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''It was that spirit of sweetness, of characters becoming complete by the end of the story, that was the most powerful thing I took away from the 1939 classic and the thing we tried collectively to put in our picture.''

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''I remember it being the scariest movie I'd ever seen in my life and also the most touching movie, the saddest, sweetest thing I'd ever seen,'' he said. Like Franco, Raimi grew up loving the original ''Oz'' film.

Oz befriends a few locals, including a flying monkey (Zach Braff) and a china doll (Joey King), and eventually makes the plight of the people of Oz his own. But first, he faces three witches, none of whom are exactly as they seem. Power and riches are practically his for the taking. When a twister whisks him to a fantastical land bearing his stage name, Oz, whose inhabitants believe him to be a wizard sent to save them, he can't believe his luck. While the new ''Oz'' has plenty of familiar elements, the yellow brick road, Emerald City, witches, munchkins (now multi-ethnic) ''the ways they're interacting with the protagonist (are) completely different,'' Franco said.ДЄs the film opens in sepia-toned 1905 Kansas, Franco's Oscar Diggs is a carnival magician who dreams of fame and fortune at any cost. ''He'll be getting into awkward situations, basically kind of bouncing off of Oz in ways that Dorothy didn't,'' the actor said. ''They very smartly did not just do a boy version of Dorothy and have the same trip through Oz.''ДЇor one, Franco notes the wizard is a con man and his trip through Oz is very different than Dorothy's was. ''I already had a lot of faith in the movie because Sam was attached, but as an Oz fan, I wanted to be sure that the approach was sound,'' the actor said. Tolkien.Д«ut the notion of revisiting the Land of Oz with an A-list director wasn't enough to lure Franco to the leading role. It inspired him to read all of Baum's books, which led him to other fantasy fare such as ''Alice in Wonderland'' and the works of J.

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Frank Baum since he first saw the 1939 movie on TV as a kid.

''The danger is that many people's natural tendency will be to compare this to 'The Wizard of Oz,' and there's no film that will ever live up to that.''ДЄccording to a survey done by the site, nearly all those buying tickets for the new ''Oz'' film have seen the original, and the film is far and away the most popular of the week, comprising almost 80 per cent of tickets sold.ДЇranco has loved the world created by L.

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''The plus side is that there's such incredible awareness of 'The Wizard of Oz' that it's going to translate into a mammoth opening weekend for 'Oz the Great and Powerful,''' said Dave Karger, chief correspondent for. The risk is compounded by a general box-office slump and a poor showing for last weekend's $200 million big-screen take on another popular tale, ''Jack the Giant Slayer,'' based on ''Jack and the Beanstalk.'' The $200 million production, not counting another $100 million in estimated marketing costs, is a huge gamble for everyone involved, considering ''The Wizard of Oz'' is among the most enduring and beloved films of all time.Д®ven Raimi, director of the first three ''Spider-Man'' movies, described the project as ''daunting.'' Directed by Sam Raimi, ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' explores the origins of the wizard (James Franco) and the witches (Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz) in a three-dimensional Oz. LOS ANGELES: Returning to the mystical land of ''The Wizard of Oz'' took more than 70 years and several hundred millions dollars.Дisney releases its highly anticipated prequel to the 1939 movie classic on Friday.

17, 2013 file photo, actor James Franco, left, and director Sam Raimi pose for portraits at the вЂњOz The Great and PowerfulвЂќ press junket at the Langham Huntington Hotel, in Los Angeles.