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Mar 06, 2013
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Disney’s $325 million gamble on Oz
Near the middle of Oz the Great and Powerful, James Franco, who plays the title character, surveys his bewildering surroundings and mutters "Are you kidding me?" On Friday, when this wizard lands in theaters, Disney hopes ticket buyers won't think the same thing.
No movie studio would have the nerve to remake The Wizard of Oz, the beloved 1939 musical ranked by the Library of Congress as the mostwatched film in history. But Oz the Great and Powerful, a Disney-produced prequel, is nearly as intrepid.
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