As director Sam Raimi’s fantasy-adventure Oz the Great and Powerful is currently dominating the box office, Disney has decided to release the film’s great opening credits sequence online for our viewing pleasure.  As with The Wizard of Oz, the beginning of Raimi’s film plays out in black-and-white and in Academy ratio.  The opening credits are a great introduction to the world of the film, and they’re quite fun to take in when presented in 3D.

Hit the jump to take a look at the full opening credits sequence, and click here to read Matt’s review of the film.  Oz the Great and Powerful is now playing in theaters everywhere.

Here’s the official synopsis for Oz the Great and Powerful:

Disney’s fantastical adventure “Oz The Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well.