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The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character and the most significant antagonist in L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). Despite being such an iconic figure in literature, in Baum's subsequent Oz books, it is the evil Nome King from a neighboring kingdom who is the principal villain; the Wicked Witch of the West is rarely even referred to again after her death in the first Oz book.The witch's most popular depiction was in the classic 1939 Hollywood movie based loosely on Baum's book, where she was portrayed by actress Margaret Hamilton. Hamilton's characterization introduced bright green skin to the witch's appearance and this has been continued in later literary and dramatic representations, including Gregory Maguire's adult revisionist Oz novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), and its highly successful Broadway musical stage adaptation Wicked (2003), Walt Disney's prequel film Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the television series Once Upon a Time (2014).
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Elle est la sœur de la méchante sorcière de l'Est, et vit dans un château à l'ouest du pays d'Oz où elle règne sur les Winkies. Elle s'était associée aux trois autres méchantes sorcières (celle de l'Est, du Nord ainsi que celle du Sud) pour régner sur le pays. Grâce à un chapeau magique elle peut utiliser trois souhaits qui lui permettent de contrôler les singes volants. Elle contrôle également d'autres animaux, comme son armée de loups, son essaim d'abeilles, ainsi que des corbeaux, qu'elle n'hésite pas à lâcher sur ceux qui s'aventurent trop près de sa forteresse. Dorothée et ses amis en feront les frais, lorsque le magicien lui demandera de lui ramener le balai de la sorcière. La méchante sorcière de l'Ouest convoite les souliers d'argent (ou de rubis selon les versions). Elle a également la phobie de l'eau (qui est sa seule faiblesse) car elle sait que la moindre goutte d'eau lui serait fatale. C'est d’ailleurs ce qui arrive lorsque Dorothée lui jette un seau d'eau dessus : elle fond !Lorsque le magicien envoie Dorothy Gale et ses amis pour la détruire, la sorcière les attaque avec une meute de quarantes loups, un troupeau de quarantes corbeaux, un essaim d'abeilles, ainsi qu'un groupe d'esclaves Winkie. Malheureusement, chacune de ses tentatives échouent. Néanmoins, la sorcière ne peut pas tuer Dorothy car cette dernière est protégée par le baiser de la Bonne sorcière du Nord . Elle se contente donc d'asservir Dorothy et tente de forcer le lion à se soumettre en le laissant mourir de faim, même si Dorothy lui fournit de la nourriture la nuit lorsque la sorcière dort. En voyant les souliers d'argent sur les pieds de la jeune fille, la sorcière décide de les voler et réussit à s'emparer d'une chaussure en faisant trébucher Dorothy. Furieuse, la petite fille lui jette alors un seau d'eau, qui l'a fait fondre instantanément.
Dans Le Monde fantastique d'Oz, les simples larmes de Théodora lui brûlent le visage.
Dans Wicked, Elphaba est le fruit d'un amour interdit : sa mère trompait son père avec un autre homme, d'où sa peau verte. Rejetée par son père, elle aimera quand même Nessarose, sa sœur qui se trouve être handicapée. C'est elle qui lui donnera les souliers d'argent. Devenue valide grâce aux pouvoirs des chaussures, Nessarose transformera l'amour de sa vie en « l'homme de fer blanc », car il la repousse en lui avouant ses sentiments pour Glinda, et deviendra ainsi la méchante sorcière de l'Est. Quant à Elphaba elle deviendra la méchante sorcière de l'Ouest en transformant un de ses amis en singe volant.
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Filmography of Wicked Witch of the West (6 films)
Add to a movie listOz the Great and Powerful (2013)
, 2h7Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Circus films, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rachel Weisz, Chloë Grace Moretz, Michelle Williams
Rating62%
In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs works as a magician in a traveling circus. An inveterate womanizer, Oscar flirts with the circus strongman's wife, and the strongman threatens him. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon, but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. There, he encounters a kind and naive witch, Theodora. She believes him to be a wizard prophesied to destroy the Wicked Witch who killed the King of Oz and take his place; the idea of being an immensely wealthy monarch makes him immediately accept. En route to the Emerald City, Theodora falls in love with Oscar, though he does not reciprocate her feelings. They encounter the flying monkey Finley, who pledges a life debt to Oscar when he saves him from a lion. Oscar reveals his deception to Finley along the way, forcing him to help maintain the lie that he is the 'Wizard', much to Finley's irritation.
, 1h41Directed by Leigh Slawner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about writers, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Sean Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Eliza Swenson, Christopher Lloyd, Mia Sara, Lance Henriksen
Rating44%
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz, and its miniseries predecessor, follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful children's book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are very, very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.
, 56minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Le pays d'Oz, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Joe Alaskey, Grey DeLisle, Michael Gough, Michael Gough, Billy West, Rob Paulsen
Rating62%
In Kansas, a farm girl named Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, their three farm workers are Zeke, Hickory, and Hunk. She has a pet cat and mouse named Tom and Jerry. At one point, a tornado attack occurs and unfortunately Dorothy, Toto, Tom and Jerry are too late to join Dorothy's family in the storm cellar, and Tom and Jerry are knocked out as they try to get inside the house.
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Ashanti, Quentin Tarantino, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, Jeffrey Tambor, Kelly Osbourne
Rating51%
Dorothy Gale (Ashanti) is an orphaned teenage girl living in a trailer park in Kansas. Her Aunt Em (Queen Latifah) and Uncle Henry (David Alan Grier) own a diner, to which Dorothy works for room and board. Her dream of becoming a singer is slim, but when waiting on some truckers Dorothy overhears that the Muppets are conducting a cross-country show called "Star Hunt" and are looking for a backup singer. Aunt Em disapproves, but with Uncle Henry's best wishes, she goes to the audition. However, the Muppets are about to end the audition, and Dorothy only manages to give them a demo CD that she created beforehand. In returning home, the civil defense sirens sound as a tornado is headed for Dorothy's trailer park. When Aunt Em and Uncle Henry run into the county storm shelter for safety, Dorothy hurries back to her family's mobile home to get Toto, her pet prawn. She does not make it out in time, and the two are swept by the tornado across the vast fields of Kansas. When Dorothy climbs out of the wreckage, she finds that Toto (Pepé the King Prawn) can talk and that she is no longer in Kansas.
Directed by Darrell Larson, Louis J. Horvitz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Children's films
Actors Jewel, Roger Daltrey, Nathan Lane, Joel Grey, Lucie Arnaz, Debra Winger
Rating74%
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
, 1h38Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Le pays d'Oz, Witches in film, Musical films, Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke
Rating80%
The film starts in sepia toned Kansas in the early 1900s. Dorothy Gale lives with her dog Toto on the farm of her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy and Toto get in trouble with a ruthless neighbor, Miss Almira Gulch, when Toto bites her. However, Dorothy's family and the farmhands are all too busy to pay attention to her. Miss Gulch arrives with permission from the sheriff to have Toto euthanized. He is taken away, but escapes and returns to Dorothy; she then decides to run away from home with Toto to escape Miss Gulch.