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January 15, 2010
Just wrapped shooting at Sherwood Farm in Easton, CT for the full-length live-action independent film, "Witches of Oz," directed by Leigh Scott.
"Witches of Oz" is a modern-day take on the classic children's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." In it, Dorothy is a children's author in present day New York. When characters from the world of Oz start to infiltrate the human world, Dorothy must team up with old friends to stop the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys from destroying New York. The movie also features actors Christopher Lloyd, Lance Henriksen, Billy Boyd, Jeffrey Combs, Eliza Swenson, and Noel Thurman.
The movie is "something different," Scott said in an interview, explaining that he's breaking away from the cynicism typical of many recent independent films and drawing his inspiration from 1980s films like "Labyrinth" and "The Dark Crystal."
Instead of Dorothy going to Oz, this time Oz comes to her. But, like in the 1939 film, she comes to the realization that she was "master of her own destiny the whole time," the director said.
In the film, I play the role of Maud, young Dorothy's mother (in this version she lives with her parents and not her aunt and uncle). Release is tentatively slotted for a late 2010 or spring 2011, exact details will be posted here as they develop.
To read more about the shooting of the film, check out the following article: http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Oz-movie-being-filmed-in-Bridgeport-293171.php
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