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Wicked
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
2024 · Directed by Jon M. Chu · 162 min · Drama · Romance · Fantasy · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Plot
In the Land of Oz, Glinda the Good joins the citizens of Munchkinland as they celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the West. When asked why wickedness happens, Glinda explains that the Witch was the product of an affair between Governor Thropp's wife Melena and a mysterious traveling salesman. The salesman offered Melena a green elixir, causing the Witch to be born with green skin. Maligned from birth for her skin and impulsive use of magical powers, the Witch fostered a wish to meet the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the ruler of Oz famed for his power to grant wishes. When the Munchkins ask if Glinda was friends with the Witch, she reflects on their relationship back at school.
Years earlier, green-skinned Elphaba Thropp escorts younger sister Nessarose on her first day at Shiz University. Nessarose's paraplegia causes the staff to patronise her, prompting an emotional outburst of Elphaba's powers. Shiz's Dean of Sorcery Studies, Madame Morrible, offers to enroll and privately tutor Elphaba in sorcery. She accepts, hoping she can fulfill her dream of working with the Wizard. Elphaba clashes constantly with her roommate, the popular Galinda Upland, who longs to become Morrible's student.
Elphaba's history professor is Dr. Dillamond, a talking goat who faces discrimination as one of Shiz's last Animal professors. She follows him to a meeting of Animals off-campus. Learning the Animals are somehow losing their ability to speak, Elphaba assures Dillamond the Wizard will set it right. Rebellious prince and transfer student Fiyero Tigelaar takes a group of students to a party at the Ozdust Ballroom nightclub. When Munchkin Boq Woodsman asks Galinda to accompany him, she convinces him to invite Nessarose so she can attend with Fiyero instead. Nessarose is overjoyed, and in thanks, Elphaba convinces Morrible to allow Galinda to study sorcery as well. When Elphaba is ridiculed at the Ozdust for wearing an ugly black hat gifted by Galinda as a practical joke, a remorseful Galinda dances with her, and the two begin to bond.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
- Cinematography: Alice Brooks
- Edited by: Myron Kerstein, James Finlan
- Music: Stephen Schwartz, John Powell
- Production design: Nathan Crowley
- Produced by: Marc Platt, David Stone
Cast
- Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba
- Ariana Grande as Galinda / Glinda
- Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible
- Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero
- Ethan Slater as Boq
- Marissa Bode as Nessarose
- Jeff Goldblum as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond (voice)
- Andy Nyman as Governor Thropp
- Courtney-Mae Briggs as Mrs. Thropp
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Marc Platt Productions
- Budget: $150,000,000
- Box office: $763,963,597
- Themes: witch, dancing, based on novel or book, fairy tale, college, wish, musical, female friendship, bullying, based on play or musical
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