Little Wizards of Oz (I Piccoli Maghi Di Oz)

The production wants to specify that this film is a fiction…

that is to say a work of pure fantasy, and therefore all the characters and events…

are solely the fruit of the imagination of the screenwriters and the director:

any reference to existing people or real events…

is purely coincidence.

A film by Luigi Cozzi

The Little Wizards of Oz

Shall the reality mix with fairy tales, sometimes, or…

the reality itself is, occasionally, a fairy tale?

Once upon a time, there was an American journalist named Frank Baum who…

exactly in 1900, published a young-adult novel…

The wonderful wizard of Oz…

illustrated with the lovely sketches by the cartoonist William Denslow…

which obtained a huge success from the public and critics.

That was the first of a series of 14 books written by Baum…

and based on the fabulous world of Wizard Of Oz.

The first book of the saga was soon transformed into a theatrical musical…

which obtained in turn a big approval.

At that point cinema becomes interested in The wonderful wizard of Oz…

too, and a lot of movies were based on the book…

some of them were realized in the early days of the silent movies…

but the most famous film version was…

without a doubt, the one played in Hollywood…

by the actress Judy Garland, in 1939.

The story told by Baum in his first Oz's book is simple…

but at the same time rich of symbols and meanings.

Dorothy, an orphan girl, lives in a farm in Kansas…

with her loved uncles, until an awful…

sudden tornado swallows up her little house…

with the little girl inside, and carries it in a strange heathland full of magic…

hazards and unbelievable beings:

the Oz's fabulous world.

The little girl finds out early that the only one…

who can, maybe, help her to go back home in Kansas…

was the mysterious lord of Oz…

the very powerful wizard living in the amazing city…

made by emerald.

So Dorothy begins an adventurous journey through that land of enchantment…

with the aim of reach the city of emerald.

During her long and difficult journey…

she becomes friends with three, unique creatures…

which offer to help her:

a scarecrow without a brain…

a lion lacking in courage…

and a tin man devoid of a heart.

This is an overview of the story told by the novel…

The wonderful wizard of Oz…

a fairy tale which is well known, from many decades, also here in Italy…

where children usually read this book at primary school…

because of the relevance and actuality of its contents.

Kids? One, two and three! Hold it down?

- Engine, rolling. - Rolling.

21-22, take one!

Let us see when you are shooting?

Wait.

No, you've zoomed in.

I didn't understand.

Have you brought the gold?

It's a video?

You are the actors, do you understand?

You are the actors…

and if the movie is going to work it's because of you.

Help me?

You have to look at him.

Help, help, help!

Yes? Help?

Help me, I'm scared.

Ciak, please!

21-10 take one!

My name is Nicole Novelli.

The Wizard of Oz nowadays.

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Dorothy…

who lived in Tokyo, in Japan.

She used to live with her grandparents and her dog, Alice.

One day, a very violent earthquake hit her house.

Fortunately, her grandparents and her were saved…

but the dog wound up in a ravine, together with the rubble.

While she was looking for her dog, Dorothy slipped…

and ended up to the ravine's bottom as well.

The rubble squashed the East Witch.

The North Witch congratulated Dorothy…

and gave her some shiny red shoes.

Furthermore she created a protective bubble around her…

so that no one could hurt her.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Dorotea…

she was kind and always ready to help other people.

She had brown hair and she was tall…

she used to wear bright colored clothes…

and she lived in Rome.

One day she went into a long sleep…

and when she finally woke up, she found herself in an enchanted place.

She was confused.

An inhabitant told her she was in the Gnomorelli's land.

In the city of Lyon, in France, is where Dorothy used to live…

a scholar, pretty and nice to everyone.

One day she was walking along the street of a small town…

intent on looking in shop windows…

when she noticed a little wooden toys shop.

In New Zealand, there used to live a little girl named Dorotea.

One day, a tsunami arrived and it brought her to a very strange city.

She asked a fairy: "How can I go back to New Zealand?"

The fairy answered: "You have to go to the King!"

