OZ
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
OZ (1976, Australia) is a Rock N Roll-Comedy-Fantasy film directed by Chris Löfvén.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Soundtrack
- Featured in: Ozploitation Trailer Explosion
Main Details
- Released on July 29, 1976
- Color
- Running time: 1 hr 43 min (103 min) | 1 hr 25 min (85 min) (USA) | 1 hr 30 min (90 min) (director's cut) (USA)
- Production Co.: Count Features | Davis Equities Corporation Investment Partnerships | Inter Planetary | O&O Associates Ltd. | The Australian Film Commission
- Distribution Co.: British Empire Films Australia (1976) (Australia) (theatrical) | American First Run Studios (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
- Directed by Chris Löfvén
- Written by Chris Löfvén, based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (uncredited)
- Starring: Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence
Plot Summary
- Dorothy is a sixteen-year-old groupie riding with a rock band when, suddenly, the van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in a fantasy world as gritty and realistic as the one she came from and learns she killed a young thug in the process.
Taglines
- Take a trip down the highway with Dorothy
- Just follow the yellow rock road.
- The great Australian rock movie has arrived!
- Hear Ross Wilson's mind-blowing rock score
- Take the highway with Dorothy on her amazing journey to see rock super-hero The Wizard
- Dorothy's off to see the Wizard!
- Follow the Yellow Rock Road...