The Wizard of Oz (DVD #576/ J DVD # 565) [DVD] / / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, a Victor Fleming production ; produced by Mervyn LeRoy ; screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf ; directed by Victor Fleming.
Format:
[DVD] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. and sepia tone ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Rated G. Based on the story by L. Frank Baum. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Special features: Commentary by historian John Fricke including actual interviews of the film's cast and crew; "The wonderful world of Oz" storybook; "Prettier than ever: the restoration of Oz" featurette; "We haven't really met properly" supporting cast profile gallery; music-and-effects-only track. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins.
Summary:
Dorothy and her dog Toto live on a farm in Kansas. They get caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and must defeat her foes on her long journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart, and courage.
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