Apocalypse Oz

Apocalypse Oz
Apocalypse Oz
Produced by	Bradley Warden
Cinematography	Kev Robertson
Production; company	CineClash Productions
Release date	2006
Running time	25 mins.
Language	English/ Vietnamese

Apocalypse Oz is a 2006 short film. It is based on the novels Heart of Darkness (1899) by Joseph Conrad and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum. The script is a hybrid of the two classic films Apocalypse Now and The Wizard of Oz, and uses only dialogue from these films.

Plot

Dorothy Willard, an Amerasian product of the Vietnam War, is tired of living with her abusive foster parents in Kansas. Dorothy decides that "there's no horror like home" and accepts a dream mission that takes her deep into the desert to hunt down and "terminate with extreme prejudice" an insane, renegade US Army colonel - codenamed 'The Wizard'.

Cast

M.C. Gainey as Kurtz, "The Wizard"
Alexandra Gizela as Dorothy Willard
Billy Briggs as Hunk, a stoner hitchhiker and version of The Scarecrow
Brian Poth as Doorman
Kevin Glikman as Kilgore, a cop and a version of the Wicked Witch
Tammy Garrett as Giang
Amy Lyndon as Em
Don Paul as Henry

Reception

The film received positive reviews. Film Threat's review said “Apocalypse Oz” had the ability to ruin it from the very beginning but Telford's direction, convincing performances and an original concept make this worth watching." Quiet Earth described it as a "kinetic punk-rock gem of a film... something entirely new [that] attempts to explore new ways of telling stories."

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v t e Apocalypse Now
Based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
History	Apocalypse Now Redux Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse The Apocalypse Now Sessions
Related	Colonel Kurtz Kurtz Apocalypse Now (painting) Apocalypse Oz Porklips Now

v t e The Wizard of Oz
Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Elements	"Surrender Dorothy" Ruby slippers Gingham dress of Judy Garland
Music	"Over the Rainbow" "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" "We're Off to See the Wizard" "If I Only Had a Brain" "The Merry Old Land of Oz" "If I Were King of the Forest"
Versions, sequels, and adaptations	1942 stage musical 1987 stage musical 2011 stage musical The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True On television Was Apocalypse Oz Off to See the Wizard Journey Back to Oz The Wizard of Oz (TV series) Return to Oz Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz The Wicked Years Oz the Great and Powerful Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (episodes)
Games	Arcade game Pinball Video game
Related	The Making of The Wizard of Oz Friend of Dorothy Over the Rainbow The Dark Side of the Rainbow Lynch/Oz Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz Miss Gulch Returns! Under the Rainbow Wicked Witch of the West Sesame Street episode The Wozard of Iz
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