";s:4:"text";s:18384:""[19][37] Of the results of the film, Jackson stated: "I don't think it could have been any better, I really don't. So she had to be cremated. [6][31][32][33] Most agreed that what had worked so successfully on stage simply did not translate well to the screen. Thelma Carpenter - He`s The Wizard Lyrics. Jackson was dedicated to the Scarecrow role, and watched videotapes of gazelles, cheetahs and panthers in order to learn graceful movements for his part. Finally reaching the Emerald City, the four friends gains passage into the city because of Dorothy's ownership of the silver slippers. This Broadway mainstay is horrifying -- nightmare-inducing, really. She mastered what is sometimes the hardest challenge for a performer, how to grow old gracefully. To appreciate just how outmoded, deceptive and limiting it is, consider the following, all of which have been described as black films, . Its story was reworked from William F. Brown's Broadway libretto by Joel Schumacher, and Quincy Jones supervised the adaptation of Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross' songs for it. Thelma Carpenter was born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 15,1922, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and her career spanned seven decades. Rob Cohen, head of Motown Productions, thought Jackson would be perfect for the role of the Scarecrow, and approached Berry Gordy with the idea, who agreed, though director Sidney Lumet was harder to convince. Profile: January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997. Stars like her, unfortunately oftentimes go unnoticed in mainstream media, but to us she is someone who made a great impact on the Old School culture through roles such as her phenomenal performance in a an iconic CLASSIC like The Wiz. As a result, she frees the Munchkins who populate the playground into which she lands; they had been transformed into graffiti by Evermean for painting the playground walls. Gordy originally wanted the teenaged future R&B singer Stephanie Mills, who had originated the role on Broadway, to be cast as Dorothy. To Become a Musician or Singer Stream songs including "Main Title (Overture) [Pt. All songs written by Charlie Smalls, unless otherwise noted. They attempt to put Dorothy, Toto and the Lion into an eternal sleep with magic poppy perfume (“Be a Lion”). . However, Dorothy declares she does not want the shoes and desperately just wants to get home to Aunt Em. The sprinklers put out the fire but also melt Evillene, who is made of ice. 07. Miss One urges her to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and seek the help of the powerful "Wiz" who she believes holds the power to send Dorothy back to Harlem (“He’s the Wiz”). [31] He described Diana Ross's portrayal of Dorothy as: "cold, neurotic and oddly unattractive"; and noted that the film was "a critical and box office bust". [13][20][34] In his 2004 book Blockbuster, Tom Shone referred to The Wiz as "expensive crud". Video Remix of "He's the Wizard" by Thelma Carpenter from Sidney Lumet's "The Wiz". Michael Jackson. The Wiz. Thelma Carpenter. [45], Despite its lack of critical or commercial success in its original release, The Wiz became a cult classic,[7] especially because it features Michael Jackson in his first starring theatrical film role. Thelma Carpenter Fans Also Viewed . Carpenter died of a heart attack in her New York apartment on May 14, 1997. Hischak's Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood criticized "Joel Schumacher's cockamamy screenplay", and called "Believe in Yourself" the score's weakest song. Bea Arthur. . "[12] When asked about any possible influence from MGM's popular 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Lumet stated that "there was nothing to be gained from [the 1939 film] other than to make certain we didn't use anything from it. Lyrics for He's the Wizard / March of the Munchkins by Thelma Carpenter. The Flying Monkeys give her and her friends a triumphant ride back to the Emerald City. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter and attended Girls' Commercial High School, where Susan Hayward was a few years ahead. [10] Ross went around Gordy and convinced executive producer Rob Cohen at Universal Pictures to arrange a deal where he would produce the film if Ross was cast as Dorothy. The decaying New York State Pavilion from the 1964 New York World's Fair was used as the set for Munchkinland, Astroland at Coney Island was used for the Tinman scene with The Cyclone as a backdrop, while the World Trade Center served as the Emerald City. Ebert praised other cast members and numerous technical aspects of the film, saying it was "fun" and in the "great tradition of the American musical." [13] "Before I knew it," said Rob Cohen, "the movie was becoming an est-ian fable full of est buzzwords about knowing who you are and sharing and all that. "[46], "NBC Teaming With Cirque du Soleil for 'The Wiz' Live Musical", "How Lumet's 'The Wiz' became a black cult classic", "Joel Schumacher Tells Movieline About the Time He Wrote The Wiz", http://time.com/4135018/the-wiz-michael-jackson/, "Louis Johnson, 90, Genre-Crossing Dancer and Choreographer, Dies", "New DVD releases include 'Gone Baby Gone, "Michael Jackson on Film: No Fizz After 'The Wiz, Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True, Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, King: A Filmed Record... 