After the Wizard

2011 American film

July 2, 2011 (2011-07-02)

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Running time

80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

After the Wizard is an independent 2011 fantasy film written and directed by Hugh Gross,^[2] based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The film premiered in 2011 in Kingman, Kansas.^[3] The DVD, distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures, was released on August 7, 2012.^[4]

Premise

A 12-year-old Kansas orphan turns to the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman for help during a difficult time. She imagines that things have not gone well in Oz since the Wizard left and that the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman must travel to Kansas to find Dorothy. On the way, they mistake school children for munchkins and must navigate a New York City train terminal, to arrive in Kansas. Meanwhile, the head of the orphanage is exacerbated with the way the girl deals with her loss and emotional trauma.

Cast

Jordan Van Vranken as Elizabeth Haskins/Dorothy Gale
Orien Richman as Tin Woodman
Jermel Nakia as Scarecrow
Helen Richman as Mrs. Murphy
Loren Lester as Dr. Edwards
Peter Mark Richman as Charles Samuel Williams
Sue Giosa as Ms. Thomson
P. David Miller as Cowardly Lion
Molly Bogner as Sassy orphan with second speaking line

Production

The film was shot at various locations in California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, and New York.^[5]

Award

For her acting in After the Wizard, actress Jordan Van Vranken won a Young Artist Award in the 34th Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a DVD Film: Young Actress.^[6]

References

^ http://www.statejournal.com/story/17459214/breaking-glass-pictures-acquires-north-american-rights-to-the-new-family-feature-after-the-wizard^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "'After the Wizard' coming to Emporia". Emporia Gazette. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ "'After the Wizard' coming to Emporia". Emporia Gazette. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
^ "After the Wizard". The Dove Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
^ Angelo Thomas (9 December 2011). "The Royal Blog of Oz: Interview with Hugh Gross, director of 'After the Wizard'". newwwoz.blogspot.com.
^ "34th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". archive.ph. 2016-04-17. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

External links

Official website
After the Wizard at IMDb
Home Theater Info review

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books

Novels

Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) Ozma of Oz (1907) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919) Glinda of Oz (1920)
Thompson	The Royal Book of Oz (1921) Kabumpo in Oz (1922) The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) Grampa in Oz (1924) The Lost King of Oz (1925) The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) The Gnome King of Oz (1927) The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) Pirates in Oz (1931) The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) Ojo in Oz (1933) Speedy in Oz (1934) The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) Captain Salt in Oz (1936) Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) The Silver Princess in Oz (1938) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) Yankee in Oz (1972) The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
Others	The Wonder City of Oz (1940) The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942) The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946) The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980) The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986) The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) The Giant Garden of Oz (1993) The Runaway in Oz (1995) The Rundelstone of Oz (2000) The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Other books

The Magical Monarch of Mo (1899)
Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
Queen Zixi of Ix (1904)
John Dough and the Cherub (1906)
The Sea Fairies (1911)
Sky Island (1912)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913)

Characters

Baum

Post-Baum

Elements

Authors

Writers	L. Frank Baum Ruth Plumly Thompson John R. Neill Jack Snow Rachel Cosgrove Payes Eloise Jarvis McGraw Dick Martin Alexander Volkov Eric Shanower Gregory Maguire Sherwood Smith Roger S. Baum
Illustrators	William Wallace Denslow John R. Neill Frank Kramer Dirk Gringhuis Dick Martin Leonid Vladimirsky Eric Shanower William Stout

Adaptations

Stage	The Wizard of Oz (1902) The Woggle-Bug (1905) The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913) The Wizard of Oz (1942) The Wiz (1974) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987) Twister (1994) Wicked (2003) The Wizard of Oz (2011) The Woodsman (2012)
Films	The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) The Wizard of Oz (1925) The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1950) The Rainbow Road to Oz (unproduced) Return to Oz (1964, TV) The Wizard of Mars (1965) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971) Journey Back to Oz (1972) Oz (1976) The Wiz (1978) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984) Return to Oz (1985) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) Lion of Oz (2000) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Apocalypse Oz (2006) After the Wizard (2011) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) OzLand (2014) Guardians of Oz (2015) The Wiz Live! (2015) Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) Rainbow (2022) Wicked (2024) Wicked Part Two (2025)
TV series	Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) Off to See the Wizard (1967–68) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986–87) The Wizard of Oz (1990) The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992–93) The Oz Kids (1996) Tin Man (2007) "Wizard of Odd" (2010) Once Upon a Time (2011–18) Lost in Oz (2015–18) Emerald City (2017) Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–20)
Books	The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939) A Barnstormer in Oz (1982) Mister Tinker in Oz (1985) Dorothy of Oz (1989) Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991) Was (1992) Queen Ann in Oz (1993) The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994) The Wicked Years series (1995–2011) Visitors from Oz (1998) Paradox in Oz (1999) Oz Before the Rainbow (2000) The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000) The Unknown Witches of Oz (2000) Bloodstained Oz (2006) The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls (2006) Dorothy Must Die (2014) The Wicked Will Rise (2015)
Comics	Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05) Adventures in Oz (1986–92) The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986) Oz Squad (1991) Lost Girls (1991–92) Dorothy (2004–07) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2005) Cheshire Crossing (2006–19) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009) The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010)
Games	The Wizard of Oz (1985) The Wizard of Oz (1993) The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008) Emerald City Confidential (2009) The Wizard of Oz (2010) The Wizard of Oz (2013)
Related	The Oz Film Manufacturing Company The International Wizard of Oz Club The Baum Bugle Oz Park Land of Oz Wizard of Oz festival Wizard of Oz Museum Oz-story Magazine