Clocking in at twenty-eight minutes Gale is obviously a proof of concept for a feature film, and as such it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. It doesn't leave you lost however, there's enough revealed that you can understand where the story leaves off, and the general direction of where the story will go.
Gale - Stay Away From Oz is streaming now exclusively on Chilling. The short film is now live, and serves as the setup for the feature film that will be going in to production soon. Long gone are the days of emerald cities and yellow brick roads, the enchanting tale of the Wizard of Oz takes a haunting turn.
If that seems vague and disjointed, that's because that's all we get in this 27-minute short. The description was far more comprehensive than the film itself There have been recent remakes of Frank L. Baum's children's novel The Wizard of Oz (George M.
Baum never states Dorothy's age, but he does state in The Lost Princess of Oz that she is a year younger than Betsy Bobbin and a year older than Trot, whose age was specified as 10 in Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Giant Horse of Oz, putting her at age 11 by the time she comes to live in Oz.
Ti West's Pearl is a twisted spin on The Wizard of Oz, veering between inspired and ridiculous. After a six-month wait, the highly anticipated prequel to Ti West's X has just reached UK cinemas. Starring Mia Goth, once again, this film borders on the fantastical and bizarre.
Pearl drew inspiration from the works of Douglas Sirk, Technicolor films like The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Mary Poppins (1964), and Disney films. It had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2022, and was released in theaters in the United States on September 16, 2022, by A24.
The Once Upon a Time version of Dorothy Gale is a lesbian. This could be a nod to the original novels, that implied her relationship with the ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma, as being that of a romantic one.
Dorothy's last name holds a particular metaphorical significance. "Gale" is a nautical term for strong winds. Dorothy is first transported from Kansas to Oz in a tornado—another kind of strong wind. Dorothy's last name closely connects her to her fateful passage to Oz.
Return to Oz was released in theaters on June 21, 1985. It performed poorly at the box office, grossing $11.1 million in the United States on a $28 million budget, and received mixed reviews, with critics praising the effects and performances but criticizing the dark content and twisted visuals.
(Dorothy, as in the first movie, is as sweet as ever.) Children 8 and younger will likely find it disturbing, especially if they're fans of the original. Some scenes show an Oz that's fallen apart, dominated by a headless princess and a vengeful, stony king.
Gale: Stay Away From Oz is an alternate Oz short horror film that was released on September 18th, 2023 exclusively for a horror movie streaming website and app called Chilling.
The Wizard of Oz was filmed entirely on stages at MGM's Culver City studio at 10202 Washington Boulevard. The studio still stands today and offers visitors a look behind the curtains to see where the magic happened, as part of the Sony Pictures Studio Tour.
The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator W.W. Denslow. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely naïve.
But her addictions, which had plagued her since her days at MGM, would have a lasting effect on her health; one contemporary article noted that she suffered from “exhaustion, kidney ailments, nervous breakdowns, near-fatal drug reactions, overweight, underweight and injuries suffered in falls.” On the morning of June ...
Glinda the Good stepped down from her ruby throne to give the little girl a good-bye kiss, and Dorothy thanked her for all the kindness she had shown to her friends and herself.
But Pearl is psychotic and the sentimental prism of the movies becomes the framework for extended delusions for her. For instance, when she finds a scarecrow in that cornfield, she imagines it coming to life and has simulated sex with it.
But did you know that the smile wasn't even in the script originally? The idea to extend the smile didn't come til after production began, but it helped the actress access a new dimension of her character.
In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, Toto was played by a female brindle Cairn Terrier named Terry. She was paid a $125 salary each week, which was more than some of the human actors (the Singer Midgets who played the Munchkins reportedly received $50 to $100 a week).
