Fairuza seems very grounded and intelligent. I had crush on her Dorothy screen character when I was about 12 at the time Return to Oz was released into cinemas. Her character is a lovely young girl, and I'd like to think that a lot of Fairuza's own personality contributed towards that.
Return to Oz kicked Ass! One of the best fantasy films EVER made! Labyrinth, Never-ending Story, Legend, Dark Crystal....why don't they make films like those anymore? Better than all this CGI carp we have now!
Yeah same! Loved the Return to Oz as a kid even though it got slated for being too scary for kids. I loved it being scary. Brilliant film! Thank you Fairuza
There's a subtle crazyness to the way she moves and talks. Makes her work perfectly in roles like the Craft. That's not to say she's actually crazy or anything. But she feels crazy, which makes her better suited to certain roles.
Always loved Return To Oz, and it tends to get right to your heart too, especially the one to one talks she has with Tik Tok, Jack and Belina..her character of Dorothy is like an old head on young shoulders as she knows only she can protect her true friends. Also, the Henson company are a big name in another, what I believe to be a very underrated film, 'Mirrormask', which is another of my favourite films like this. A real bit of escapism, as if you're really there, and lost in all the special effect and dark imagination. Character Helena Campbell, tired of her own life, seeks out another, while she sets out to save the White Queen and help prevent the darkness and shadows taking over the land. "The shadows were completely in my eyes yesterday'..
Return to Oz is a weird trippy movie but damn do I love it. I re-watched it recently, I seen it as a kid and didn't hate it but much prefered the original, so re watching it I was weirded/tripped out but had a good time. Thinking that they were going to put dorothy through electro-shock treatment still has me jaw dropped, I had forgotten all about that scene and I was like WTF
And she played one of the band aid girls in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000 ) along with Kate Hudson and Anna Paquin. And for SF and Horror fans, she was one of the beast people in 1997's Island of Dr. Moreau. But I remember Fairuza Balk even earlier than that ( before J.K.Rowlings ever imagined Hogwarts ) as Mildred Hubble, the title character from 1986's The Worst Witch. Which is actually available on youtube
One thing that impressed me about her portrayal of Dorothy was she was cleaver enough to subtly use Judy Garland's speaking quirks into the character. It was a neat bridge between the two actresses.
I noticed how well the movie blended elements of the book and the original film as well as definitely being its own thing. Surprisingly, I never realized just how common decapitations are in Oz. The Tin Woodsman beheading fourty wolves in a row is really something.
@mossberg451 Actually, her eyes are turquoise... which is how she got her name. When she was born, her father shouted "firuze!", when he saw her bright blue eyes. "Firuze" means turquoise in the Iranian language. Just thought you might want to know. :)
Fairuza Balk is one of the hottest actresses in my opinion and she was great in American History X :) . She and Edward Norton stole the show :) . She would be a excellent Harley Quinn in a Batman movie or as a voice actor :)
I was spoiled watching Return to Oz as a kid and just assumed that was a standard film. I never realized how singular among "kids" movies it really is. I only appreciated how good of a kid actress she was, the effectiveness of everything in the film, and the pure artistry and talent on display. Yeah, it's scary, but, unlike stuff like Barney or Power Rangers, I felt like I wasn't being coddled or patronized. I think adults forget that kids can be obsessed with NOT being a kid or treated like a kid. Being able to sit through scary scenes felt like an accomplishment and I really did think, "If this girl can handle it, so can I."
@LFiers Although I would count myself as one the biggest RTO fans, I would have to disagree with the popular belief that the movie was more in tone with the books than the MGM version. I read the first three Oz books and I found them to be generally silly and light hearted. The villians are comic villians. Baum himself was noted as saying "There should never be anything except sweetness and happiness in the Oz books....never a hint of tragedy or horror. "
She is so gorgeous always have and always will. She hasn't changed much since she was younger,she just grown up with a shorter hairstyle I love her playing a witch she's good at that and very believable the worst witch,return of oz,the craft.and she played the catlady in the island of Dr nonresident in that movie I think she should've had a longer part and survived the dogs hung her in that movie. Dammit lol love you fairuza
***** You know...I think your kind of right! I mean...Judy Garlands Dorothy was and is obviously timeless...but it was still Judy Garland doing Dorothy! Not really the Dorothy of the original Oz books...I have only ever read the wonderful wizard of oz book of the original L. Frank Baum series...and even then it struck me that the only thing similar about the book to the film was the wicked witch and her flying monkeys...everything else was different! Not the same tone at all...also Dorothy as played by Garland is too old really...Fairuza Balk was just right...return to oz captured the L frank Baum books feel of midwestern home spun attitudes contrasted against an amazing, and often frightening, environment really well. The MGM version felt too glossy in comparison...but is obviously amazing in its own right.
