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Slideshow: The Many Faces of “Oz”

Sections: Books, Movies

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Sam Raimi’s “Oz: The Great and Powerful,” a modern-day prequel/reboot of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels, comes out Friday. While Baum’s work is best known as the source material of one of the most beloved works in the history of cinema, 1939′s film of “The Wizard of Oz,” The Oz mythos has inspired adaptations and references all over the place in recent years. Here are some examples:

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Obscure made-for-TV biopic of "Oz" creator L. Frank Baum, starring John Ritter as Baum and Rue McClanahan as his mother-in-law. I've never seen this but it sounds fascinating

The Dreamer of Oz (1990)

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Obscure made-for-TV biopic of "Oz" creator L. Frank Baum, starring John Ritter as Baum and Rue McClanahan as his mother-in-law. I've never seen this but it sounds fascinating

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