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{{Infobox film
| name = Guardians of Oz
| image = Wicked Flying Monkeys poster.jpg
| caption = Mexican theatrical release poster
| director = Alberto Mar<ref name=televisa-corporativo>{{cite news|title=Videocine distribuirá la película animada "Guardianes de OZ"|url=http://www.televisa.com/corporativo/noticias/807949/pelicula-animada-guardianes-oz-llega-mexico/|access-date=25 January 2015|work=Televisa Corporativo|publisher=Televisa|date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=cartoon-brew>{{cite news|last1=Amidi|first1=Amid|title=Mexican Studio Anima Releases 'Wicked Flying Monkeys' Trailer (Exclusive)|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/mexican-studio-anima-releases-wicked-flying-monkeys-trailer-exclusive-108259.html|work=Cartoon Brew|publisher=Cartoon Brew|date=24 January 2015}}</ref>
| screenplay = [[Jorge Gutierrez (animator)|Jorge Gutierrez]]<ref name=cartoon-brew/><ref name="alicianuezpuerto"/> [[Doug Langdale]]<ref name=cartoon-brew/> Evan Gore<ref name=cartoon-brew/>
| story = Jorge Gutierrez<ref name=cartoon-brew/><ref name="alicianuezpuerto">[http://alicianunezpuerto.com/category/cine-tv/wicked-flying-monkeys/ Save Oz! Coming Soon | Alicia Nunez Puerto]</ref>
| producer = Jose C. Garcia de Letona Fernando de Fuentes Jorge Gutierrez (executive)
| starring = Héctor Emmanuel Gómez Susana Zavaleta Loreto Peralta [[Raúl Araiza]] [[Jorge van Rankin|Jorge "El Burro" van Rankin]]
| editing = Roberto Bolado
| music = [[Leoncio Lara]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/LeoncioLaraBon/status/434750818353307649/photo/1 Twitter / LeoncioLaraBon Ya viene Save Oz, Pelicula para la que estoy componiendo el Score.]</ref>
| studio = [[Ánima Estudios]] Discreet Arts Productions<ref name=cartoon-brew/><ref name="varietyoz"/>
| distributor = Videocine<ref name=televisa-corporativo/>
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2015|04|10|ref1=<ref name=televisa-corporativo/><ref name=cartoon-brew/><ref name="toonzone-news-oz">[http://www.toonzone.net/clip-guardians-oz-coming-blu-raydvd-january-24-2017/ CLIP: "Guardians of Oz" Coming to Blu-ray/DVD on 24 January 2017] ToonZone News. Retrieved 1 December 2016.</ref>}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = Mexico India
| language = English<ref name="varietyoz"/> Spanish
| budget = MX$55 million<ref name=dialogosinfronteras>{{cite news|title=ANIMA ESTUDIOS prepara sorpresas en cine de animación (in Spanish)|url=http://dialogosinfronteras.com/?p=29242|access-date=8 May 2014|date=1 May 2014}}</ref> (US$2.7 million)
| gross = MX$36.5 million<ref name="canacine-mexico-animation-bo">{{cite web |title=Películas Animadas 2000 – 2018 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1175422209/weekend/ |website=Canacine |publisher=Canacine |access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> (US$1.8 million)
}}
'''''Guardians of Oz''''' ({{lang-es|'''Guardianes de Oz'''}}; released internationally as '''''Wicked Flying Monkeys''''') is a 2015 [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[India]]n 3D [[Computer generated imagery|computer animated]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] film, directed by Alberto Mar<ref name="varietyoz"/> and executive produced by [[Jorge Gutierrez (animator)|Jorge Gutierrez]]. The film was produced by [[Ánima Estudios]], Discreet Arts, and distributed by FilmSharks International.<ref name="varietyoz"/> The film is the first English-language and flagship CG production for [[Ánima Estudios]],<ref name="varietyoz">[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/afm-film-sharks-toons-up-animas-feature-save-oz-exclusive-1200806821/ AFM: Film Sharks Toons Up Anima’s Feature ‘Save Oz’ (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety]</ref> as well as the studio's biggest production and is described as Mexico's biggest animated production.<ref name="varietyoz"/> [[Mexico]]'s take on the early 20th century [[Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz|''Wizard of Oz'']] books by [[L. Frank Baum]], it features an original story and new characters,<ref name="indiewire">[http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/isa-of-the-day-film-sharks-has-alec-baldwin-freida-pinto-save-oz-in-3d-burmans-and-eugenio-derbez-international-film-business-berlinale-berlin-international-film-festival]</ref> and was released theatrically on 10 April 2015 in [[Mexico]].<ref name=cartoon-brew/><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1011088868905493&theater Ánima Estudios - "Les presentamos el trailer de 'Guardianes de Oz'..." - Facebook]</ref>