BelatedCommiseration You mentioned the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys. In the book, the flying monkeys are not *hers*. She just happened to have command over them at that particular point in time, and having them bring Dorothy and the Lion to her castle was the last command left she was allowed to give them. Once the Witch was dead, Dorothy took possession of the Golden Cap, and the flying monkeys were hers to command three times.
Anyone can be book characters or comic characters on film as same for bond as bond was born in books before films. Original cinematic iconic characters created from original screenplays like Freddy Krueger or Indiana Jones or Han Solo or Marty Mcfly are irreplaceable
Lmao I love it when people get beaten so badly they just start going off in any direction grasping at whatever straws they think will help their cause. Simple minded fool. Keep em coming this is funny. I will say this, getting you so pissed off you had to go search what kind of videos I watch just to try and insult me has made my week man. Thank you.
@nicelydone31 No, she's in her 20s here. I remember her being interviewed after "Return to Oz" was released in the Spring of '85, and she said she was going into the sixth grade next year. So figure she was born in the mid-70s. This interview was conducted in the late '90s, so that would make her around 23-25 here.
in this interview she wasn't all painted up and she looked real pretty.shed do best to keep her hair short and use minimal makeup and she looks real pretty
Return to Oz an under rated classic with was sadly overlooked due to missing its target audience partly due to critics and their rants about "OMG it will terrify to the pants off of your sensitive children" & such other nonsense due it being darker in nature than Wizard of Oz. Sad thing is that the tone was exactly what the original writer of the books envisioned. Wizard of Oz was slighly watered down in tone. This one kept true. I love this move and Faruza was fantastic in this!
No, it followed the time sequence 6 months past the events of the first movie. It follows the plot of the two books directly after the events depicted in the first movie. The first movie did not follow the books nearly as closely as Return to Oz, which is good because it is kind of a strange story, lol.
She played a much more realistic & believable Dorothy Than Judy garland did. The first film just made a dark mystical story into a very tame glitzy cheesy showbiz film
I'd say she's a great actress, but that comparison's kind of irrelevant given that the films aren't related at all. Their performances are also aiming for entirely different styles.You think MGM's undertaking of The Wizard of Oz with filmmaking way ahead of 1939 is "very tame glitzy cheesy showbiz"? Wow, you're dumb.
@primenemisis L. Frank Baum wrote an entire series of Oz books from 1899 to 1919. The movie was based on the second and third books of the series ("The Land of Oz" and "Ozma of Oz") The Wizard of Oz *The Land of Oz *Ozma of Oz Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz The Road to Oz The Emerald City of Oz The Patchwork Girl of Oz Tik-Tok of Oz The Scarecrow of Oz Rinkitink in Oz The Lost Princess of Oz The Tin Woodman of Oz The Magic of Oz Glinda of Oz All of these books are available at Amazon.
It's a fact that young children started their movie career lost their childhood. As they get older, they're behavior came out like little kid's or immature. Michael Jackson did lost his childhood since he was a kid and we called him a child molester, so sad
i loved this movie, even though it creeped me out a little at times... I also loved her short film for Expo 86, 'Discovery'... i wish I could see it again... although, for many years, I had memories of the 'space ship' taking her to Europe, not parts of BC...weird! Anyone know where I could get that film?
