Talking Tinmen, Walking Scarecrows, Ruby Slippers: 35 Years of Return to Oz!

35 years ago, #OTD in Oz history, June 21, 1985 - Disney’s Return to Oz, directed by Walter Murch and based on L. Frank Baum’s The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and Ozma of Oz (1907), has its world premiere. With a fantastical score by David Shire and starring Fairuza Balk in her first screen role as Dorothy Gale, alongside Emma Ridley, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Jean Marsh, Nicol Williamson, Denise Bryer, Justin Case, Sean Barrett, Brian Henson, Lyle Conway, John Alexander, Pons Maar, Deep Roy, Michael Sundin and Sophie Ward, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects and has since acquired a cult following. Happy 35th Oz-versary! #RTO35