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American Oz [videorecording (DVD)].

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PBS Distribution, 2021.

DVD 813.4 A512 Doc

Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919.

Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.

Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.

Authors, American -- Biography.

Alternate title:

American experience. American Oz [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (110 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

Originally broadscast as an epsiode of the documentary history TV series "American experience" on PBS on April 19, 2021.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

American Experience Films ; produced by Rebecca Taylor, Randall MacLowry, Tracy Heather Strain ; written and directed by Tracy Heather Strain & Randall MacLowry ; a Film Posse, Inc. production.

Narrator, Joanna Rhinehart ; voice of L. Frank Baum, Michael Stuhlbarg ; interviewees, Michael Patrick Hearn, Sharon Hartmen Strom, Evan Schwartz, Philip J. Deloria, Kent Drummond, Robert Baum, Sally Roesch Wagner, Dina Massachi, Jeanine Basinger, Louis S. Warren, Gregory Maguire, Douglas A. Jones, Jr.

"When L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he was 44 years old and had spent much of his life in restless pursuit of his American dream. With mixed results he dove into a string of jobs -- chicken breeder, actor, marketer of petroleum products, shopkeeper, newspaperman and traveling salesman -- but continued to reinvent himself, reflecting a uniquely American brand of confidence, imagination and innovation. During his travels to the Great Plains and on to Chicago during the American frontier's final days, he witnessed a nation coming to terms with the economic uncertainty of the Gilded Age. But he never lost his childlike sense of wonder and eventually crafted his observations into a magical tale of survival, adventure and self-discovery. American Oz tells the remarkable story of the man behind one of the most beloved and quintessential American classics, which has been reinterpreted through the generations in films, books and musicals."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Historical television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Strain, Tracy Heather.

MacLowry, Randall.

American Experience Films.

Film Posse (Firm)

PBS Distribution (Firm)

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