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Twentieth Century Oz

Twentieth Century Oz

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 29, 1976

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Music, Fantasy, Comedy

User Score

51%

Original Title

Oz

Production Companies

Count Features, Australian Film Commission, B.E.F. Film Distributors

Director

Chris Löfvén

Description

Dorothy is a sixteen-year-old groupie riding with a rock band when, suddenly, the van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in a fantasy world as gritty and realistic as the one she came from and learns she killed a young thug in the process. A gay clothier called the Good Fairy gives her a pair of red shoes as a reward to help her see the last concert of the Wizard, an androgynous rock singer. She is pursed by the thug's brother who attempts to rape her on several occasions. She also meets a dumb surfer, a heartless mechanic, and a cowardly biker.