Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1504 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-08
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 279 minutes

Video Description
A tent-pole miniseries release from RHI Entertainment and SCI FI Channel Tin Man is a modern science fiction update of L. Frank Baum s timeless "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." When a sorceress named Azkadellia scorches the once-beautiful land of OZ into a desolate wasteland the only hope lies in an "outsider" named DG a young Midwestern woman whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. D.G. embarks on a journey to find the great mystic man to save the O.Z. and on her way she befriends a scarecrow named Glitch a tin cop named Cain and gentle manimal named Raw. Journey beyond the yellow brick road withTin Man now on DVD for the first time in this 2-Disc Collector's Edition with amazing bonus features and collectible packaging.

Synopsis
Small-town waitress DG has always felt like an outsider and experienced strange, recurring visions of a magical storm. However, dreams soon become reality when the evil witch Azkadellia transports DG and her parents to the Outer Zone. This sci-fi miniseries offers an alternative take on the classic tale of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and stars Zooey Deschanel (WEEDS) as DG, Alan Cumming (THE L WORD) as Glitch, and Richard Dreyfuss (JAWS) as the Mystic Man.

From the Director
NOMINATED FOR 9 EMMYS

Customer Reviews

Brilliant and Entertaining
This is a wonderful and extremely entertaining program. Zooey Deschanel does a wonderful job as DG, a girl who travels to OZ after having some troubling dreams. She befriends Glitch, Cain and Raw and travels down an old yellow brick road to find the Mystic Man, a man who can help her find the answers to her past and her future.
One of the best things about this is what they've done with the original Wizard of Oz story - so many people have twisted this classic tale and made it their own, but this is no less entertaining because of it. They even manage to work the original story into this one, in one of the many twists and turns you get.
The actors and actresses are all well cast, and Kathleen Robertson does a wonderful job as Azkadellia, the evil witch who is determined to cast OZ into eternal darkness.
The only negative is that I'm not quite sure why this is being sold as a "Collectors Edition". There are two disks, so the whole series is collected here. There is also an extras section, but nothing else to mark this as any more outstanding than an ordinary DVD would be. Perhaps I missed something. The show itself, though, I could find very little fault with. Good story, entertaining, and brilliant special effects. This is a must watch for a dull weekend!

Tin Man
They say time stops for no one... this also holds true for the Magical Kingdom of OZ. In has been around 500 years in in-world time since Dorothea Gale danced along the yellow brick road in her red slippers and much has changed. Now divided into Central City and the O.Z. (Outer Zone), OZ has developed into a Jules Verne-like cyber-punkish mixture of modernised First World War-level technology cityscapes and the rural realms were magic still exists in its natural state.
As in the Narnia universe time has not moved as fast on our side of the divide, and 20 year old D.G. lives in modern day rural Kansas dreaming and drawing herself a life filled with more adventures than her reality as a waitress can offer. When she gets separated from her parents, while being taken by a travel storm to the O.Z., she finds herself in a strange and yet oddly familiar space. With the help of a headcase, RAW and the Tin Man she begins to unravel the mysteries of the past that hold the answers to her existence, the dark force suppressing the people of the O.Z. and ultimately a possible solution for the future.
Tin Man presents itself as a modernised version of the Wizard of OZ for a new generation, yet it is actually far more than that. While notions of the old tickle into the new, there are also new avenues to explore and a darker more adult tone. Unlike earlier Sci-Fi mini-series, which often reminded one more of Hallmark movies than something that truly speaks to sci-fi fans, this one knows its audience. Like any good fantasy it works on two distinct levels, a straight forward fantasy adventure story for the children and the kids in all of us and on a more grown up psychological level asking us questions about taking personal responsibility for things and what sins can be forgiven and which not. Its main character D.G. comes over as a mixture between George Lass (Dead Like Me), with her laidback pun style of humour, and the more life-affirming, ever curious Chloe Sullivan (Smallville), yet at the same time she stays true to Dorothea's most important trait: embracing all that is flawed and different. Yet, she is not the only one that has evolved, so have her three companions and the main villainess, yet I shall not say in what way cause it would destroy some of the movies fun and most interesting turns. This is definitely a modern adaptation of a classic that has the potential of becoming a classic in itself, so grab your whole family and get lost in the magical world of O.Z., and do not forget all the answers are along the Old Road just as long as you hold on to your slippers ;-)

Fantastic City Scapes, Outstanding action
We really loved Tin Man on Sci Fi and are looking forward to the DVD version. Great cast and a superb take on the wizard of Oz. Totally updated for the 21st Century. Alan Cummings is a singular talent as is the evil woman.