Curiozities By The Book

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Disney Pins

Disney pins are HUGELY popular. Magazines, price guides, fan clubs are all devoted to little metal pins. Disney World and Disneyland host frequent pin trading events. Many designs sell out very quickly..... Several pins are coming to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated Oz the Great and Powerful.

Opening Day Pin: Disney World & Disneyland

Edition of 1000 $9.95

Unfortunately for those of us that can't be there, limited edition pins can't be ordered until 30 days after release date. Please see this link for more details: http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=65150

Disney Soda Fountain and Studio Store

Hollywood, CA

note edition sizes and pricing

given the small editions these are likely to sell out fast

http://elcapitan.go.com/soda_fountain/main.html

To learn more about Disney pins please see:

Official Disney Pin Trading Site

Disney Pin Forum

Friday, March 1, 2013

HSN Update

The Oz the Great and Powerful two day event is in full swing. Much of the designer merchandise inspired by the movie is selling out, but there are some licensed pieces to keep fans happy.

Exclusive to HSN are these charming cookie jars. I wouldn't be surprised to see Glinda's crown sell out. They are by David's cookies and are $39.95 each plus shipping

Oz Crown

Land of Broken China

Oz Balloon

http://www.hsn.com/search?query=Oz+cookie+jar

Madame Alexander's Oz the Great and Powerful Collection will be featured Saturday March 2 at 2:00 A.M., 3:00 A.M., 4:00 A.M., 2:00 P.M., and 3:00 P.M. Eastern

http://www.hsn.com/search?query=Oz+the+great+and+powerful+dolls

Disney Store Update

Lots of new additions since my last post.........costumes, pins, dolls, shirts, plush, tote bags, Vinylmation......please scroll through my blog to see more from Disney Store and visit Disneystore.com

China Girl Dress $39.50

Glinda Deluxe Costume $79.50

Shoes $24.50

Tiara $14.50

Wand $10.50

China Girl 4" doll $9.50

Tote Bag $34.50

Limited Edition Pin Set $79.50

Vinylmation and Vinylmation Jr Sets $24.50 each

Released March 8

Order these and see many more Oz the Great and Powerful merchandise

http://www.disneystore.com/oz-the-great-and-powerful/mn/1016702/?catalogFromSearch=10002

Disney Store UK

Gorgeous shirts from the UK (sadly they do no ship to the U.S.)

http://www.disneystore.co.uk/oz/mn/1325505/

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful Soundtrack

Press Release:

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney Records will release the digital original motion picture soundtrack for "Oz The Great and Powerful" on March 5, 2012. Oscar®-nominated composer Danny Elfman reunites with director Sam Raimi for "Oz The Great and Powerful" after composing original scores for the filmmaker's blockbuster hits "Spider-Man," "Spider-Man 2," "Darkman" and "A Simple Plan."

Elfman said, "I didn't really go in with any sense of what I wanted to do other than just to follow the film. It was incredibly clear because the characters and what they were doing, and what their quests were, and what needed to be done, were all laid out, so I fell into it very easily." Elfman employed a traditional orchestra for the film to give the music a classic feel. He relates, "Sam did want a very strong, traditional feel to this movie. I think there has always been the feeling that we'd like to try to give it a classic feel and a timelessness."

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times Raimi said, "Danny has a grand arsenal of musical abilities. He's able to create a sweeping gigantic sound that can really describe a tremendous scale and help us create this very unique world that Frank Baum wrote about, the land of Oz."

Elfman has received Oscar^® nominations for his scores for Barry Sonnenfeld's "Men in Black," Tim Burton's "Big Fish," Gus Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting" and "Milk." Movie audiences worldwide have also heard Danny Elfman's unique sound and style in 80 film scores, including David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," "Hitchcock," "Promised Land," Brian De Palma's "Mission: Impossible," Martin Brest's "Midnight Run," Jon Amiel's "Sommersby," the Hughes Brothers' "Dead Presidents," Rob Marshall's Academy Award-winning "Chicago," and Shawn Levy's "Real Steel." For more than 25 years, Tim Burton and Elfman have collaborated on some of the cinema's most beloved and recognizable films and soundtracks, including "Beetlejuice," "Batman," "Edward Scissorhand," "Sleepy Hollow," "Corpse Bride," and more recently, "Frankenweenie," "Dark Shadows" and "Alice in Wonderland."

Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician 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 (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. 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. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well.

"Oz The Great and Powerful" is produced by Joe Roth, with screen story by Mitchell Kapner and screenplay by Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire. Grant Curtis, Palak Patel, Josh Donen and Philip Steuer are serving as executive producers. "Oz The Great and Powerful" opens in U.S. theaters on March 8, 2013.

The original motion picture soundtrack for "Oz The Great and Powerful" will be available digitally on March 5^th; physical CDs will be available exclusively at www.Intrada.com. For more information on Walt Disney Records' releases, please visit Disney.com/music, become a fan at Facebook.com/disneymusic or follow us at Twitter.com/disneymusic.

For more information please contact:
Maria Kleinman, Walt Disney Records/Disney Music Group Publicity
818-560-5867, Maria.Kleinman@Disney.com

SOURCE Walt Disney Records

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Oz the Great and Powerful Magazine Coverage

The closer we get the more publicity amps up and there's no shortage of magazines. I'm a little late getting some of these up, but I'm sure you can purchase most, if not all, that you may have missed through the respective websites. You can see many magazine scans on http://milakunisweb.org/

F Movie Magazine January/February 2013 $10.00

http://www.fmoviemag.com/c/magazine/item/1000-#36/37-jan/feb-2013

Empire (UK) Magazine January 2013 (Django Unchained cover) $9.99

March 2013 (Man of Steel cover)

http://www.empireonline.com/magazine/

In Style March 2013 $5.99

http://www.instyle.com/

I took a quick look at this magazine and there was one or two questions related to Oz for each of them. The bulk of the article was about fashions, jewelry, make up, hair styles etc.
FYI: Rachel, Mila, and Michelle have been appearing on mulitple fashion magazine covers

D 23: The Official Magazine for the Disney Fan Club Spring 2013 $15.95

http://d23.disney.go.com/magazine/

GORGEOUS oversized magazine!!!!

SFX (UK) January 2013

April 2013

http://www.sfx.co.uk/category/magazine/

Cineplex February 2013

http://www.cineplex.com/News/Magazine/Archive.aspx

Gay Times (UK) April 2013

Before you go to this website be aware you may find some material objectionable.

http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/

Total Film (UK) March 2013

http://www.totalfilm.com/magazine

Coming out March 8

Hollywood Reporter

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/oz-great-powerful

Entertainment Weekly

http://www.ew.com/ew/

If you have an interest in more foreign material eBay is the place to watch.

Many magazines will probably have one ads for the film and related events. Cosmopolitan March 2013 has an ad for the Urban Decay make up and Glamour March 2013 has an ad for the Home Shopping Network Event. We should start seeing reviews very soon as well.