Wizard of Oz variants also comes to mind. Besides the 1939 original with Judy Garland there's:
Muppets Wizard of Oz: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422778/ Tin Man (TV mini-series) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910812/ The Wiz (broadway show) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078504/ Twister: a Musical Catastrophe (2000) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111522/ (http://www.key-z.com/video.html) Witches of Oz (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592287/ Dorothy of Oz (coming up in 2012) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884726/ ...and probably many others.... Also, that whole sequence from AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE where Haley Joel Osment's character seeks out "Dr. Know" was heavily borrowed from Wizard of Oz. And one SYFY adaptation I saw about Alice in Wonderland: Alice (TV miniseries) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(TV_miniseries) __________________________________________________ Chris McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY 369 Fairfield Way Unit 2005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-2005 USA PH: 860-486-3842 | FX: 860-486-6493 | EMAIL: [email protected] "An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her." --Agatha Christie ___________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] Picking the collective brain - kid's lit to film I've always found time/zeitgeist shifting in kidlit film remakes sorta interesting. e.g. Freaky Friday, Parent Trap, Doctor Dolittle The original is very often true to the book as far as setting and time; the remake seldom is...probably an attempt at "relevancy" Charlie and the Choc Factory/Willy Wonka...interesting (and at the same time disappointing) for it's rather botched addition of Freudian foolishness...something neither the book nor the original vaguely hint at. Tim Burton seems to dig this kinda psychofluff stuff (cf the latest Alice) Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
