#1. Return to Oz (1985)

Storyline: Dorothy Gale has recently come home to Kansas from the Land of Oz and is now almost back to perfect health since the incident of the tornado, only she cannot get that wonderful place out of her head. She frequently talks about it and cannot get any sleep at night. Aunt Em worries about her health/well-being. Thinking that she is suffering delusional depression and acute insomnia, she decides to take her to see a special doctor in another town. While he tries to treat her with electro-shock treatment and take those nasty dreams away from her head, she is rescued by a mysterious girl who leads her back to Oz for a new adventure.

Plot Keywords: young girl, tin man, friend, amusing, campy, uplifting, oz ...

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#2. Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage (2000)

Storyline: Before Dorothy landed on the Wicked Witch of the East (Lynn Redgrave) with her little farmhouse, the witch had to contend with another resident of middle America. The Lion (Jason Priestley), who was once part of the Omaha Circus, comes to Oz with the Wizard and starts on an adventure to stop the witch from obtaining the Flower of Oz. As new friends and strange characters look to him for his courage, the Lion could lose exactly what it is that makes him so brave. Based upon the book by Roger S. Baum (great-grandson of L. Frank Baum, the original author of the Oz books).—Max Vaughn

Plot Keywords: lion, wicked witch, cartoon character, amusing, inspiring, heartwarming, emotional ...

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#3. Under the Rainbow (1981)

Storyline: In 1938 Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of The Wizard of Oz (1939)). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.—<rth@ece.arizona.edu>

Plot Keywords: actress, little person, wizard of oz, mailroom clerk, passenger, duke, amusing ...

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#4. The Wizard of Oz (1925)

Storyline: A Toymaker tells a bizarre story about how the Land of Oz was ruled by Prince Kynd, but he was overthrown by Prime Minister Kruel. Dorothy learns from Aunt Em that fat, cruel Uncle Henry is not her uncle, and gives her a note due on her eighteenth birthday, which reveals she is actually Princess Dorothea of Oz, and is supposed to marry Prince Kynd. She, Uncle Henry , and two farmhands are swept to Oz by a tornado. Snowball, a black farmhand soon joins them after a lightning bolt chases him into the sky. They land in Oz, where the farmhands try to avoid capture. Semon becomes a scarecrow, Hardy briefly disguises himself as a Tin Woodman, and Snowball is given a Lion suit by the Wizard, which he uses to scare the Pumperdink guards.—Scott Hutchins <scottandrewh@home.com>

Plot Keywords: young girl, prime minister, prince, uncle, aunt, wizard of oz, creative ...

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