- The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story
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The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story Directed by Jack Bender Produced by Ervin Zavada Written by David Kirschner (story)
Richard Matheson (story & teleplay)Starring John Ritter
Annette O'Toole
Rue McClanahan
Charles Haid
David SchrammMusic by Lee Holdridge Cinematography Fred J. Koenekamp Editing by Thomas Burstyn Distributed by NBC Release date(s) December 10, 1990 Running time 91 minutes Country United States Language English The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story is a 1990 film that stars John Ritter as Lyman Frank Baum, the man who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and thirteen of the other Oz books. Also starring in this TV movie was Annette O'Toole as Baum's supportive wife Maud, and Rue McClanahan who played Baum's tough mother-in-law, Matilda Gage. John's son, Jason Ritter makes his debut in this telefilm as Harry Neal Baum.
Plot
The film depicts how L. Frank Baum came to create one of the best loved fairy tales of all time, while undergoing professional and personal failures.
External links
- The Dreamer of Oz at the Internet Movie Database
- The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story at AllRovi
Films directed by Jack Bender 1980s High School U.S.A. (1984) · The Midnight Hour (1985)1990s The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) · Child's Play 3 (1991) · Armed and Innocent (1994) · Family Album (1994) · A Face to Die For (1996) · Sweet Dreams (1996) · Friends 'Til the End (1997) · It Came from the Sky (1999)Richard Matheson Novels I Am Legend (1954) • The Shrinking Man (1956) • A Stir of Echoes (1958) • The Beardless Warriors (1960) • Hell House (1971) • Bid Time Return (1975) • What Dreams May Come (1978)Short stories "Born of Man and Woman" (1950) • "Blood Son" (1951) • "Button, Button" (1970)Screenplays The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) • House of Usher (1960) • "The Last Flight" (1960) • "Nick of Time" (1960) • "A World of Difference" (1960) • "A World of His Own" (1960) • Master of the World (1961) • The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) • "The Invaders" (1961) • "Once Upon a Time" (1961) • Night of the Eagle (1962) • Tales of Terror (1962) • "Little Girl Lost" (1962) • "Young Man's Fancy" (1962) • The Raven (1963) • "Death Ship" (1963) • "Mute" (1963) • "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963) • "Steel" (1963) • The Comedy of Terrors (1964) • The Last Man on Earth (1964) • "Night Call" (1964) • "Spur of the Moment" (1964) • Fanatic (1965) • The Young Warriors (1966) • "The Enemy Within" (1966) • The Devil Rides Out (1968) • De Sade (1969) • Duel (1971) • The Night Stalker (1972) • The Night Strangler (1973) • The Legend of Hell House (1973) • Dracula (1973) • The Morning After (1974) • Trilogy of Terror (1975) • The Martian Chronicles Mini-Series (1980) • Somewhere in Time (1980) • Jaws 3-D (1983) • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) • "Button, Button" (1986) • Loose Cannons (1990) • The Dreamer of Oz (1990) • Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) • Trilogy of Terror II (1996)Adaptations
by others"And When the Sky Was Opened" (1959) • "Third from the Sun" (1960) • Cold Sweat (1970) • The Omega Man (1971) • The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) • What Dreams May Come (1998) • Stir of Echoes (1999) • "Dance of the Dead" (2005) • "My Ambition" (2006) • I Am Legend (2007) • I Am Omega (2007) • The Box (2009) • "The Splendid Source" (2010) • Real Steel (2011)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1990 television films
- American television films
- Films based on works by Richard Matheson
- Films directed by Jack Bender
- Oz in stage and film productions
- Screenplays by Richard Matheson
- Television film stubs
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