She's come to see Oz because another man, John Gale, proposed to her and she wanted to tell him first. This is Annie (Michelle Williams) one of Oz's old romances he met on the road. He sidesteps the chaos, enters his caravan and is surprised to see a young blonde woman, and not May, waiting for him. Frank takes Oz aside and tells him that a certain lady-friend is waiting for him in his caravan. Outside, the circus-folk are hurriedly packing up the traveling circus as gray clouds swirl above them. Oz, who is now being pelted by popcorn and peanut shells, tells Frank to close the curtains. Make me walk!" Oz, caught off guard by the unscripted request, seeks a diplomatic or heartfelt response, but all that comes out is "I'm not that kind of wizard, kid." The crowd turns on him, booing and hissing. The little girl in the front row, in the wheelchair, pushes herself toward the stage and repeats her pleas "Please, Wizard.
The crowd applauds in unison, and Oz happily accepts the "Bravos!" and "Encores!", and then a small voice cuts through the cheers: "Make me walk!" All goes silent. The crowd gasps and Oz, for the finale, whips the silk sheet off of May's body, revealing empty air. Oz flicks the scimitar between his hands and then violently cuts the visible wires. An irate voice shouts something from the back: "I see a wire!" Another voice joins in: "Yeah! I see two of 'em!" Bright lights are cast onto the stage, and sure enough, two very visible wires are seen suspending May's body from the ceiling "I want my money back you fraud!" Oz gestures to Frank, who tosses him a scimitar.
On stage Oz puts May into a deep sleep and causes her unconscious body to float in mid air. Backstage, Frank produces all of the practical effects for the show: playing music, setting off pyrotechnics, etc. Oz finally calls May to the stage, much to the bewilderment of the crowd, and she takes the stage. A dozen hands shoot up, but none belong to May, Oz's assistant and ringer for the show. A young girl in a wheelchair in the front row (Joey King) watches in awe as Oz calls for a volunteer. The magic show begins with Oz striding out onto the stage in a mystical, quasi-oriental robe and turban. Oz reluctantly plucks a pair of coins from the hat and gives them to Frank, and pockets the rest. Frank hands Oz the show's cash takings: an old hat filled with a dozen quarters and nickels.
Frank reminds Oscar, or Oz, as he's known, that his next show is about to begin. He produces a small wooden music box, which he claims once belonged to his great-grandmother, and gives it to May as a token of his love. Frank (Zach Braff), Oscar's circus assistant, barges into Oscar's caravan as he puts the moves on his latest magician's assistant May (Abigail Spencer). His illusions are cheap, his suits are torn and patched, and he's barely making enough money to keep his head above water. Despite being greatly ambitious, Oscar's magic career isn't taking off. Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is an ambitious illusionist/con man employed by a midwestern traveling circus. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity - and even a bit of wizardry - Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.ĭr.
Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician and con artist with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot - fame and fortune are his for the taking - that is, until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard that everyone has been expecting.
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