Fairuza Balk d/ Walter Murch
Sadly rejected sequel to the 1939 much-beloved film. This had a different tone than the original...no singing and dancing and many scenes where Dorothy was threatened by adults or supernatural forces. This put off some parents in 1985...it died at the box office. I thought it was quite well done, with the best claymation I'd seen in a feature film to that point.
It still works for me and I've heard it's found an audience on VHS and DVD. It's scary for children but what's wrong with that? Read the Grimm Bros or Hans Christian Andersen.
Murch is an outstanding editor and this was the only film he ever directed. Too bad...this was very well done and FB was perfect.
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