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In her screen debut, Diana Ross is stunning as jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday. Told in flashback, the film chronicles Lady Day's rough road to stardom, from her days working in a Harlem bordello and her encounters with racism in the predominantly white entertainment industry to the drug abuse that would ultimately lead to her downfall. With Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. Songs include the title tune, "My Man," "I Cried for You," and more. 143 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

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Disc 2 (the Blu-ray disc) contains the film and the special features: the new audio commentary by scholars Michael B. Gillespie and Alfred L. Martin, archival interviews with director Sidney Lumet and Diana Ross, and the trailer. Sidney Lumet's lavish film of the landmark Broadway musical gives L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz a soul-music makeover. Diana Ross plays Dorothy, a Harlem schoolteacher whisked into a surreal fantasyland modeled on New York City, with man-eating trash cans and a disco paradise. Driven by Quincy Jones's music and a cast that includes Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, the film retells the familiar story through the Black American experience as a celebration of self-determination.

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Disc 1 (the 4K UHD disc) contains the film presented in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and the new audio commentary by scholars Michael B. Gillespie and Alfred L. Martin. Sidney Lumet's lavish film of the landmark Broadway musical gives L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz a soul-music makeover. Diana Ross plays Dorothy, a Harlem schoolteacher whisked into a surreal fantasyland modeled on New York City, with man-eating trash cans and a disco paradise. Driven by Quincy Jones's music and a cast that includes Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, the film retells the familiar story through the Black American experience as a celebration of self-determination.