Film
The Wiz
Mon, Dec 17, 2012
- 6PM
- 9PM
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAM Rose Cinemas
RUN TIME: 133 minutes
RATED: G
FORMAT: 35mm
GENERAL ADMISSION: $12
BAM CINEMA CLUB MEMBERS: $7
STUDENTS/SENIORS:
$9 (29 and under with a valid ID, Mon—Thu)
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December 2012
Monday December 17, 2012
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Part of
BAMcinématek 2012
series Brooklyn Close-Up
Directed by Sidney Lumet | 1978
With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King
Adapted from the hit Broadway musical, this Motown-produced, all-African-American take on The Wizard of Oz was a surprising commercial failure upon its release, but has since been embraced as an undeniable showcase for some of pop music’s most legendary acts. The film boasts stars Ross and Jackson, a soundtrack crafted by such luminaries as Ashford and Simpson, Luther Vandross, and Quincy Jones, and a New York City backdrop with Coney Island and the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station thrown into the spectacular mix of locations.