@AdamFaulkner1 oh man.. shes dating his brother in the movie.. played by edward norton (Derek Vinyard I think his name was..) so yeah i remember hearing the same thing.. yeah a dude came to my page and said to me "well when edward norton dumped her in american history x i thought she would go after edward furlong just to get back at edward norton in the movie so yeah if he lived in that.. everyone thought she would try make out with furlong.. strange right?.. not to mention shes half his age
@AntiTerminatrCameron yeah she was good in that! thats the only movie i seen with her! I remember when people were saying they thought she was gonna kiss edward furlong.. i met him at a showing once and her.. they were nice people to talk to
She was a young girl just like in the oz books, Judy garland was a teenager & far too old for the part she played. What intrigued me was that auntie em was played by piper Laurie the controlling religious mother in Carrie
@bravelilspidey OMG....are they EVER worth it! I still sometimes pull them off my shelf to read and reminisce about my childhood. I didn't like the second book ("The Land of Oz") quite as much as the rest, since Dorothy wasn't in it, however that book was necessary to make the transition from the Scarecrow's rule of Oz to the discovery of the long lost Princess Ozma, who was infant daughter of King Pastoria, who had been overthrown years earlier. One more thing....READ THE BOOKS IN ORDER.
Fairuza seems very grounded and intelligent. I had crush on her Dorothy screen character when I was about 12 at the time Return to Oz was released into cinemas. Her character is a lovely young girl, and I'd like to think that a lot of Fairuza's own personality contributed towards that.
I had a crush on those dancing girls in the film when I was a kid
I loved her in Return to Oz :-) and she was absolutely PERFECT for The Craft
She’s a vibe. I hope she knows how much she means to some of us
100%
Return to Oz kicked Ass! One of the best fantasy films EVER made! Labyrinth, Never-ending Story, Legend, Dark Crystal....why don't they make films like those anymore? Better than all this CGI carp we have now!
YES! I completely agree with you!! This was one of my childhood favorites..as well as the others you named off!
Ever read the neverending story by michael ende?
Don't forget The Witches with Anjelica Huston.
Never-ending story was my favourite, I love fantasy movies, Children do not use their imagination now it's all technology
if you like movies similar to those, try Krull from 1983!
Most underrated Actress of the 90's.
Lmao.... No.
I believe there are many more underrated 90’s actresses. If my memory serves me right, there are SEVERAL!
Thanks for watching!!
@@TechSoup137 which ones do you think are underrated
The movie 🎥 was filmed in the 80s you dim wit
Thanks Fairuza, for being part of my wonderful childhood!
Man, that face! It's really hypnotic. You can't take your eyes off her.
what a wonderful person. she is outstanding in everything she is in. ♥️♥️♥️
Yeah same! Loved the Return to Oz as a kid even though it got slated for being too scary for kids. I loved it being scary. Brilliant film! Thank you Fairuza
There's a subtle crazyness to the way she moves and talks. Makes her work perfectly in roles like the Craft. That's not to say she's actually crazy or anything. But she feels crazy, which makes her better suited to certain roles.
I remember getting my Return to Oz DVD back in 1999 and this was one of the extras. Can't believe that was 21 years ago now.
Isn’t it so wonderful
Always loved Return To Oz, and it tends to get right to your heart too, especially the one to one talks she has with Tik Tok, Jack and Belina..her character of Dorothy is like an old head on young shoulders as she knows only she can protect her true friends.
Also, the Henson company are a big name in another, what I believe to be a very underrated film, 'Mirrormask', which is another of my favourite films like this. A real bit of escapism, as if you're really there, and lost in all the special effect and dark imagination. Character Helena Campbell, tired of her own life, seeks out another, while she sets out to save the White Queen and help prevent the darkness and shadows taking over the land.
"The shadows were completely in my eyes yesterday'..
She is my childhood HERO!!!
It's interesting how she doesn't blink that much. Good actress, very well spoken and engaging.
Return to Oz is a weird trippy movie but damn do I love it. I re-watched it recently, I seen it as a kid and didn't hate it but much prefered the original, so re watching it I was weirded/tripped out but had a good time. Thinking that they were going to put dorothy through electro-shock treatment still has me jaw dropped, I had forgotten all about that scene and I was like WTF
It’s not so much a sequel to that movie other than ruby slippers but to the book and adapted two books
And she played one of the band aid girls in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000 ) along with Kate Hudson and Anna Paquin. And for SF and Horror fans, she was one of the beast people in 1997's Island of Dr. Moreau.
