The Wiz (film) certain we didn't use anything from it. They made a brilliant movie, and even though our concept is different – they're Kansas, we're New York; they're white, we're black, and the score and the books are totally different – we wanted to make sure that we never overlapped in any area." Michael Jackson, a former Motown star and close friend of Diana Ross was cast as the Scarecrow. By the start of development on "The Wiz" in 1977, he and his brothers The Jacksons, had left Motown for Epic Records, though Jackson had yet to make a solo album since
Michael Jackson (footballer, born 1973) Michael Jackson (footballer, born 1973) Michael James Jackson (born 4 December 1973 in Runcorn, Cheshire) is an English former professional football defender. Following his retirement as a player, he held various coaching roles at Shrewsbury Town, including a brief spell as manager in 2014. He is currently assistant manager at Tranmere Rovers. Jackson started his career as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra in 1992. During his development at Crewe, Jackson went on to play for his home town club Runcorn FC, during a loan spell and played several key games for Runcorn FC in the GM Vauxhall Conference. He signed