A Filmmakers Journey To A New Oz:
An Interview with Sean Gates and Clayton Spinney
Producer and Writer of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

This interview for the Ozcast series was recorded in the early summer of this year....we are finally making it available now for the Christmas holiday season of 09.

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Sean and Clayton have spent many, many hours working on this film and they have continued to do so. I hope you enjoy this interview. I highly respect Sean and Clayton in their work and involvement in bringing to life the legacy of such a classic story such as "THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ" to the screen for a whole new generation. I am looking forward to seeing the film when it is completed and available. Sean and Clayton also talk in detail about the production, including their interest and thoughts on the L. Frank Baum, Oz books, the 1939 movie, and also Disney's "Return to Oz" from 1985.

Ozcast - Episode # 9

(September 2009)
 

Interview With Oz Fan, Michael Caruso On
"Return To Oz"
& An Interview With Jonathan Shirshekan,
Co-Author of "The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated
 Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic"
 

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Our title, for this new episode in # 9 in the "Ozcast" series tells is all unto what this interesting
 episode consists of! So no explanation is needed. Special thanks to Michael and also Jonathan for the honor of interviewing them for this episode!



An Interview & Conversation With
Oz and Judy Garland Historian
John Fricke

August (2009) episode # 8

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We join once again producer of the Ozcast series, and host Aaron Pacentine as he interviews Oz/Judy Garland historian John Fricke. Aaron talks with John about the new upcoming Warner Brothers re-release of the Wizard of Oz with the new Blu - Ray Disc set to be coming out on September 29th 2009 and what Warner Brother has planned for this exciting and new set Later in the episode we hear John talk about one of the Judy Garland CDs that was released September 15th 2009.

Ozcast - Episode # 7

Oz in Blu-Ray Disc & The Oz Convention In California
Week of June 22nd (2009)

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 In the 7th episode of Ozcast we join once again producer of the Ozcast series, and host Aaron Pacentine along side Anthony Lancaster and the young, Lisa Carmichael. All three of the hosts, in this episode talk about the upcoming new Blu-Ray disc and re-release (on DVD) of the new "WIZARD OF OZ" that will be coming out on September 29th 2009. They also talk about Warner Brother's new "WIZARD OF OZ" web site that has recently been updated and redesigned for the 70th anniversay of the film. Towards the end of the show, Anthony tells us about the upcoming Oz convention that will be taking place in July in northern CA. 

Ozcast - Episode # 6  May (2009)

Oz Collectibles With Lisa Carmichael from New England

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 In our 6th episode we join Aaron Pacentine as he interviews and joins the young, Ms. Lisa Carmichael about Oz collectibles and how they are so important to her personal collection. Lisa has many, many, wonderful items in her collection in her home in Rhode Island. This is Lisa's first episode, in the Ozcast series. She is delighted and honored to be a part of the series and looks forward to recording many, many episodes in the future!

Ozcast - Episode # 5 April (2009)

The Many Posters Produced in Return To Oz

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Aaron Pacentine and Celia Foster, reunite in the 5th episode of, "Ozcast". This is Celia's first time on the new series. Last time we heard from Celia, it was on our final episode, of "RETURNING TO OZ", the 32nd episode. On this episode we talk about the different posters and different marketing things that Disney did to promote "Return to Oz".

Ozcast - Episode # 4 March (2009)

An Interview With Oz Fan and our young host,
Anthony Lancaster

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Join Aaron Pacentine and brand newcomer to the series, Anthony Lancaster in his first episode in the Ozcast series!
In this new episode we talk about the brand new Judy Garland movie, that is currently in production. Anthony also talks about Oz collectibles, his views on Disney's "Return to Oz" and also the "Wicked" musical. Although Anthony  is young, he knows allot for his age and is a very talented young man.

Ozcast - Episode # 3
February (2009)

A Young Fan's Outlook on Oz and "Wicked"

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On this episode, join Aaron...once again and this time with Oz fan and producer Joe Tucker.
Joe is a great young person who lives in the New England and loves Oz!  Joe is working and has been working on a new Oz musical!
He talks about that and also his thoughts on the 1939, "Wizard of Oz" and 1985, "Return to Oz" films. He is also a big fan of the "Wicked" musical and beacuse Joe is so talanted he had a lot of interesting things to say about the Wicked musical. Thanks for your time Joe, you did a great job. Look forward to having you back later in the year.

Ozcast - Episode # 2

WICKED: Bringing A Broadway Musical To Life Part 2 of 2
(September 2008)

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Due to a delay and break in the series ---- this was just recently posted as of March 2009.

Join Aaron and Shawn and also Travis, who you may remember, from the "RETURNING TO OZ" series as they talk about the Wicked musical. Listen to Shawn as he unveils some very interesting information again about the musical and this time they take about the musical and also the Wicked book among the different between the book and the musical. We also talk about the different costume designs. Towards the end we also talk about then then....upcoming release of Gregory's book in the WICKED series, "A LION AMONG MEN'.

Ozcast - Episode # 1

WICKED: Bringing A Broadway Musical To Life Part 1 of 3
(August 2008)
 

Welcome to Ozcast! Join Aaron and Shawn as they talk about the Wicked musical. Listen to Shawn as he unveils some very interesting information about the musical and the plot of the show. Shawn is pretty much an expert on Wicked and for the first several new shows for this fall hear information directly from him about the Broadway musical Wicked. Enjoy.