Oz the Great and Powerful

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Hurry, hurry, step this way.

Get your tickets now.

Don't be shut out, friend. Step this way.

See the most wondrous sights imaginable

pulled from the four corners of the Earth.

Acts to delight, to thrill and to mystify!

Walk through these gates and into a world of wonder!

She is here, ladies and gents, live and in person.

That gun-slinging, sharp-shooting honey-pie of the Wild West.

He has traveled the world and baffled the crown princes of Europe.

He will amaze! He will astound!

The Great and Powerful Oz!

I always knew that I was destined for show business.

And now look at me. A magician's assistant.

To think, an hour ago I was just

selling oil cakes on the midway.

Yes, well, opportunity comes

when you least expect it, my dear.

Wow! What a get-up.

You won't need this.

You are playing the simple country girl.

A gift in honor of your debut.

Now, this belonged to my grandmother.

A tsarina from Mirkutsk, and a decorated war hero.

Your grandmother?

Yes. She was killed in battle, the poor thing.

Which battle?

Which battle?

Well, there are so many.

You've heard of the Battle of Kreplach?

No.

No? Good. That's where she died.

And this music box was the only thing to survive.

But I know that Grammie would want you to have it.

Professor.

Frank! The sock is on the door.

We're rehearsing.

How many times do I have to tell you to knock?

Knock.

I knocked.

- What is it? - Showtime.

Why didn't you say something?

Only a half a house. Here's the take.

Pitiful.

All right, this is your cut.

For you, the applause will be approbation enough.

Well, how do you think I feel?

A man of my talents,

I should be playing the Orpheum Circuit!

Instead of some dusty podunk

in a second-hand jacket falling apart at the seams.

You're gonna have to patch this thing again.

- Again? - Yeah.

Let's go. Hat!

- Hat. - Hat. Okay.

- You're the new girl? - Yes.

Good, we needed a new one. The last one left us.

Poor thing. Suffered from a broken heart.

Attack. Heart attack.

But she's resting comfortably now in Abilene

expected to make a full recovery.

Perhaps you'd like to join her.

Now, remember, when I ask for a volunteer...

I raise my hand.

You are overqualified for this job, my dear.

Let's go make some magic.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the show has already begun.

There are still a few seats left.

Don't miss your chance to see Oz, the Great and Powerful!

Journey with me now, across those deserts

to the mystical lands of the Arabian Peninsula.

For 5,000 years,

her lonely spirit has been trapped.

But tonight, we will attempt to free her.

I shall require a volunteer from the audience.

Anyone.

Anyone.

How about you, madam?

Yes, I would like to volunteer.

How kind of you. Please.

Just remember what I told you.

A simple country girl, ladies and gentlemen.

Now, you have nothing to fear, just so long as you believe.

For when you do believe

anything is possible.

You are growing sleepy.

Your eyelids become heavy.

Sleep!

Come, Fernanda!

Allow yourself to merge with this woman before me.

Can you hear me, Queen Fernanda?

Yes.

Then rise.

Rise!

I command you to rise!

Rise from your tomb of sand.

Rise as your spirit...

I see a wire!

You are mistaken, sir.

I am not!

There is a wire!

There is a wire holding her up!

A wire?

I see it, too. It's right there.

Clear as day. Can't you see 'em'?

He's fooling us.

A wire!

What need have I of wires? Frank.

Make me walk!

What's that?

Make me walk.

Not now, kid. Let us leave the wonders...

But I believe in you.

Look, it's not much, but it's all that we have.

Whatever you could do.

I would make you walk, it's just...

It's just that...

Well, go on, then. Make the girl walk.

Make the kid walk.

Come on, you big phony.

Yeah, come on!

I would make her walk, of course,

but unfortunately there is a distemper in the ether tonight.

Make the kid walk, you big phony.

You see?

I'm sorry, but...

Thank you. Thank you.

Oz, the Great and Powerful.

Why didn't you close the damn curtain sooner?

I was dying out there.

There was nothing you could have done.

I didn't really think it was that bad.

Of course not. You're just a trained monkey.

You know, you shouldn't be so mean to me all the time, Professor.

After all, I'm the only friend you've got.

Fflend?

You're not my friend, Frank. I don't need a friend.

What I need is someone who knows when to close the damn curtain.

It's a woman.

Finally some good news.

You want me to wind up a music box?

No.

Not for this one, Frank.

Hey, Annie.

Hello, Oscar.

You look lovely.

Thank you.

What is this? Gingham?

You know it is.

It was a wonderful show.

Don't tell me you watched that debacle.

I don't know why you didn't just tell that poor girl the truth.

What truth? That I'm a fake? They would have had my head.

And worse, they would have demanded a refund.

Come on, have a seat.

I'll get you some tea.

Ooh!

It's been a long time. I haven't seen you since...

The last time you rolled into town.

It's not often enough, Oscar, seeing you once every few months.

Well, it is a traveling circus.

How's everything on the farm? How's your ma'?

She didn't send me a pie this time.

I hope she's not mad.

I meant to write.

I need to tell you something, Oscar.

That's never a good start to a conversation.

John Gale asked me to marry him.

That's why I've come.

I thought you should know.

I think that's... That's wonderful, Annie.

I said I had to think about it.

Men love that answer.

I wondered what you thought I should do.

You could do a lot worse than John Gale.

He's a good man.

So are you.

No.

I'm not.

I'm many things, but a good man is not one of them.

But you could be.

If you wanted to.

Well, that's just it.

I don't want to.

See, Kansas is full of good men.

Church-going men that get married and raise families.

Men like John Gale.

Men like my father,

who spent his whole life tilling the dirt

just to die facedown in it.

I don't want that, Annie.

I don't want to be a good man, I want to be a great one.

I want to be Harry Houdini and Thomas Edison

all rolled into one.

That's all I ever wanted for you, you know.

Greatness.

Then you understand.

I do.