‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ is big and beautiful

  • By COLIN COVERT

    Minneapolis Star Tribune

  • Sunday, March 10th, 2013
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James Franco, left, and director Sam Raimi on the set of ‘Oz the Great and Powerful.’ Returning to the mystical land of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ apparently takes more than 70 years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Disney has release its anticipated prequel to the 1939 movie. Directed by Raimi, ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ explores the origins of the wizard and the witches in a three-dimensional Oz.

James Franco, left, and director Sam Raimi on the set of ‘Oz the Great and Powerful.’ Returning to the mystical land of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ apparently takes more than 70 years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Disney has release its anticipated prequel to the 1939 movie. Directed by Raimi, ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ explores the origins of the wizard and the witches in a three-dimensional Oz.