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Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (1999)
Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.
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Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.
Rating:NR
Genre:Fantasy, Family, TV Movie, Animation
Written By:Romeo Muller
In Theaters:10/1/1999
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Runtime:25 minutes
Studio:Muller-Rosen Productions, Murakami Wolf Swenson, Toei Animation
Cast
Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf
Director
Sid Caesar
Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
Mischa Bond
Dorothy (voice)
Robert Ridgely
Jack Pumpkinhead / Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (voice)
Joan Gerber
Tic Toc / Ozma (voice)
Frank Nelson
Jack, the Hungry Tiger (voice)
Lurene Tuttle
Aunt Em (voice)
Charles Woolf
Uncle Henry (voice)
Maitzi Morgan
(voice)
Julie Cohen
(voice)
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