Dorothy, a young African-American kindergarten teacher leaves a large family dinner one night to chase after her dog during a New York City snowstorm and gets swept up by a cyclone and transplanted to the urban version of the land of Oz.

GENRE: Action/Adventure
MPAA RATING: G
RUN TIME: 2h 13m
RELEASE DATE: October 24, 1978
STARRING: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King
DIRECTOR(S): Sidney Lumet
PRODUCER(S): Rob Cohen
WRITER(S): L. Frank Baum, Joel Schumacher
STUDIO: Universal Pictures