Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxj!houxm!ahuta!ecl From: ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.games.trivia Subject: Re: Time between movies and sequels (Oz) Message-ID: <217@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 09:00:36 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.217 Posted: Fri Dec 14 09:00:36 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 00:49:55 EST References: <2179@garfield.UUCP> <3768@ucbvax.ARPA>, <3302@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 40 Xref: watmath net.movies:5211 net.games.trivia:1471 REFERENCES: <2179@garfield.UUCP> <3768@ucbvax.ARPA>, <3302@mit-eddie.UUCP> > Well, a sequel to "The Wizard of Oz" was being made this past year. > It is a real sequel, not a remake. No, not really. It's a movie based on a couple of sequels to the book that the first movie was based on, but Kurtz et al emphasize that it's not a sequel to the 1939 WIZARD OF OZ (or to THE WIZ. for that matter). I think that JOURNEY BACK TO OZ (made in 1964, released in 1974) *was* a sequel, though. (1964-1939=25 years; PSYCHO difference was 23. Close.) As Mark points out, what is a sequel? Is INCHON a sequel to TORA TORA TORA? Are they both sequels to BEN HUR? Films based on literary works or on history can't be categorized as sequel/non-sequel that easily. By the way, HIS MAJESTY THE SCARECROW OF OZ was made in 1914, and there were other Oz movies in 1924 and 1930. So we have: WIZARD OF OZ book --> WIZARD OF OZ movie (1939), WIZ, etc. | v LAND OF OZ book -- | \ _ OZ movie (1985) (I think) v / OZMA OF OZ book -- | v DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ book | v ROAD TO OZ book . . . Evelyn C. Leeper ==> Note new net address: ...ihnp4!ahuta!ecl (Mail sent to my old address will be forwarded temporarily.)