I was not aware of this. The original is one of my top favs. Is this coming to theater's?
There is a lame TV series 'Emerald City' that I abhor. Of course, they have put their own spin on the story which is lame. Anyway, tell more about the new movie. Thanks 4 posting this.
(I enjoy all your image postings. I'm a very visual person. ~ Means I like pictures ~)
I actually spoke with the guy who wrote the screenplay about a year ago, on the forum he made for the movie. He said that he doesn't know whether or not the film will be theatrical or straight to DVD. It will depend on how it does at festivals.
There's very little that's different between the movie and the book. Most of the changes made are to make the film more cinematic.
Here's what I've gathered so far (spoilers ahead):
- We're familier with Dorothy's gingham dress. But in the book, Dorothy wore a red dress (not mentioned by color in the text, but colored red in the original illustrations, which were authorized by the author, and which the filmmakers are taking inspiration from) at the beginning, and switched to the gingham one when she began her journey. She didn't wear the gingham dress for the entire journey either, but switched to white one once she arrived at the Emerald City. In the new movie, for the sake of keeping the story moving, Dorothy starts the story with the gingham dress and doesn't change her clothes before her journey. However, she still changes into a white dress at the Emerald City.
- Folks who read the book may know that the Good Witch of the North did not have a name, and Glinda was the Good Witch of the South. They were separate characters. The North Witch appeared at the beginning, and legitimately didn't know about the power of the magic shoes. The South Witch appeared at the end. In the new movie, the Good Witch of the North is named Locasta, which does not originate from the books, but is instead from one of L. Frank Baum's plays.
- The Tin Woodman is portrayed as being sarcastic and rude when the company first encounters him, in order to make the "heartless" aspect align more with the other two people who joined Dorothy (Scarecrow thinks he doesn't have a brain because he doesn't know much, and Lion thinks he's a coward because he feels afraid, so from that logic, the Tin Woodman should feel that he doesn't have a heart because he a grouch, even though he really does care).
- The Tin Woodman is named Nick Chopper. This name does not appear in the book, but it does in the sequels.
- Readers of the book will also know that the Wicked Witch of the West didn't appear in the book until the companions went out to kill her. In the new movie, her role is expanded again. The crow attack is movied to earlier in the story, so at they attack the companions as they're rafting down the river. The Scarecrow clims on the pole deliberately in the new movie, in order to scare the crows away. Also, he only snaps one neck of a crow, and the rest fly away, whereas in the book, he strangled all of them.
- The backstory for the Winged Monkeys is left out.
- The scene with the Kalidahs is more cinematic. The Kalidahs begin chasing the companions before they chop down the tree to cross the ravine, in order to up the stakes a little bit. Ive seen it done this way in some anime adaptations as well, so it's a common deviation, and I actually prefer it that way over the wait was in the original book. Also, when the Kalidahs try to croos the tree to come after them, the Lion shoves the trees into the ditch to kill them, instead of the Tin Woodman chopping the end of it off.
Those are the only differences I can think of right now. With one or two exceptions, the differences from the book are very minor.
