Wizard of Oz [videorecording] / a Victor Fleming production, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Mervin LeRoy ; screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf ; directed by Victor Fleming.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Two-disc special ed.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. and b&w (sepia tone) ; 4 3/4 in.
Wonderful world of Oz, the making of a movie classic.
Notes:
Based on the novel "The wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum ; adaptation by Noel Langley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film. Special features: Commentary ; The wonderful wizard of Oz storybook ; the restoration of Oz ; actor bios. -- Disc 2. The Wonderful wizard of Oz : the making of a movie classic (1990 TV special) ; Memories of Oz (2001 TCM documentary); "The art of imagination: A tribute to Oz"; "Because of the wonderful things it does: The legacy of Oz"; Harold Arlen's home movies ; outtakes and deleted scenes ; Tornado tests ; Off to see the wizard ; stills gallery ; theatrical trailers.
Summary:
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes her dog, Toto, and starts to run away. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of Oz. Wishing to return home, she begins to travel to the city of Oz where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs courage. They all hope the all-mighty Wizard of Oz will help them, but they have to get to the Emerald City before the Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them.
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