New Fairuza Interviews

We found some great recent interviews with Ms. Balk! These talk about her most recent film, Bad Lieutenant. Great to see Fairuza in new roles, the DVD is projected for Feb/March.







Bonus, here is the trailer for her new movie....

New Interview!

We have just completed a new interview with Paul Maslansky the Producer of Return to Oz!

You can download it free on our Interview page:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Art.htm

Many thanks to Aaron at thewizardofozfilm.com, as well as Celia Foster!

Return to Oz Site Updates!

Just got done making quite a few updates, but my favorite is the NEW Ruby Slipper HOME logo. See the way they sparkle???

Fairuza at Bad Lieutenant screening!

Here are some recent photos of Fairuza Balk at the screening of her new movie "Bad Lieutenant". And yep she's still got it! So for all you Fairuza fans here are some great pics!

Victoria Wood Single

We now have the Victoria wood single available for download on our Soundtrack Page! This single was only available on LP in the UK. Thanks to our friend over at thewizardofozfilm.com you can now hear and download this song! I am kind of glad that it never made it to the film though, since it is very 80s feel to it. It would have ruined the overall "feel" of the film. In my opinion anyway.


You can download the song here as well:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/ST_Wood.mp3

Ruby Slippers Completed!

Well as promised, the are now done, here is the video of them, I hope you enjoy it.

P.S. I will also be posting this in our One of a Kind page :)

Ruby Slipper Update...

I have been working on a pair of Replica Slippers, on and off for over 2 years! Wow that is a long time, but I am happy to say they are almost done. I had re-do the bows again, these will look as close as exact as possible, only my replica pair will have quite a few more rhinestones, to give it a very beautiful look. So stay tuned, I will upload a video so you all can see how they will look finished, quite a bit different than they did before in which I had a video of those too, if you search hard enough, you can find it here....

Return to Oz figures on eBay

I am here to say we are now selling some of the rare Return to Oz action figures from Japan on eBay. We are sellign a scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a Tik-Tok! The bidding is staring low, so dont let these guys get away....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Return-to-Oz-Heart-Heart-Scarecrow-Figure-Japan-RARE_W0QQitemZ150368667484QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2302abc75c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/Return-to-Oz-Tin-Woodman-Wizard-of-Oz-Figure-Japan-RARE_W0QQitemZ150368668997QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2302abcd45&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.com/Disney-Return-to-Oz-Tik-Tok-Figure-L-Frank-Baum-Wizard_W0QQitemZ150368670017QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2302abd141&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Return to Oz - Stories Behind the Story -Episode 6

Finally, We have another episode in our Documentary series; Return to Oz - Stories behind the Story. This Episode is based on the burning question everyone seems to ask, "Is Return to Oz a Sequel?" So please enjoy this episode, a lot of sweat and tears was poured into it....

Dorothy & Paul McCartney

Here is a really cool photo I had someone on the message board ask about. It was taken during filming of Return to Oz, it is Dorothy ( Fairuza Balk ) with Paul McCartney! The photo I had was very small so the pic is not so clear, but you can tell who it is. It makes me happy they put Tik-Tok and the Tin Woodman in there aswell.

New Store Inventory

We got some new Store Inventory for everyone. We don't have the cool replicas yet :( , but more books and DVDs, and some other Oz thrown in. Check it out here:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Store.htm

Interactive Oz

Hello All, Well we got 2 great desktop backgrounds thanks to our friend Jeff :) These will be loaded to the Interactive Page for you all to enjoy on your computer screen.








We also have some new fan trailers and a newly remastered version of the Return to Oz TV spots. Thanks to Sam for all the hard work on those, it really payed off!



The rest of the trailers can be viewed from our Interactive Page, or by clicking here:
http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Inter_Trailer.htm

Stay tuned, we have some great things in store this Summer! And lets get back on the discussion board.. :)

Desktop Background contest

We are going to have a Desktop background contest! Well maybe not a contest, but we need more desktop backgrounds on the INTERACTIVE page. We now only have two. :(

So any of you fans, grab your favorite Return to Oz photos and your paint shop and enter in a desktop background. All of them will be uploaded to the site, the deadline is the end of next weekend, ending on Fathers Day...... I would love to add a lot more backgrounds for people to enjoy... :) You can email the Here:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Contact.htm

Twitter!

We now have a Twitter Account! So you can follow us on either Myspace or Twitter now!

Here is our new Twitter Account,

http://twitter.com/Returnto0z

We have also changed our main photo on the website, these will periodically change to keep the main page fresh. If you have a request on what character or prop you would like to see on the next one, send us an email.

Hope everyone is well and don't forget to follow us on Twitter!

