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Whistle Stopper - Tin Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Manufacturer: Rhi Entertainment
Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Richard Dreyfuss, Raoul Trujillo
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019808552
Format: Collector's Edition
Label: Rhi Entertainment
Manufacturer: Rhi Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Rhi Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Running Time: 265
Studio: Rhi Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-02
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Summary: a Grown-Up's Trip down the Yellow Brick Road, still full of magic and wonder
Comment: WARNING: some spoilers.
My close-second (after Return to Oz) favorite film rendition of Oz is the recent SciFi miniseries, Tin Man. It keeps all the magic and fairy tale of the original works, but this time infusing it with new energy and more modern twists. This is a much more adult version of Oz, but it still maintains the perfect balances of magic and meaning, fairytale and modern images, and it is still distinctly American.
Baum, I believe, would have loved this clever adaptation of his stories. It totally keeps the spirit, the meaning, the heart, and the magic of the Oz tales. The magic is still here in the form of the American fairy tale: a brilliant blending of bits of American life (subberbia fallen, a doomsday machine, drugs, bars and psychics) and mechanisms (robots, super computers, hippie vans) with the land of the fairy (witches, monsters, princes and princesses). The symbolism/meaning of Baum is still here; the commentary on American life is still here.
DG (played by the wonderful Zooey Deschanel, who maintains a difficult balance between wide-eyed child and cynical adult, human and magical creature), like Ozma and other Oz heroines, is a little lost girl on her journey through a warped and symbolic version of her own world. She is a lost princess on the search for her identity. Like Dorothy, her greatest strength is her courage and her ability to make odd friends along the Brick Road.
In the O.Z., DG meets up with symbolic and damaged characters that help her on her way. The Scarecrow figure, Glitch, was once a high ranking bureaucrat, a Daedalous figure that made amazing inventions, some of which are being corrupted and used for great evil by the new government. Here is the threat of the cleverness and American inventiveness and modernization. Even worse, Glitch's brain has been tampered with, reducing him to a gibbering, amnesia-ridden idiot. He doesn't know who he was or what he has fallen from. The Tin Man, Cain, was locked in a tin box and forced to watch his family tortured and killed over and over again. A jaded ex-cop (or Tin Man), he may not be made out of metal, but his heart is certainly absent. Raw, a psychic and spiritual character, is part of a species that is abused for their powers and abilities. The evil witch, Az, uses drugs, spiritualism, brainwashing, torture, and machines to keep her power and do evil.
The production design is very clever. It keeps the magic and mystical nature of Baum's fairy tale (particularly reflecting the illustrations of the books with the girls costumes). It also borrows from the 1930s period (the time of the original film), but warping it into more Film Noir, so that--visually--we have the same world. For instance, the cars and nightclub, the girl's hair styles. Mixing fairy tale images with the Film Noir is a brilliant blend that creates modern darkness and an otherworly feel. Other images are a nod to the original story, particularly the bronze machines with very visible bolts and the electric beams. There is plenty of modern culture mixed in, too. This Oz, just as Baum's Oz, is populated by robots (who actually raised DG) who live in a now-run-down 1950s suburban town that was once a near-Utopia but is now reduced to rubble. DG's father flies a hot air balloon, just as the original wizard did.
The story has enough twists and turns and revelations, darkness and triumph, to maintain the many hours of the miniseries. But the real appeal is all the images and effects, the many very likeable and complicated characters played by quite talented actors. If you're a fan of the original Oz books, or just an adult that likes a good fairy tale, check this one out. It's from the guys that gave us the fantastic and thoroughly clever adult fairy tale, The 10th Kingdom. I hope they'll be giving us more, too.
Also, the DVD quality is fantastic (so much better than the televised version).
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Summary: Classic gets Steampunked
Comment: An incredible re-imagining and new look for the classic story. I watched the entire thing straight through. I think this will be a cult classic, it will astound you but the big question will be if you love or hate it.
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Summary: nicely done..
Comment: Purists might not enjoy this "re-imagened" look at the Wizard of Oz, but I thought it was a refreshing take and update of the familiar story. Not a big-budget production, but an enjoyable story, but good chemistry among the actors. Zooey Deschanel is especially impressive.
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Summary: Tin Man
Comment: Outstanding CGI, good actors doing fine job, but sad excuse of a story! (No value, No lesson, just politically correct...sad.)
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Summary: Great
Comment: This Mini series was even better then I thought it was going to be. The new outlook and adaptation of the world of Oz was fantastic I recommend this for anyone who grew up watching the Wizard of Oz or to anyone who has not yet seen the classic movie.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A tent-pole miniseries release from RHI Entertainment and SCI FI Channel Tin Man is a modern science fiction update of L. Frank Baum s timeless "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." When a sorceress named Azkadellia scorches the once-beautiful land of OZ into a desolate wasteland the only hope lies in an "outsider" named DG a young Midwestern woman whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. D.G. embarks on a journey to find the great mystic man to save the O.Z. and on her way she befriends a scarecrow named Glitch a tin cop named Cain and gentle manimal named Raw. Journey beyond the yellow brick road withTin Man now on DVD for the first time in this 2-Disc Collector's Edition with amazing bonus features and collectible packaging. System Requirements:Run Time: 264 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 796019808552 Manufacturer No: 80855
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