But I remember Fairuza Balk even earlier than that ( before J.K.Rowlings ever imagined Hogwarts ) as Mildred Hubble, the title character from 1986's The Worst Witch. Which is actually available on youtube
It's Vicki from The Waterboy
Fairuza........you were amazing!!!! top movie!!!!!!
One thing that impressed me about her portrayal of Dorothy was she was cleaver enough to subtly use Judy Garland's speaking quirks into the character. It was a neat bridge between the two actresses.
I noticed that too.
I noticed how well the movie blended elements of the book and the original film as well as definitely being its own thing. Surprisingly, I never realized just how common decapitations are in Oz. The Tin Woodsman beheading fourty wolves in a row is really something.
Fairuza is the best :) i love her voice. she's so insightful.
She is absolutely a great actress and has that something you cant put your finger on. But you cant get enough. :)
Return to Oz is creepy... I'm 21, I watch this 3 days ago and it's just good, misterious and full of symbolism and theories
Also in libya too this movie is my childhood movie 🤧❤️
Shes a lovely person, believe me, she knows how much we love this film and her portrayal of dorothy...
@mossberg451 Actually, her eyes are turquoise... which is how she got her name. When she was born, her father shouted "firuze!", when he saw her bright blue eyes. "Firuze" means turquoise in the Iranian language. Just thought you might want to know. :)
Very intelligent, and so beautiful.
***** Not really.
ok
God damn. You need to get your eyes checked, guy.
always loved Return to Oz. Great job girl
I love her too! Would love to see her in more!
Fairuza Balk is one of the hottest actresses in my opinion and she was great in American History X :) . She and Edward Norton stole the show :) .
She would be a excellent Harley Quinn in a Batman movie or as a voice actor :)
lalaxbo I was thinking she'd be a good Poison Ivy too
I agree
She was so good in this movie. Wish she got more roles.
it's really a good movie, I still watch it once in a while :P
She was brilliant. Amazing film.
Hey, she played Nancy Downs! Such an underrated actress!
I agree!
I was spoiled watching Return to Oz as a kid and just assumed that was a standard film. I never realized how singular among "kids" movies it really is. I only appreciated how good of a kid actress she was, the effectiveness of everything in the film, and the pure artistry and talent on display.
Yeah, it's scary, but, unlike stuff like Barney or Power Rangers, I felt like I wasn't being coddled or patronized. I think adults forget that kids can be obsessed with NOT being a kid or treated like a kid. Being able to sit through scary scenes felt like an accomplishment and I really did think, "If this girl can handle it, so can I."
AS AN ACTRESS SHE IS VERY UNDERRATED
They combined different books of the series in the return. I love the books, they were all very trippy and wierd fun.
She was also the voice of Mercedes Cortez in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
I love Fairuza Balk, she's my favorite actor. 💕💞💖💖✨🌹❤️❤️💋💋❤️❤️💋💋😘😍🥰😉🙂💯✔️
Σhe is simply..fascinating.Even her name is unusual!
I remember the movie and this actress. Another movie that this actress was in is The Worst Witch.
yes i remember the movie, i was 12 about
@LFiers Although I would count myself as one the biggest RTO fans, I would have to disagree with the popular belief that the movie was more in tone with the books than the MGM version. I read the first three Oz books and I found them to be generally silly and light hearted. The villians are comic villians. Baum himself was noted as saying "There should never be anything except sweetness and happiness in the Oz books....never a hint of tragedy or horror. "
She is so gorgeous always have and always will. She hasn't changed much since she was younger,she just grown up with a shorter hairstyle I love her playing a witch she's good at that and very believable the worst witch,return of oz,the craft.and she played the catlady in the island of Dr nonresident in that movie I think she should've had a longer part and survived the dogs hung her in that movie. Dammit lol love you fairuza
I forgot how beautiful she is!!!!
Judy Garland fans won't like this, but Fairuza Balk *IS* Dorothy Gale.
