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Slighly Similar, but Drastically Different

"Return to Oz" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - David Shire/The London Symphony Orchestra This will always be my true OZ. None of that munchkin, techno-colored sh*t for me. No happy-go-lucky song and dance hoopla. No scared scarecrow, cowardly lion, and hollow tin-man. No sir, even Toto stayed home for this one. Introduce a smart, cackling chicken, a "small army", a Pumpkin Head, and a Gump into a dark, magical world filled with mystery, mischief and imagination and you've got yourself one amazing, classic film entitled, Return to Oz . Critics were cruel to Director Walter Murch for thinking way beyond the outside of the box and basing most of the plot on the original novels of OZ written in the early 1900's. However, I believe that it was largely due to the fact that they were unfortunately, misled into thinking that this was some sort of sequel to its MGM predecessor, Director Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz . Although the new characters are obvi...