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Dorothy and her puppy Toto.

Dorothy locked herself in her room with Toto, watching television.

Suddenly, a huge bubble came out of the television…

and caught Dorothy and Toto and brought them up in the sky.

After a many hours flight, they land in the city of Mareo…

who lived under the sea.

The inhabitant of Mareo helped them find their way to Milan.

One day came an unexpected hurricane.

The uncles went into hiding in the cellar…

but Dorothy was trapped in the house because…

of the anti-theft system that locked the doors.

When the hurricane ended, Dorothy and her puppy…

found themselves in a marvellous land…

where all the inhabitants ran up to her…

while she was jumping to find a signal for her iPhone.

Once upon a time, there was a ten year old little girl…

who used to live in Paris with her uncles. Her name was Dorotea.

One day came a hurricane and their mansion flew away.

When Dorotea woke up…

she found herself in a fantastic world…

where trees were made of cream…

there was a chocolate river…

and men were made of coloured jelly beans.

But there were also four witches…

two were nice and two were bad.

Rome: A little girl named Dorothy, who lives with her parents and her dog Jack…

is getting ready for school.

While she is walking to her school, an earthquake suddenly breaks out.

Into chaos she falls down.

While she is picking herself up again she finds out she is in a wonderful place.

She meets a fairy.

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Dorothy…

who used to live with her uncles…

and a puppy named Toto.

Dorothy lived in a little mansion on the mountain…

equipped with a hot air balloon in order to survive the earthquakes.

One day, unfortunately, there was a major earthquake…

which made the house sink…

together with Dorothy and Toto.

The house sank for millions of miles.

Suddenly it stopped, with a deafening thud, it landed.

Dorothy, scared, looked out the window and saw, in front of her…

some buildings suspended in mid-air…

cars shaped like a sphere…

and she realized they were all robots.

Excuse me, where are you going?

At the headmaster office.

Do you have an appointment?

Yes, they summoned me. They are waiting for me, I am Miss Pantanella.

Once upon a time, there was a child named Dorotea, who lived in New York…

with her uncles, and her robot dog, Toto.

One day, a strong wind came which made trees float and blew bushes in the air.

Suddenly, a fierce wind gust caught her and Toto, too.

The little girl and the dog lingered in that fierce wind…

and, magically, they landed in a land called "Happy Bay".

All of a sudden the girl heard somebody talking.

She turned over and saw a Scarecrow who was drinking…

a tea sitting at the table of a coffee shop…

together with the Tin-man and their trusted friend, the Lion.

So you are the new Italian teacher substitute, Miss Carla?

- Carla Pantanella. - Pantanella, yes. Have a seat.

- Thank you. - We were waiting for you.

I am the headmaster of this school, teacher Anita Marcelli.

Hello.

I will introduce you to the other teachers later.

You will have to confront them during your days here with us.

The Italian teacher who you are replacing was really good…

we've lost a valuable member.

But we expect that you will keep high the good name of our little school…

concerning the Italian program me.

Don't worry, headmaster, I really want to do my best.

I hope so…

although, you don't have evidential experience, till now?

At least this is what I can read from your curriculum vitae.

Have you ever taught in a big city?

Well... no.

This is the problem.

Here things are more difficult compared with the province.

Children are more lively, more smart.

I hope that those from the department didn't make a mistake giving you this job.

Well, now the janitor is going to bring you to your class, the 5th C.

Make sure you're going to respect the coursework.

Don't worry Miss, they don't bite. Don't you know?

Children, this is your new Italian teacher.

- Hello. - Hello.

Are you ready to be left alone, to start?

Yes, don't worry. Thank you for everything.

If you need something, any kind of thing, just call me.

Yes, yes. Thank you.

So, children, I'm your new Italian teacher.

My name is Carla.

Now it's your turn to introduce yourselves.

Let's start with…

with…

with you, and then to the left.

My name is Ludovica Marini.

My name is Azzurra Tedei.

Hello, my name is Enrico Bernassola.