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58% Critic Match
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
5.8 / 10• 1980• 25m•NR• English
FantasyFamilyTV MovieAnimation
Storyline
Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.
Cast & Crew
Sid Caesar
Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
LeadMB
Mischa Bond
Dorothy (voice)
Robert Ridgely
Jack Pumpkinhead / Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (voice)
Joan Gerber
Tic Toc / Ozma (voice)
Frank Nelson
Jack, the Hungry Tiger (voice)
Lurene Tuttle
Aunt Em (voice)
CW
Charles Woolf
Uncle Henry (voice)
MM
Maitzi Morgan
(voice)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Swenson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