***** You know...I think your kind of right! I mean...Judy Garlands Dorothy was and is obviously timeless...but it was still Judy Garland doing Dorothy! Not really the Dorothy of the original Oz books...I have only ever read the wonderful wizard of oz book of the original L. Frank Baum series...and even then it struck me that the only thing similar about the book to the film was the wicked witch and her flying monkeys...everything else was different! Not the same tone at all...also Dorothy as played by Garland is too old really...Fairuza Balk was just right...return to oz captured the L frank Baum books feel of midwestern home spun attitudes contrasted against an amazing, and often frightening, environment really well. The MGM version felt too glossy in comparison...but is obviously amazing in its own right.
BelatedCommiseration You mentioned the Wicked Witch and her flying monkeys. In the book, the flying monkeys are not *hers*. She just happened to have command over them at that particular point in time, and having them bring Dorothy and the Lion to her castle was the last command left she was allowed to give them. Once the Witch was dead, Dorothy took possession of the Golden Cap, and the flying monkeys were hers to command three times.
@@Emper0rH0rdey
Anyone can be book characters or comic characters on film as same for bond as bond was born in books before films.
Original cinematic iconic characters created from original screenplays like Freddy Krueger or Indiana Jones or Han Solo or Marty Mcfly are irreplaceable
Yes 100%
Mombi was going to lock Dorothy in the tower for a few years until her head was ready for the taking. This is what she would have gotten.
Lmao I love it when people get beaten so badly they just start going off in any direction grasping at whatever straws they think will help their cause. Simple minded fool. Keep em coming this is funny. I will say this, getting you so pissed off you had to go search what kind of videos I watch just to try and insult me has made my week man. Thank you.
dude,you gotta love her eyes
Ms. Balk you were an EXCELLENT Dorothy Gale! You KICKED ASS as Dorothy! Don't let ANYONE tell you otherwise!!
@nicelydone31 No, she's in her 20s here. I remember her being interviewed after "Return to Oz" was released in the Spring of '85, and she said she was going into the sixth grade next year. So figure she was born in the mid-70s. This interview was conducted in the late '90s, so that would make her around 23-25 here.
those eyes..wow
in this interview she wasn't all painted up and she looked real pretty.shed do best to
keep her hair short and use minimal makeup and she looks real pretty
She was typecasted as someone everyone that grew up in the 90's knew. She's cool
Return to Oz an under rated classic with was sadly overlooked due to missing its target audience partly due to critics and their rants about "OMG it will terrify to the pants off of your sensitive children" & such other nonsense due it being darker in nature than Wizard of Oz. Sad thing is that the tone was exactly what the original writer of the books envisioned. Wizard of Oz was slighly watered down in tone. This one kept true. I love this move and Faruza was fantastic in this!
Oh come on the monkeys were creepy looking in wizard to oz and the auntie em I’ll give you auntie em alright scene was scary
As Dorothy in Return to Oz or as Nancey in The Craft...Fairuza Balk is Wicked Awesome; actress and person!! XOXO : )
She’s so adorable!!!
I Love her acting!
Thanks for explaining...it is true that you learn something new every day : )
Fairuza is totally cool...she is the only famous person that takes the time to reply to my stupid tweets.I hope to marry her one day.
I'm so in love with her eyes
No, it followed the time sequence 6 months past the events of the first movie. It follows the plot of the two books directly after the events depicted in the first movie. The first movie did not follow the books nearly as closely as Return to Oz, which is good because it is kind of a strange story, lol.
She did a great performance in the film
This was uploaded on my birthday. :)
I love her eyes! *.*
She played a much more realistic & believable Dorothy Than Judy garland did. The first film just made a dark mystical story into a very tame glitzy cheesy showbiz film
Agreed.
The Wizard of Oz is the most overrated movie of all time.
I'd say she's a great actress, but that comparison's kind of irrelevant given that the films aren't related at all. Their performances are also aiming for entirely different styles.You think MGM's undertaking of The Wizard of Oz with filmmaking way ahead of 1939 is "very tame glitzy cheesy showbiz"? Wow, you're dumb.
I had a crush on this girl when I was an 8 year old :). In the Littlest Witch too :). She's still cute today. "DoooooooRRTHY GALE!!!" Hahaha.
Game over man, you got owned.
I'm frightened Auntie Em, I'm frightened.