Return to Oz Memorabilia

Just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know that we have updated some Memorabilia on the website. The main updates are 3 of the plush toys from Japan. These are so rare and now we have great photos of 3 of them on the website.



The Dolls updated were Jack, Tik-Tok, & The Cowardly Lion.

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Mem_Dolls.htm

We also updated the Dorothy Doll....

We also added a One of a Kind Necklace...

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/OOAK_Misc.htm


A UK coloring Book:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Mem_Act_ColorUK.htm

Some great crew exclusives:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Mem_Crew.htm

And a Magic slate pad:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Mem_Misc.htm


We have a lot of other memorabilia we will be updating in the near future... so stay tuned!

Fairuza Films

Today is Fairuza's Birthday! Happy Birthday Ms. Balk! And for that I am going to talk a bit about her recent movies. In case any of you want to see them.

And for those of you that dont know Humboldt County is a new (newer) movie starring Fairuza Balk. And it is a fantastic film! Fairuza is only in the first 20 minutes or so, but she does an outstanding job. She even sings in the film! So for all you Fairuza Fans, check this one out. And for you Six Feet Under Lovers it also stars Frances Conroy (Ruth) & Chris Messina (Ted). :)

The plot of the movie is as follows:

Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart (Fairuza Balk) rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he encounters her eccentric family of pot farmers. But when Bogart runs away without a word, Peter is thrust into the picturesque and bizarre world that is Humboldt County.

You can purchase Humboldt county here:




Another recent movie Fairuza stars in is Grindstone Road. This film was not the greatest I had ever seen, but Fairuza's performance was dead on, as usual. She plays the main character in the film so this makes it very fun as she is in the whole movie. The plot is simple:

A woman (Fairuza Balk) along with her husband moves into an old house where strange phenomena ocurs right after her son fall s into a comma.

And at a 9.99 price point, you cant go wrong! You can purchase Grindstone Road Here:



Well there are quite a few other Fairuza Movies, but we will review those soon for everyone. In the meantime, if any of you watch these films let us know what you think! We are also working on getting more titles in our Store so please check that out too.

New Fan Art

Well Guys I updated the fan art page. I had gotten a few submissions recently. They can be found here:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Fan_Draw.htm

If anyone has any more or are inspired by this post please email them and I will upload them to the fan art pages.

There is a slight delay on the Return to Oz documentaries, I am in the process of moving, so it may be a little while before the docs are back on track. But I assure you I got so great things in store. But they may have to wait to late summer :(

But in beween time I will do my best to make updates often to the site.

Just a little post to let you know things are still going forward here at waltdisneysreturntooz.com

Talk to you all soon.....

Deleted Scenes

I am very excited to share with you all very rare Deleted Scenes from Return to Oz! And this time in video! You can see them all in the next 2 episodes of our Return to Oz video series:







I have also broken them all up and added them to our Deleted Scenes page here:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Del.htm


It took a long time to get these out to you so I really hope you guys enjoy them!!

Return to Oz Parade

Hello all,

I wanted to write to let you know that I updated the Return to Oz Electrical Parade Page. There are some really cool photos I thought you might enjoy...

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Float.htm



Also we are a little behind on the next video episode (these things take forever to produce!) But hang in there, and new one is coming. :)

I have decided since the message board is well, dead, I am going to put updates on the Return to Oz Blog.



And just for tuning in here is a cool Myspace graphic I found online: Not sure of the artist, but feel free to use it.

Well that is it for now.... I am curious though, is anyone listening?

New RTO Store

First I wanted to let everyone know that I may be a little behind on the new Oz video. BUt please be patient, a new episode is comming soon.

Also, we are in the works to actually carry some metal replicas of some movie props, which were given out to cast and crew members at the end of filming. These will be golden Tik-Toks, Tik-Tok’s badge, and Winding instructions plate, Golden Oz Keys, and even some new metal figures to go with the golden Tik-Tok. )Ie DOrothy, Jack Gump, etc) So look out for them in the next few months here:

http://www.waltdisneysreturntooz.com/Store.htm

What do you guys think?

New Return to Oz Review

So this one is not as bad as the the Siskel & Ebert review but not as accurate as possible either. But it is nice to have Return to Oz reviewed again. They did claim that the Oz movie rights were in public domain when Return to Oz was filmed, which was not true. They also really tied it to the Wizard of Oz, but that was inevitable. I thought it was interesting however,

Follow the link below to see the video on spike.com;

Return to Oz Stories behind the story

Episodes 2 & 3 are now up! These include the making of documentary that was on British television. Stay tuned for episode 4!

Return to Oz - Stories behind the story

As I promised, we have finished our first Online episode in our new documentary series. The series is titled:

Return to Oz - Stories behind the story

This episode is just one of many that are to come. So enjoy and please send us a comment to let us know you are viewing the blogs ok?