Oz the Great and Powerful Movie Cover

Oz the Great and Powerful

PG, 2013, Walt Disney Pictures

Director:

Sam Raimi

Starring:

James Franco, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff, Michelle Williams, Bill Cobbs, Rachel Weisz

Plot:

Imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches.

1

Paralyzed girl believes magician has power to heal

Themes: Appearances, Belief, Deception, Faith, Healing, Miracles

2

Man desires to be great, not good

Themes: Achievement, Ambition, Dreams, Success

3

Man trapped in tornado makes vow to God

Themes: Facing Trials, Fear, Prayer Answered, Salvation, Storms of Life

4

Man awed by beauty of strange land

Themes: Heaven, Imagination

5

Doll uses tears to manipulate man

Themes: Influence, Manipulation, Parenting

6

Man must blindly follow girl off cliff to be saved

Themes: Faith, Obedience, Trust, Trusting God

7

Woman says faith more important than faith object

Themes: Belief, Faith, Jesus, Salvation

8

Cursed apple turns witch's heart to evil

Themes: Cursed, Jealousy, Satan, Sin, Temptation

9

"When we do believe, anything is possible"

Themes: Belief, Faith, Good vs Evil, Impossible Odds, Trusting God

10

People lose hope when hero is destroyed

Themes: Despair, Disappointment, Hopelessness

11

Man's illusions convince world he's wizard

Themes: Appearances, Belief, Deception, Evidence, Faith

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