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Upon arriving, the quartet takes a back door into the Wiz's quarters and discovers that he is a phony because the Wiz is actually Herman Smith, a failed politician from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who was transported to Oz when a balloon he was flying to promote his campaign to become the city dogcatcher was lost in a storm. 07:48 Composers: Quincy Jones - Luther Vandross. Thelma Carpenter Miss One Lena Horne Glinda the Good Richard Pryor The Wiz (Herman Smith) Screenplay by Joel Schumacher Book by William F. Brown Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum Directed by Sidney Lumet Genre drama, music, family, … Thelma Carpenter was a jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. A magical whirlwind made of snow – the work of Glinda, the Good Witch of the South – materializes and transports them to the city realm of Oz. Michael Jackson, a former Motown star and close friend of Diana Ross, was cast as the Scarecrow. She was best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. "[44] The Boston Globe commented, "the term 'black film' should be struck from the critical vocabulary. While Dorothy cleans up after the meal, her dog, Toto, runs out the open kitchen door into a snowstorm. The Wiz is the original motion picture soundtrack album for the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz. In 1993 she would be honored and perform on the all-star NBC-TV special "Apollo Theater Hall of Fame, hosted by Bill Cosby. #ozbirthdays Thelma Carpenter was an American jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. Played Miss One, one of the good witches in The Wiz. After telling her to never take the silver shoes off, Miss One and the Munchkins disappear and Dorothy is left to search for the road on her own (“Soon As I Get Home”). Jones, impressed by Jackson's professionalism, talent and work ethic on the film, offered to be producer of what became Off The Wall (1979), then later on the hugely successful albums Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987). A reimagining of L. Frank Baum 's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an all-black cast, the film was loosely adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name . I'll never forget that. She is flushed down into her throne, the lid of which slams shut like a toilet. The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure fantasy film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978. "[13] However, he also complained that "everybody stayed exactly the way they were and went around spouting all this bull shit. Diana Ross. Thelma Carpenter (15 Januarie 1922 – 14 Mei 1997) was 'n Amerikaanse aktrise. Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was a jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz. Thelma Carpenter. "[10], After film director John Badham learned that Ross was going to play the part of Dorothy, he decided not to direct the film, and Cohen replaced him with Sidney Lumet. About Thelma Carpenter This vocalist and performer enjoyed a long and rich career, and might be the only American singer who can boast to have been backed up by both the Count Basie Orchestra and the Munchkins. An urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They are granted an audience with the Wiz, who lives at the very top of the Towers and appears to them as a giant fire-breathing metallic head. [2][3][10] Though prerelease television broadcast rights had been sold to CBS for over $10 million, in the end, the film produced a net loss of $10.4 million for Motown and Universal. 04:08 Composers: Quincy Jones. She was born in … Vengeful for Dorothy having killed her sister, she dismembers the Scarecrow, flattens the Tin Man, and hangs the Lion up by his tail in hopes of making Dorothy give her the silver shoes. C, arpenter died of a heart attack in her New York apartment on May 14, 1997. her body was discovered in the apartment, a fate that had previously befallen her mother and something she always feared. Siskel called it "superior musical theater," said Diana Ross was "superb," "terrific" and came across as "a real star" but had reservations about the film's "heavy message." Released by the snowstorm, as Dorothy descends from the atmosphere she smashes through an electric "Oz" sky sign, which falls upon and kills Evermean, the Wicked Witch of the East who rules Munchkinland. They made a brilliant movie, and even though our concept is different – they're Kansas, we're New York; they're white, we're black, and the score and the books are totally different – we wanted to make sure that we never overlapped in any area."[12]. But it was hard to argue with [Ross] because she was recognizing in this script all of this stuff that she had worked out in est seminars. Sites: Wikipedia. When Motown star Diana Ross asked Gordy if she could be cast as Dorothy, he declined, saying that Ross—then 33 years old—was too old for the role. Upon its original theatrical release, the film was a critical and commercial failure, and marked the end of the resurgence of African-American films that began with the blaxploitation movement of the early 1970s. [16] The film production marked Jones' first time working with Jackson, and Jones later produced three hit albums for Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987). They discover the yellow brick road and happily begin to follow it together ("Ease on Down the Road"). [10][17] The film's choreographer was Louis Johnson. The resulting film version of The Wiz also starred former Motown star Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, Richard Pryor as the Wizard, jazz singer Thelma Carpenter as Miss One (the name "Addapearle" was not used for this production) and Lena Horne as … Before they can reach her domain, Evillene learns of their quest to kill her and sends out the Flying Monkeys (a motorcycle gang) to keep them at bay (“No Bad News”). The Wiz. The Wiz (1978) Thelma Carpenter as Miss One. Thelma Carpenter, Actress: The Wiz. First Name Thelma. Carpenter was born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 15,1922, the only child of Fred and Mary Carpenter, and her career spanned seven decades. TV Actress. The Jackson 5’s a Vegas act.” Quincy Jones was also skeptical of Jackson, but after Cohen arranged a meeting, flying 19-year-old Jackson to New York, Lumet and Jones saw the qualities that Cohen saw. [4][5][6] Despite its initial failure, it became a cult classic among black audiences, Jackson's fanbase, and Oz enthusiasts. