Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2013 film by Daniel St. Pierre / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return is a 2013 animated musical fantasy film that is loosely based on the 1989 book Dorothy of Oz by L. Frank Baum's great-grandson Roger Stanton Baum.[1] It was directed by Daniel St. Pierre and Will Finn.[5] The film stars the voices of Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Dancy, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt, Patrick Stewart, Bernadette Peters, and Martin Short.
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Directed by | Daniel St. Pierre Will Finn |
Written by | Adam Balsam Randi Barnes |
Based on | Dorothy of Oz by Roger Stanton Baum |
Produced by | Roland Carroll Ryan Carroll Bonne Radford[1] |
Starring | |
Edited by | Dan Molina Stan Webb |
Music by | Toby Chu |
Production companies | Prana Studios Summertime Entertainment |
Distributed by | Clarius Entertainment |
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Running time | 88 minutes[2] |
Countries | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $70 million[3][4] |
Box office | $21.7 million[4] |
The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France on June 14, 2013[6] and was released in the United States and Canada on May 9, 2014. The movie received negative reviews from critics and was a financial disappointment, grossing $21.7 million worldwide against a budget of $70 million. It is also the only film produced by Summertime Entertainment, which shut down in response to the film's underperformance at the box office. Due to the film's poor reception, Clarius Entertainment cancelled the planned sequels and a TV series.