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Lightning in a bottle. That's what the big-screen version of Wicked manages to capture. With deep respect to the world of Oz, the songs, and the characters that audiences have loved for a lifetime, Wicked is that rare commercial film that has heart, warmth, magic, and real stakes.  Full disclosure: I have been very grumpy about the idea of this movie. It's adapted from the Tony-winning musical theater production, which itself was adapted from the books by Gregory Maguire, who himself was riffing on the works of L. Frank Baum (who was probably chronicling an opium trip, for all I know, but I digress).  I love the musical. I've seen it twice, and the entire live theater version of Wicked is shorter than PART I of the theatrical film, which runs 2 hours and 40 minutes. Because I live in the real world (though not by choice), I was cynical about the whole thing. How many times does a multi-billion dollar corporate conglomerate need to take something beloved and merchandise t...