Factual error: When Dorothy runs away from the hospital she is chased by a nurse, who has a torch. Earlier in this film the doctor said they two months away from the 20th century which gives the year as 1899. Such a modern torch that the nurse had was not invented yet.
Return to Oz (1985)
1 factual error
Directed by: Walter Murch
Starring: Piper Laurie, Fairuza Balk, Jean Marsh, Nicol Williamson
Factual error: When Dorothy runs away from the hospital she is chased by a nurse, who has a torch. Earlier in this film the doctor said they two months away from the 20th century which gives the year as 1899. Such a modern torch that the nurse had was not invented yet.
The Nome King: Don't you know that eggs are poison?
Billina: Poison, indeed!
The Nome King: Poison... Poison to... Nomes.
Trivia: Since the ruby slippers were created for the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie (the book used silver shoes instead), they are still protected by copyright. Disney had to pay MGM a huge sum of money for the rights to use them in Return to Oz, where they take the place of the magic belt in the books.
Question: Why do we see Nurse Wilson being taken away in a jail cell at the end of the movie?
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