It was released [[direct-to-video]] on 24 January 2017 in the [[United States]] and features the voices of Mikey Bolts, [[Ambyr Childers]], and [[Jenn McAllister]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/MikeyBolts/status/804077152949800960?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Mikey Bolts on Twitter: "Check out the trailer for my new movie GUARDIANS OF OZ from the writers of THE BOOK OF LIFE! On DVD January 24!"] Retrieved 1 December 2016.</ref><ref name="toonzone-news-oz"/><ref name=variety-grindstone-monkeys>{{cite news|last1=Hopewell|first1=John|title=AFM: Grindstone Takes North America on 'Wicked Flying Monkeys' (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/afm-grindstone-wicked-flying-monkeys-1201633494/|access-date=6 November 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC.|date=5 November 2015}}</ref>

==Plot==
After the Wicked Witch of the West is melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy is sent back to her world, [[Glinda the Good Witch|Glinda]], the Good Witch of the South, decides to revive the Wicked Witch and remove her powers by storing them in a magic broom. Glinda then gives the magical broom to Dorothy's friends, [[Tin Woodman]], [[Cowardly Lion]], and [[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]], and they become the guardians of the broom.

Evilene, the Wicked Witch, conspires with her Flying Monkeys to retrieve her broom. However, a friendly little monkey named Ozzy forgets to close the gate of the castle and a battle ensues between the flying monkeys and the 'Bums of Oz.' Evilene retrieves her broom and repels the Champions of Oz from the castle. She then punishes Ozzy's father, transforming him into a chicken. Angered by the witch's spell on his father, Ozzy steals the broom from Evilene and runs away from the palace.

Ozzy reaches Glinda to find she has been paralyzed by accidentally drinking a magic potion created by her niece Gabby, who is unable to create an antidote without a vital ingredient based on wood. Gabby and Ozzy set off to find the Champions of Oz. They are pursued by the other Flying Monkeys.

They soon find [[Cowardly Lion]], who is out of sorts due to the witch's spell, but with some effort they guide him to the north town, where they find the [[Tin Woodman]], who is extremely depressed by the spell. The spell-raged Lion smashes the Tin Man to bits, but calms down when Ozzy accidentally hits him with the magic broom.

Ozzy, Gaby, and the Cowardly Lion take the Tin Man's parts to the Library of Oz where (due to the spell) Scarecrow is obsessively reading books in an effort to become more intelligent. He quickly repairs Tin with the help from a clue. However, the group is attacked by the Flying Monkeys, and in the chaos Ozzy cures Scarecrow of the spell's effects, but they are unable to save Gabby from being whisked away by the Flying Monkeys.

The group arrives in Emerald City where the Wicked Witch gives an ultimatum to Ozzy to return the broom. The Guardians of Oz challenge the Witch but they are quickly defeated. Ozzy decides to break the broom in order to remove Evilene's powers for good, and tells the rest of the winged monkeys that they obey Evilene due to their dumb and cowardly mindset. The Monkeys rebel against Evilene who discovers there is some power left in the broom and tries to defeat Ozzy who escapes with a part of the broom. A chase through the streets of Emerald City ends with a crash in the fountain dedicated to Dorothy Gale, and the wicked witch is melted for good.

As the story ends, Glinda breaks Evilene's spell on Ozzy's father and Ozzy learns how to fly on his own, being recognized as a hero by all of Oz.

==Cast==
===Spanish cast===
* Héctor Emmanuel Gómez as Ozzy
* Susana Zavaleta as Eviline
* Loreto Peralta as Gabby
*[[Raúl Araiza]] as Yicky
*[[Jorge van Rankin|Jorge "El Burro" van Rankin]] as Gak

===English dub cast===
* [[Steve Staley|Steve Cannon]] (U.K.) / Mikey Bolts (U.S.) as Ozzy
* [[Melissa Hutchison]] (U.K.) / [[Jenn McAllister]] (U.S.) as Gabby
* Stephanie Komure (U.K.) / [[Ambyr Childers]] (U.S.) as Eveline
* Chuck Kourouklis as Lion
* Jeff Minnerly as Scarecrow
* [[Dino Andrade]] as Tin Woodman / Gak

