Review of The Wiz (1978) by Leigh B — 10 Nov 2007
Remember watching this movie for the first time on television when I was a five year old child. This movie was great then and it is still great today. Why did they have Diane Ross play Dorothy? She was already 34 years old when she played in the movie! She does not have close to the vocal range that Stephanie Mills has! This movie had Michael Jackson (when he still acted black!), Nipsey Russell (before he did that short lived game show), and Ted Lange (the first season dean on A Different World.
) This movie also had the late Mabel King and the mother from "That's My Mama." Believe it or not, this was the last motion picture that Lena Horne appeared in. Why did she stop acting? You can see a serious side of Richard Pryor in this movie.
This movie should have won an Academy Award in 1978!
This review of The Wiz (1978) was written by Leigh B on 10 Nov 2007.
The Wiz has generally received mixed reviews.
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