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Frank baums novel, was initially directed by richard thorpe, but he was fired soon after filming began. Click to read more about out of oz by gregory maguire. Maguire believesin treating his readers like adults and allowing them to see the endings howeverthey wish. Being born and brought up in albany, he completed his ba from the state university of new york and pursued his phd in english and american literature from the tufts university.
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