I saw her in August Falls yesterday!
+Michael Newton Cool!
Michael Newton wow cool! Did you get to talk to her?
lol she have stars in her eyes...lol she so pretty
she naturally looks like a vampire ahhaha
@primenemisis L. Frank Baum wrote an entire series of Oz books from 1899 to 1919. The movie was based on the second and third books of the series ("The Land of Oz" and "Ozma of Oz")
The Wizard of Oz
*The Land of Oz
*Ozma of Oz
Dorothy & the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Tik-Tok of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
Rinkitink in Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Tin Woodman of Oz
The Magic of Oz
Glinda of Oz
All of these books are available at Amazon.
only sequel I can think of that's better than the original. rare.
Well I thought Dawn of the dead was better then the first night of the living dead movie
It's a fact that young children started their movie career lost their childhood. As they get older, they're behavior came out like little kid's or immature. Michael Jackson did lost his childhood since he was a kid and we called him a child molester, so sad
That's not why people accused him of being a child molester. Way to oversimplify and misrepresent facts just to suit your agenda.
She has a perfect look for anime. Some people look very much like anime characters. Christina Ricci is another one who looks like an anime character.
@GeorgiaKev Ha! Quite inspiring. You sold me.... I am going to check them out ^.^
In order too :-)
She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best perfomance by a younger actor back into 1985, but She lost to Barrett Oliver for D.A.R.Y.L
Fairuza's have to see movies: Gas food & lodging, The Craft. She did good in both. note to steve Degner.
i loved this movie, even though it creeped me out a little at times... I also loved her short film for Expo 86, 'Discovery'... i wish I could see it again... although, for many years, I had memories of the 'space ship' taking her to Europe, not parts of BC...weird! Anyone know where I could get that film?
Yeah pretty sure it is. I remember her from The Craft.
SOOOO pretty !!!!
Thank you for watching and enjoying the video!
awesome video
+alanna borden Thanks!
Realy good
She should play the life of Lady Kier! Looks just like her! Groove is in the Heart!
@AdamFaulkner1 oh man.. shes dating his brother in the movie.. played by edward norton (Derek Vinyard I think his name was..) so yeah i remember hearing the same thing.. yeah a dude came to my page and said to me "well when edward norton dumped her in american history x i thought she would go after edward furlong just to get back at edward norton in the movie so yeah if he lived in that.. everyone thought she would try make out with furlong.. strange right?.. not to mention shes half his age
whoa! i never thought that balk was the young dorothy
@GeorgiaKev Those books... I have never read them, and I do love reading books. Are they all worth it?
i love return to oz, they don't show it enough in uk. i guess she must be 34 in this interview? she doesn't look it. love the craft btw!
Yes she was in waterboy as Vickie
She was Dorothy? Mind blown.
@staplespgs Ooh, poor choice of words there. ;)
It gets shown about once a year here, or at least once every two to three years.
i love those green eyes hm women and green eyes perfect pair
Fairuza reminds me a lot of Nancy McKeon, for anyone knows who that is.
+tall32guy they are similar looking women now that you mention it.and ive heard theyre both real nice!
The facts of life!
@AntiTerminatrCameron yeah she was good in that! thats the only movie i seen with her! I remember when people were saying they thought she was gonna kiss edward furlong.. i met him at a showing once and her.. they were nice people to talk to
@bravelilspidey You're going to love them! Just beware, once you cross the borders into the wonderful Land of Oz, you may never want to leave!
yay vancouver
she looks and sounds exactly the same
I love The Craft!
She was a young girl just like in the oz books, Judy garland was a teenager & far too old for the part she played. What intrigued me was that auntie em was played by piper Laurie the controlling religious mother in Carrie
How do you feel the critics who attacked the film?
@bravelilspidey OMG....are they EVER worth it! I still sometimes pull them off my shelf to read and reminisce about my childhood. I didn't like the second book ("The Land of Oz") quite as much as the rest, since Dorothy wasn't in it, however that book was necessary to make the transition from the Scarecrow's rule of Oz to the discovery of the long lost Princess Ozma, who was infant daughter of King Pastoria, who had been overthrown years earlier. One more thing....READ THE BOOKS IN ORDER.