Wizard of Oz [videorecording (DVD)] / 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 (DVD)] /
Edition:
Three-disc collector's ed.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
3 videodiscs (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. and b&w (sepia tone); 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel "The wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Special features: Disc 1: Ultra-resolution restored 1939 movie; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook; "Prettier than ever: The restoration of Oz"; We haven't really met properly...: character bios; music-only track; theatrical trailers; Disc 2: "The Wonderful World 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; special effects sequences; from the vault: "Another romance of celluloid: electrical power" (1938 MGM short), cavalcade of Academy Awards (1939 newsreel), Texas contest winners 1939 trailer; audio vault (selection only); "Leo is on the air" radio promo; Good News of 1939 radio show; 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast; stills galleries; Disc 3: L. Frank Baum: The man behind the curtain; The Wizard of Oz (1910 short); The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914 short); His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (1914 feature); The Wizard of Oz (1925 feature); The Wizard of Oz (1933 animated short); Collector's Edition Exclusives: The Wizard of Oz comes to life - Grauman's Chinese Theatre Souvenir Premiere Program (August 15, 1939); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News - IntraCorporate House Organ/Newspaper for the week beginning Monday, August 14, 1939; Photoplay Studies - Rare Secondary Education Scholastic In Honor of The Wizard of Oz. Magazine, Volume V, Number 12 (circa August 1939); The Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere that included tickets to the original opening night (plus a newly designed commemorative ticket); deluxe collector's portfolio - Reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome Publicity Art -- nine portraits and on-set photographs. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins.
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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