The Wizard of Malta (1981)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー, 犯罪, ファンタジー
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演出 : Alex Roshuk
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Douglas Davis presents his interpretations of The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Napoleon in the triptych style of the finale of the Abel Gance version of the latter.
カンザスの農場でおじさん夫婦と一緒に暮らす少女ドロシーは、ある日、竜巻に家ごと上空に巻き上げられ、愛犬のトトとともに魔法の国オズへとたどり着く。故郷の家に戻るためにはオズの魔法使いの力を借りる必要があると言われたドロシーは、早速魔法使いの住むエメラルド・シティを目指して旅に出る。その途中、臆病ライオンや脳のないカカシ、そして心を持たないブリキ男も仲間に加わり、一行は不思議な冒険を繰り広げていく。
オズの国から戻ったドロシーはオズの国の事ばかり気になり眠れない。ドロシーが流れ星を見た翌朝、めんどりのビリーナが庭に落ちていた"OZ"の印がある鍵を見つける。エムおばさんはドロシーに最新式の電気治療を受けさせようと病院へ連れて行き入院することになる。 その晩は激しい嵐にで電気治療が始まりかけた時に停電し見知らぬ少女が助けに現れる。ドロシーは病院から脱出するが、2人とも川の濁流に飲まれてしまい翌朝ドロシーが目を覚ますとオズの国に戻っていた。
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
Ozzy is an enthusiastic and friendly flying monkey, son of the legendary Goliath, the brave warrior. They serve Evilene - the wicked witch - just as the rest of their kin. But Ozzy is not happy about it and when Evilene's plans put Oz once again in peril, Ozzy reaches out to the Champions of Oz, three great friends (the Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tinman) with incredible qualities that have taken Emerald City to its maximum splendor.
The cunning and wicked Urfin wants to become ruler of Magic Land. With an army of wooden soldiers, he captures the Emerald City and renames it ti Urfinville. He is all but ready to celebrate victory, when his plans are ruined by an ordinary girl named Dorothy, who arrives in Magic Land just at the right time. She must return home, but not before she helps her friends - the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and new-brave Lion - defeat Urfin. And in order to do that, they need to find out who he really is.
A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers placing a Scarecrow upon a pole in a cornfield. Pon rescues a Kansas girl named Dorothy from the evil witch Mombi, whom Princess Gloria has been taken to by King Krewl to freeze her heart so she will no longer love Pon. An Indian princess has a ceremony to bring the Scarecrow to life. Pon rescues the cold-hearted princess and they flee for help, discovering the Scarecrow, who promptly falls in love with the princess, and Button-Bright, a lost boy from America. They come to the castle of the Tin Emperor, Nick Chopper, and after oiling him, he falls in love with Gloria. After a bit of a chase aided by the Sawhorse and the Wizard, Mombi turns Pon into a Kangaroo, and a slough of Fred Woodward's animals battle it out.
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This production consists an abbreviated script and highlights most musical numbers from the 1939 film.
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