==Production==

===Animation===
The film's animation was done by Discreet Arts Productions in [[India]] and co-produced by [[Ánima Estudios]].<ref name=cartoon-brew/> "We believe the ideal medium for this ambitious story was the use of 3D, hence the effort to use this technique for the first time in one of our movies," said producer Jose C. Garcia de Letona. He also said that the "experience has been very satisfying and we want to repeat it for our next project," which became ''[[Top Cat Begins]]'', animated by the same studio.<ref name=cartoon-brew/>

===Designs===
In addition to writing the story, [[Jorge R. Gutierrez]], along with his wife, [[Sandra Equihua]], have designed the characters.<ref name=cartoon-brew/> In an interview with [[Cartoon Brew]], he told them that “working with the amazing Mexican artists at Ánima Estudios was a blast! This film is yet another encouraging sign of the endless talent currently brewing in my beloved Mexico.”<ref name=cartoon-brew/>

==Release==
The film's teaser premiered on February 11, 2014.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OFih89RUrA Save OZ - Teaser - YouTube]</ref> As of 19 May 2014, it has been reported that the film was sold to Top Films Distribution (Eastern Europe), Shooting Star (Middle East) and Cine Colombia (Colombia).<ref name=screendaily>{{cite news|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|title=EXCLUSIVE: Albert Mar's animation sells to the Middle East, Colombia, CIS and Eastern Europe.|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/buyers-rally-to-save-oz/5072075.article?blocktitle=HEADLINES&contentID=40295|access-date=19 May 2014|newspaper=Screen Daily|date=19 May 2014}}</ref> With the budget of $55 million [[Mexican peso|pesos]] ($4.5 million [[United States dollar|USD]]), it is the most expensive film produced by [[Ánima Estudios]].<ref name=dialogosinfronteras/> The film's official Mexican trailer was released on 16 January 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHXo1ohleA OZ TRAILER ESPAÑOL - YouTube]</ref> The English-language trailer was released on 1 April 2015.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQ8wvy7mL8 Wicked Flying Monkeys - OFFICIAL Trailer (2015)]</ref> The film was later screened at the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=cannes-variety-oz>{{cite news|last1=Hopewell|first1=John|title=Cannes: 'Wicked Flying Monkeys' Rolls Out Sales|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/anima-studios-wicked-flying-monkeys-1201497421/|access-date=17 May 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC.|date=15 May 2015}}</ref>

The film was released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]] on February 13, 2017,<ref>[http://uk.eonefilms.com/films/the-guardians-of-oz The Guardians of Oz] eOne Films UK. Accessed on January 18, 2017.</ref> distributed by [[Entertainment One|eOne]].<ref name=cannes-variety-oz/> It was originally set to be released between in Q4 2015/Q1 2016 before its delay.<ref name=cannes-variety-oz/>

Grindstone Entertainment and [[Lionsgate]] released this film in the [[United States]] on January 24, 2017 in [[direct-to-video|straight-to-video]] format.<ref name="toonzone-news-oz"/><ref name=cannes-variety-oz/><ref name=variety-grindstone-monkeys/><ref name=screendaily/>

===Box office===
On its opening weekend in [[Mexico]], the film opened at #3, grossing $13.1 million [[Mexican peso|pesos]] ($0.79 million [[United States dollar|USD]]).<ref name=canacine-april10>{{cite web |title=Canacine |url=http://canacine.org.mx/portfolio-item/taquilla-del-10-al-16-de-abril-del-2015/ |website=Canacine.org.mx |publisher=Canacine |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=2 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109051937/http://canacine.org.mx/portfolio-item/taquilla-del-10-al-16-de-abril-del-2015/ |archive-date=9 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="informador-taquilla">{{cite news|title='Guardianes de Oz', en tercer lugar de la taquilla en México|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2015/586338/6/guardianes-de-oz-en-tercer-lugar-de-la-taquilla-en-mexico.htm|access-date=2 November 2015|work=Informador.mx|publisher=Unión Editorialista, S.A. de C.V.|date=13 April 2015}}</ref> It has grossed $21.8 million pesos in total.<ref name="canacine-mexico-animation-bo"/>

==See also==
*[[Jorge R. Gutierrez]]
*[[The Wizard of Oz (disambiguation)]]
*[[Ánima Estudios]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.guardianesdeoz.com/ Official website (in Spanish)]
*{{bcdb title|166656}}
*[http://www.filmsharks.com/proInfo.php?id=166&lang=eng&idsec=2&tipo=T Wicked Flying Monkeys 3D (aka Save OZ!) by Alberto Mar .:FILM SHARKS:.]
*{{IMDb title|3633118}}

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