Director: Sam Raimi

Writers: Mitchell Kapner; David Lindsay-Abaire

From novel: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Keywords: Fantasy

Prequel to the Wizard of Oz follows traveling Kansas circus magician Oscar Diggs as he finds himself sucked into a tornado and through a vortex that transports him to the magical Land of Oz.

ABSTRACT
James Franco stars in this vehicle and prequel to The Wizard of Oz as Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician in 1905 rural Kansas just trying to make a name for himself when, one day, an altercation with a strongman in his circus leads to his escape in a hot-air balloon that -- by way of a tornado -- whisks him away to the Land of Oz, where witch Theodora immediately puts him at the center of a prophecy dictating his place as a wizard who overthrows the Wicked Witch responsible for murdering the king of their realm.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Zach Braff	Actor	6-Apr-1975		Scrubs
Bruce Campbell	Actor	22-Jun-1958		Evil Dead
Bill Cobbs	Actor	16-Jun-1935		Tony on The Drew Carey Show
Tony Cox	Actor	31-Mar-1958		Marcus in Bad Santa
James Franco	Actor	19-Apr-1978		Freaks and Geeks
Mila Kunis	Actor	14-Aug-1983		Jackie on That 70's Show
Ted Raimi	Actor	14-Dec-1965		Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess
Abigail Spencer	Actor	4-Aug-1981		Cowboys & Aliens
Rachel Weisz	Actor	7-Mar-1971		The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams	Actor	9-Sep-1980		Jen Lindley on Dawson's Creek

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