Plot: In Kansas, Oscar Diggs works as a small-time magician in a traveling circus. As a storm approaches, the circus strongman learns Oscar has flirted with his wife and goes to attack him. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon, but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. There the witch Theodora believes him to be a wizard prophesied to overthrow the Wicked Witch who killed the king of Oz. En route to the Emerald City, Oscar flirts with Theodora, who falls in love with him. They encounter the flying monkey Finley, who pledges a life debt to Oscar when the latter saves him from a lion.
Upon reaching the Emerald City, Oscar meets Evanora,
Theodora's sister, who is skeptical of Oscar being the foretold wizard.
Evanora tells Oscar that the Wicked Witch resides in the Dark Forest
and can be killed by destroying her wand, the source of her power. Oscar and Finley are joined en route to the forest by China Girl, a young, living china
doll whose home and family were destroyed by the Wicked Witch. The
three reach the forest and, upon retrieving the wand, discover the
"Wicked Witch" to be Glinda the Good Witch, who tells them Evanora is the true Wicked Witch. Evanora sees this with her crystal ball and manipulates Theodora against Oscar by showing him together with Glinda, saying he is trying to court
all three witches. She offers the heartbroken Theodora a magic apple
she promises will remove her heartache. Theodora bites it and then
realizes that Evanora is the Wicked One. She struggles against the
effects of the apple, but transforms into a heartless, green-skinned
Wicked Witch.
Glinda brings Oscar’s group to her domain in Oz to escape Evanora’s army of Winkies and flying baboons.
She confides to Oscar that she knows he is not truly a wizard. However,
she still believes he can still help them stop Evanora, and provides
him an “army” of Quadlings, tinkers, and Munchkins
to do it. Theodora enters Glinda’s domain and angrily reveals her new,
hideous appearance to Oscar before threatening to kill him and his
allies with the Emerald City’s well-prepared army. Oscar despairs that
his army cannot defeat the Wicked Witches, but after telling China Girl
about the exploits of his hero Edison, he realizes they can fight using prestidigitation.
Glinda and her subjects mount a mock attack on the Wicked Witches’ castle using an automated army of scarecrows blanketed by thick fog. The Wicked Witches are tricked into sending their flying baboons through a poppy
field that puts the baboons to sleep. However, two baboons manage to
capture Glinda, who drops her wand and is brought to the city square and
chained. Meanwhile, Oscar infiltrates the Emerald City with his allies,
only to seemingly abandon them in a hot air balloon loaded with the
king’s gold, which Theodora destroys with a fireball. Oscar then
secretly reveals himself to his friends, having faked his death. Oscar
uses a hidden smoke machine and image projector to present a giant, holographic image of his face as his “true” form, and a fireworks
display to attack and intimidate the Wicked Witches. Evanora fearfully
hides in her castle while a defeated Theodora, unable to hurt the
“invincible” wizard, flees from the city on her broom, vowing to return.
China Girl brings the dropped wand and frees Glinda, who fights
Evanora. Evanora seems to have the upper hand, but as she is about to
finish Glinda, the emerald necklace that hides her true, crone-like appearance is destroyed. A banished Evanora is then carried off by flying baboons.
The film concludes with Oscar, now king of Oz, using his projector to
sustain the belief that he is still a powerful wizard and keep the
citizens of Oz united against the Wicked Witches. He also presents gifts
to his friends: Master Tinker, who helped build his machines, receives
Oscar's camping-tool jackknife; Knuck (Tony Cox),
the grumpy Munchkin city herald and an ally of Glinda, receives a mask
with a smiley face; the long-suffering Finley receives Oscar's
friendship (and his hat); and China Girl accepts her friends as her new
family. Finally, Oscar takes Glinda behind the curtain of his projector
and kisses her.(Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful)
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