The Wiz (1/8) Movie CLIP - The Crow Anthem (1978) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
The Four Crows torment Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), making him repeat the Crow Commandments and sing the Crow Anthem.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Sidney Lumet's The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through the eyes of a young African-American kindergarten teacher who's "never been below 125th Street." Leaving a large family dinner to chase her dog into a snowstorm, Dorothy (Diana Ross) is swept up by a cyclone and transplanted to the land of Oz -- which looks suspiciously like a skewed version of the run-down Manhattan of the late '70s. Landing on top of the Wicked Witch of the East, the puzzled Dorothy is greeted by munchkins who peel themselves from a graffiti mural and sing to her about the Wiz (Richard Pryor), a powerful wizard living in Emerald City who can help her get home. On her journey down the yellow brick road, she encounters a garbage-stuffed scarecrow (Michael Jackson) in a junkyard, a broken-down tin man (Nipsey Russell) caught in the decay of an old amusement park, and a cowardly lion (Ted Ross) posing as a stone statue outside a museum. The quartet tangles with a subway station that comes to life, a poppy den, and a gaggle of motorcycle henchman on their way to the Wiz -- who orders them to kill the Wicked Witch of the West (a sweatshop tyrant) before he will grant them their wishes. The Wiz has about double the large-scale production numbers of The Wizard of Oz (1939), with songs written and composed by Charlie Smalls.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1978)
Cast: Kashka Banjoko, Derrick Bell, Michael Jackson, Roderick-Spencer Sibert, Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producers: Rob Cohen, Kenneth Harper, Burtt Harris, Berry Gordy
Screenwriters: L. Frank Baum, William F. Brown, Joel Schumacher

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[pattystar]

This dude is really talented. He can dance, sing, draw and even act. So mindblowing!!

[mechajay]

Wish Michael had more opportunities to be in films. He's acting was just as good as his performing. The Hollywood industry screwed him over badly.

[jonathankthomas]

anybody notice how deep his voice gets at the end?

[alanmorris]

This scene has a hidden message. We typically surround ourselves with people who hold us back. If we could break free from these so-called friends of ours, we would be able to accomplish so much more in life.

[kickinitwithkenzie]

NOBODY. SANG. THIS. BETTER. THAN. HIM. This is why he's the king

[Ghostfacekevon]

Btw Michael was a fantastic Scarecrow. Makes you wish that he was in more movies.

[AngelicaPicklesxx]

Michael was so cute playing the scarecrow, I just want to hug him:)

[chinchin]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again;
The Wiz is seriously UNDERRATED.
And Michael's performance is legendary 💯

[queena]

This had a darker meaning behind this
“ you can’t win, you can’t get out the game”

[eavesDropSound]

When I first saw this scene I thought, "Damn, Michael Jackson got some competition on his shoulders." Then I found out that this is Michael Jackson. lol

[TariqBusy]

This song covers so much of the ideology of the ghetto. The Wiz is an unsung treasure. It portrays the ghetto as an elaborate jungle and the movie does one of the best jobs ever of sizing-up the plight of black America, then and now.

[keonterussell]

The most upbeat and happiest depressing song ever. ❤

[lorellelane]

"I gotta sing that thing again" Aww

[dnk]

his favorite flowers..are sun flowers..RIP Micheal Jackson we love you...

[Thomas-cxjh]

It's obvious that Michael is have the best time of his life singing this song

[RiqahW]

This was one of those songs where you officially had to re-acknowledge that Mike could sing his a** off!! That he's not just a dancing icon. Those runs were everything!

[Phenominalbf]

His vibrato on 2:19, and that run on 3:37, and that low note on 3:42! His voice is so magical!

[georged]

Michael Jacksons vocal range is out of this world 🙏🏽🤘🏾🎶

[rockythebear]

Who's the genius at Universal who decided the world's greatest dancer should perform his solo immobile on a pole?!

[TheSamia]

3:43 thats the deepest i´ve ever heard him sing, wow i didn´t know he could do that