
Hair Department Head
Patricia McDermott
Hair Department Head
Still Photographer
Richard Blanshard
Still Photographer
Barry Peake
Still Photographer
Assistant Costume Designer
William McPhail
Assistant Costume Designer
Thanks
Screenplay
Gill Dennis
Screenplay
Assistant Editor
Dan Farrell
Assistant Editor
Book
Location Manager
Grania O'Shannon
Location Manager
Makeup Supervisor
Robin Grantham
Makeup Supervisor
Gaffer
Maurice Gillett
Gaffer
Jim Dawes
Gaffer
Assistant Director
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Michael Murray
Assistant Director
Music Editor
Stan Witt
Music Editor
Animation Director
Wardrobe Supervisor
Paul Vachon
Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant Sound Editor
Geoff R. Brown
Assistant Sound Editor
Walter Nelson
Assistant Sound Editor
Tony Morris
Assistant Sound Editor
Unit Manager
Philip Kohler
Unit Manager
Executive In Charge Of Production
Bruce Sharman
Executive In Charge Of Production
Sound Editor
Martin Evans
Sound Editor
Peter Musgrave
Sound Editor
Michael Hopkins
Sound Editor
Draughtsman
Richard Holland
Draughtsman
Reg Bream
Draughtsman
Creature Design
Continuity
Sally Jones
Continuity
Storyboard
Mike Ploog
Storyboard
Denis Rich
Storyboard
Mechanical Designer
John Stephenson
Mechanical Designer
What's left behind the scenes
- Fairuza Balk performed all the stunts herself.
- The first film with the new Walt Disney Pictures logo featuring the rainbow and castle.
- To move his legs, Michael Sandin (1961-1989) stood inside the Tick-Tock costume upside down and facing backwards.
- The actress Fairuza Balk’s slippers were handmade with imitation rubies, and their magical appearance was enhanced by the use of rotoscoping during post-production. Glass beads imported from Austria and glued on with a special spray were used as rubies. This later caused problems, as the heat from the set lights melted the adhesive, and the beads began to fall off the slippers during the actress's movements. Eventually, the slippers were only put on immediately before filming. The actress later kept one pair of the slippers for herself.
- Disney fired director Walter Murch approximately a week after filming began due to financial concerns. Furthermore, it turned out that the filming was behind schedule. Murch turned to friends Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas for help, and they persuaded Disney to rehire Murch. Lucas even promised to become the director himself if Murch fell behind schedule again. Murch stayed on schedule, but the studio leadership changed during post-production. The new leadership showed no interest in the project, resulting in minimal advertising before its release and a limited theatrical run.
- To feature the ruby slippers in the film, Disney had to pay royalties to MGM, the studio that released Victor Fleming’s (1889-1949) “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939. The ruby slippers are not mentioned in the original book by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919). They were invented in 1939 specifically for the newly invented “Technicolor” technology. In the book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (1900), Dorothy wears magical silver shoes and loses them upon returning to Kansas. In the book “Ozma of Oz” (1907), one of the source materials for this film, Dorothy and her friends meet King Nom, who possesses a magical belt with properties similar to those of the silver shoes. This was also mentioned in one of the early drafts of the screenplay for “Return to Oz,” according to which King Nom cut up the ruby slippers and made himself a magical belt.
- Once, Walter Murch invited his friend George Lucas to visit the set. Lucas came, and at one point began walking around the soundstage, where he met Rick McCallum, who was working on a project of his own. Lucas and McCallum became friends and later even worked together on the Star Wars prequels.
- While working on this film, Walter Murch did not intend to shoot a sequel to Victor Fleming's "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) as such.
- Initially, the characters who became the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion in the Russian adaptation were intended to play more significant roles, but due to budget constraints, their roles had to be reduced to episodic ones.
- During post-production, Emma Ridley (who played Ozma) was re-voiced by the director's daughter, Beatrice Murch. It was decided that Ridley's own voice sounded too British.
- During the filming of one of the scenes at the end of the film, actress Fairuza Balk became ill from the heat. The temperature in the pavilion exceeded 43 degrees Celsius, and the actress fainted.
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