The Dreamer of Oz (1990)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 10 December 1990
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 100 mins
Format: colour / black and white
Sound: stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Adam Productions / Bedrock Productions / Spelling Entertainment
Executive In Charge Of Production: Bruce David Johnson
Executive Producers: David Kirschner, Robert M. Myman
Producer: Ervin Zavada
Co-Producer: Laura Moskowitz
Associate Producer: Clare Witt
Unit Production Manager: Robert Doudell
Production Coordinator: Gloria Valdes

SCRIPT
Script: Richard Matheson
Story: David Kirschner, Richard Matheson

DIRECTION
Director: Jack Bender
1st Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
2nd Assistant Director: George Fortmuller
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Chad O'Connor

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Thomas Burstyn
Camera Operator: Frank Perl
1st Assistant Camera: Lex DuPont
2nd Assistant Camera: Lane Russell
Gaffer: Rick Harrington
Key Grip: Keith Talley

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jerrold L. Ludwig
Associate Film Editor: David Beatty

MUSIC
Music: Lee Holdridge; Johann Strauß (from Kaiser Walzer, Op. 437); Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart (Main Title Theme from The Wizard of Oz (1939))
Arranger: Herbert Stothart (Main Title Theme from The Wizard of Oz (1939))
Orchestrator: Murray Cutter (Main Title Theme from The Wizard of Oz (1939))
Music Coordinator: Frank Capp
Music Editor: Allan K. Rosen

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Scott Smith
Boom Operator: Tom Johnson
Supervising Sound Editor: David John West
ADR Coordinator: Richard Marion
Digital Sound Effects Editor: Mark Zerate

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Jill Rockow
Hair: Carol Meikle
Assistant Hair: Jacklin Masteran
Costume Designer: Jennifer von Mayrhauser
Wardrobe Supervisor: Annette Hoffman
Key Costumer: Gayle Evans
Set Costumer: Cheri Reed
Extras Costumer: Mayes Castillero De Rubeo

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up and Oz Characters: Craig Readon

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Consultants: Bill Proctor, Iwao Takamoto, Jim Hickey

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Producer: John C.B. Greene
Special Visual Effects: Sam Nicholson
Lead Model Artist: Dragon Dronet
Model Artist: Eric Van Kirk
Miniature Supervisor: Paul Harrod
Miniature Artist: Raulette Woods
Opening Sequence Coordinator: Robert Kurtz
Title Designer: R.T. Schneider

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: James Hulsey
Art Director: David J. Negron
Set Designer: William McAllister
Emerald City: Daniel Brown
Set Decorator: Sharon Viljoen
Property Master: Jack M. Marino
Assistant Property Master: Roger Knight
Colourist: James Watkins
Lead Man: Wayne Shepherd

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Barbara Thaxton
Production Accountant: Harry Kohoyda Jr
Assistant Production Accountant: Patti Small
Production Office Coordinator: Anna-Lisa Nilsson
Assistant To Producer: Lynn Hall
Assistant To Director: Ronna Slutske
Assistant to Bruce David Johnson: June B. Liebling
Assistant to David Kirschner: Maura Minsky
Assistant to John Ritter: Susan Wilcox
Assistant to Robert M. Myman: Stephanie Beeman
Transportation Coordinator: Cat Ballou (real name: Frank Ballou)
Transportation Captain: Whitey Ellison
Wrangler: Randy Ugland

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Dale Tarter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: The Baum Trust, Dr Robert A. Baum Jr

CASTING
Casting: Molly Lopata
Extras Casting: Sally Perle

CAST
John Ritter (L. Frank Baum)
Annette O'Toole (Maud Baum)
Rue McClanahan (Matilda Gage)
Charles Haid (Al Badham / Cowardly Lion)
David Schramm (W. W. Denslow)
Nancy Lenehan (Harriet Neal)
Courtney Barilla (Dorothy Gage / Dorothy Gale)
Nancy Morgan (Helen Gage)
Pat Skipper (Charlie H. Gage)
Ed Gale (Ned Brown / farmer)
Tim Eyster (Frank Baum (5-9 years)
Joshua Boyd (Frank Baum (3 years))
Roger Steffens (salesman)
John Cameron Mitchell (Albert)
Frank Hamilton (Sullivan)
Steven Gilborn (George M. Hill)
Jerry Maren (Mr Munchkin)
Elizabeth Barrington (Mrs Munchkin)
Terry Wills (photographer)
Laura Owens (actress)
Richard Marion (stage manager)
Rod Gist (sarpenter)
Bill DeLand (publisher)
David Ellzey (scarecrow)
Derek Loughram (tin man)
Dale Tarter (announcer)
Christopher Pettiet (teenage Frank Jr)
Ryan Todd (Robert Stanton Baum)
Alexis Kirschner (Tweety Robbins)
Jason Ritter (Harry Neal Baum)

Spain
Rating: T

1990
December
10: USA - television broadcast

The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story

1991
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Family Special - nominated
Best Young Actress Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special (Courtney Barilla) - nominated

SEE ALSO
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
The Real, the True, the GEN-U-INE Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum (1987)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Hollywood Road to Oz (1990)

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