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, she travels through the city to seek an audience with the mysterious Wiz, who they say is the only one powerful enough to send her home. (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was a jazz, on WNYC in New York and won an amateur night at the Apollo Theatre, in 1938, where she would be honored and perform nearly 60 years later on the 1993 all-star NBC-TV special "Apollo Theater Hall of Fame", hosted by Bill Cosby. He’s The Wizard Lyrics. [4][5][6], The film was released on VHS home video in 1989 by MCA/Universal Home Video (with a reissue in 1992) and was first broadcast on television on CBS on May 5, 1984 (edited to 100 minutes), to capitalize on Michael Jackson's massive popularity at the time. Chiefly produced by Quincy Jones, The Wiz … In November 1977 a crowded Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a small Harlem apartment, where a shy, twenty-four-year-old elementary schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry ("The Feeling We Once Had"). She was performing on radio programs like Jack Darrell’s “Kiddies hour” and the “Horn and Hardart Children’s Hour” at age five and had her own show on WNYC by the time she was 11. [42], The New York Times analyzed the film within a discussion of the genre of blaxploitation: "As the audience for blaxploitation dwindled, it seemed as if Car Wash and The Wiz might be the last gasp of what had been a steadily expanding black presence in mainstream filmmaking. Dorothy soon meets the Munchkins' main benefactress, Miss One, the Good Witch of the North, a magical "numbers runner" who gives Evermean's pretty charmed silver slippers to her by teleporting them onto Dorothy's feet. Miss One,Dorothy and a Munchkin youngster watch the others dance. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. I hated the script a lot. [26] A Blu-ray version was released in 2010. He will only grant their wishes if they kill the sister of the Wicked Witch of the East, Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, who runs a sweatshop in the underground sewers of Oz. The phrase "Black is Beautiful" could have been inspired by the petite Thelma Carpenter, whose exquisite face and melodic voice delighted cabaret and theatre audiences for more than 50 years. "[41] A 2005 piece by Hank Stuever in The Washington Post described the film as "a rather appreciable delight, even when it's a mess", and felt that the singing – especially Diana Ross's – was "a marvel". Other deadly monsters all awaken and try to kill the group (such as trash cans that try to crush the Scarecrow by his arms, a fuse box electrocuting the Tin Man, and the pillars that try to crush Dorothy), but the Lion bravely rescues his friends by fighting off the monsters. Produced by Rob Cohen and directed by Sidney Lumet, the film stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor. She was performing on radio programs like Jack Darrell's "Kiddies Hour" and the "Horn and Hardart Children's Hour" at age 5 and had her own show on WNYC by age 11. [8], As of August 2019, The Wiz holds a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 33 reviews, with the consensus; "This workmanlike movie musical lacks the electricity of the stage version (and its cinematic inspiration), but it's bolstered by strong performances by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Sweet thing, let me tell you 'bout The world and the way things are You've come from a different place And I know you've traveled far Now t Director Sidney Lumet's big-budget film version of The Wiz, an updated musical treatment of The Wizard of Oz with songs by Charlie Smalls, is not remembered as one of the great movie musicals. 68 likes. She looks up and discovers she is back near home with Toto in her arms and walks into the apartment repeating the phrase "There's no place like home!". THELMA CARPENTER Vinyl Records and CDs January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997 Played Miss One, one of the good witches in The Wiz. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Nipsey Russell make for a … The Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion are distraught that they will never receive their respective brain, heart, and courage, but Dorothy makes them realize that they already have had these things all along (“Believe”). Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was a jazz singer and actress who is best know for her portrayal as Miss One in the 1978 film version of The Wiz. "[13] Schumacher spoke positively of the results of the est training, stating that he was "eternally grateful for learning that I was responsible for my life. Thelma Carpenter - He's The Wizard Thelma Carpenter - He's The Wizard - The Wiz (1978) by: MM6969. The Wiz was filmed at Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. 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