Jean Marsh

Here is a great updated photo of Jean Marsh, who played Princess Mombi in the film.





She must still have her magical powers, has not aged!!!

New Photograph

Just got in this photograph from Germany, going to add it to the archive. But I wanted to share it with you first. I don't know why, but I have always loved the Cowardly lion from this movie...

Chocolate Milk

I have always loved this add from Japan. It is some sort of OZ chocolate milk. It clearly has the characters from Return to Oz to promote it. But no one seems to even remember what it was. If anyone out there knows give us a little light here in the dark. But it is a very interesting add to say the least...

Behind the Scenes Photo

Here is a great Behind the Scenes Photo of Jack in the workshop!

We are working on getting a photo gallery of all the Behind the Scenes Photos on the website..... So stay tuned.....

Fairuza.com

For those of you that don't know yet Fairza Balk has been very busy recently. She has taken over Fairuza.com. It is a great place to go and view what is going on in her career. She even response back to fans!

In latest News Fairuza has a new single that you can download on itunes & Amazon! Here are the following links to do so:

Buy on AMAZON

Buy on iTUNES


Or if you are a hardcore fan you can get the single on CD signed for by Fairuza herself. If you are interested you can purchase on her website.

Stay tuned to this blog for More on Fairuza.

25th Anniversary

Happy 25th Anniversary Return to Oz! Well I am a few days late... It was actually on June 21st.


And speaking of 25th Anniversaries, another Disney classic shares the same year ( July 24th )

The Black Cauldron

The film is based on books by Lloyd Alexander called the Prydain Chronicles. But the disney movie is based mostly on the first and second book. It is however an entirely differant story than the books. But I do recomend reading the books for anyone who likes fantasy.

Disney has actually honored this classic with a special 25th Anniversary release. It will mainly be the same as the earlier release but will finally be in full Widescreen! And they have created a new game, which really is kind of stupid. The reports say there will be a deleted scene but not the controversial scene of the Cauldron Born, but I guess an extended fairy folk scene. Another downside to this is that Disney will not be putting this on Blu-Ray, only DVD. They seem to be very very picky on what goes on Blu-Ray for some reason. The DVD will be available on September 14th.

For those of you not familiar with this movie you can view its 25th Anniversary trailer here:

Well Disney at least honored this film here's hoping ( but not holding my breath ) that Return to Oz will get the some sort of honor, even if it is just new box art. But a Blu-Ray of Return to Oz would be a dream come true. Disney sure did make some great films in 1985!

Stange Photo Art

I made this the other day. It is quite strange I know, but so was Return to Oz. ( In a good way ) This photo was taken to capture the 4 figures made for Return to Oz in Japan back in 1985.... Hope you like the photo....
( You can Click on the photo to view it larger )

Desktop Backgrounds

We have uploaded some new and very cool desktop backgrounds. They are located on the Interactive Oz page:

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

Here are just a few.....

Go to the Interactive page to check them all out. And stay glued, more updates soon!

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....

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.

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

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.....

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?