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Os Trapalhes e o Mgico de Orz
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Os Trapalhes e o Mgico de Orz
| image = Os Trapalhoes Oroz.png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Ded Santana
Vitor Lustosa
| producer = Renato Arago
| writer = Arnaud Rodrigues
Renato Arago
Vitor Lustosa
Gilvan Pereira
| starring = Renato Arago
Ded Santana
Mussum
Zacarias
| music = Arnaud Rodrigues
| cinematography = Antnio Gonalves
| editing = Denise Fontana
Jayme Justo
| studio = Renato Arago Produes Artsticas
| distributor = Embrafilme
| released =
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Brazil
| language = Portuguese
| budget =
}}
'Os Trapalhes e o Mgico de Orz' is the 1984 entry in the Brazilian comedy film series 'Os Trapalhes'. This is a parody of 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939). It was directed by Ded Santana and Vitor Lustosa. It injects elements and actors of Cinema Novo into family film to direct attention to the ongoing drought in the Northeast, an issue that remains unresolved. It was shot in the city of Ors, in the state of Cear.
Overview
In addition to the regular members of Os TrapalhesRenato Arago, Ded Santana, Mussum, and Zacarias, Xuxa Meneghel, Jos Dumont, Joffre Soares, and Arnaud Rodrigues, who wrote the songs, also appeared. Santana played the Cowardly Lion, a sheriff, Zacarias played the Scarecrow, and Mussum played Vat, a cachaa-filled variation on the Tin Woodman. Xuxa plays Sheriff Lion's girlfriend, Aninha. Arago plays his regular protagonist, Didi Moc. Soares, best known for his work in Cinema Novo, plays a judge who sentences Didi's fellow tramps Sor (Rodrigues) and Tatu (Dumont) to jail for stealing bread, while the Sheriff keeps Didi, the Scarecrow, and Vat in his charge to find water for the town. It is said that certain unusual sertanejos will come to the town and save them, and the travellers fit the bill, at least as an excuse to get rid of them and the cowardly sheriff. All of the town's water is on the lush estate of Colonel Ferreira, who rations it, and tries to seduce Aninha with no success. The Wizard of Orz (Dary Reis) sends them to retrieve a water-spitting monster, in fact a giant faucet, that washerwomen in Rio de Janeiro utilize.
The film is also noted for its parody of the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey', and for the cameo appearance of Tony Tornado as the leader of the vultures (deliberately replacing crows in the drought context) that terrorize the Scarecrow until they are eaten by the Tramps. Also, it shows Arago's Christian sidein the film, he kisses the feet of the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, though he wanted to kiss the hand, and the film also depicts scenes of the Virgin Mary, played by Bia Seidl, riding upon a donkey to Bethlehem.
Reception
Rodrigo de Oliveira in his criticism for the Website 'Papo de Cinema' wrote: "The year 1983 was problematic for the 'Trapalhes'. (...) Six months after the fight, the quartet was again together, coproducing his new movie (... ) The split seems to have helped Directed by Ded Santana and Victor Lustosa, the musical is one of the high moments of the movie troupe.
Cast
*Renato Arago as Didi Moc
*Ded Santana as Cowardly Lion
*Mussum as Tin Woodman
*Zacarias as Scarecrow
*Xuxa Meneghel as Aninha
*Dary Reis as the Wizard of Orz
*Jos Dumont as Tatu
*Arnaud Rodrigues as Sor
*Maurcio do Valle as Colonel Ferreira
*Joffre Soares as Judge
*Tony Tornado as Vulture's lder
*Roberto Guilherme as Merchant
*Dino Santana as Beatus of Desert
*Bia Seidl as Virgin Mary
*Fernando Jos
*Wilson Viana
References
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