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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The wizard of Oz
Uniform Title:
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
Edition:
Standard version, 75th anniversary [edition].
Distribution:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2013]
Publication:
[Atlanta, Georgia?] : Turner Entertainment Co., [2013]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (102 min.) : sound, color, sepia tone ; 4 3/4 in.
Series title(s):
General Note:
Special features: includes all-new feature-length documentary, The making of the wonderful wizard of Oz; commentary by historian John Fricke with the film's cast and crew; The wonderful wizard of Oz storybook; Prettier than ever: the restoration of Oz; We haven't really met properly; Music and effects track; Original mono track; sing-along; Harold Arlen's Home Movies; Outtakes and deleted scenes; Stills galleries; Trailers.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939.

"75th anniversary."

Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum.

Special features: All-new feature-length documentary, The making of the wonderful wizard of Oz; commentary by historian John Fricke with the film's cast and crew; Documentaries; Outtakes; Deleted scenes; Home-movies; Sing-along feature, etc.
Contents:
[Disc 1]. Feature film & special features -- [disc 2]. Special features.

Disc 1. Main feature. Prologue -- Dorothy's dilemma -- Over the rainbow -- Miss Gulch -- Toto escapes -- Dorothy runs away -- Crystal-gazing -- "It's a twister!" -- Inside the cyclone -- Not in Kansas anymore -- "Come out, come out" -- It really was no miracle -- Ding! Dong! The witch is dead! -- The Lullaby League -- The Lollipop Guild -- "Who killed my sister?" -- "What a smell of sulfur!" -- Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- You're off to see the Wizard -- Dorothy meets the Scarecrow -- If I only had a brain -- We're off to see the Wizard -- "Apples!" -- A man made out of tin! -- If I only had a heart -- "Wanna play ball?" -- "To Oz? To Oz!" -- "Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!" -- Meeting the Cowardly Lion -- If I only had the nerve -- We're off to see the Wizard -- "Poppies will put them to sleep!" -- Optimistic voices -- The Emerald City -- The merry old land of Oz -- Surrender, Dorothy! -- If I were king of the forest -- Meeting the Wizard of Oz -- The haunted forest -- Attack of the winged monkeys -- Dorothy in captivity -- Toto's escape -- March of the Winkies -- The rescue -- "Seize them!" -- "I'm melting!" -- "The wicked witch is dead!" -- The Wizard revealed -- Heroic rewards -- The Wizard's balloon -- Glinda returns -- Dorothy's farewell -- "There's no place like home!" -- Special features. Commentary -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook -- Prettier than ever : the restoration of Oz -- We haven't really met properly -- Music and effects track -- Original mono track -- Sing-along.

Disc 2. Special features (continued). The making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz -- Because of the wonderful things it does : the legacy of Oz -- The art of imagination : a tribute to Oz -- Harold Arlen's home movies -- Outtakes and deleted scenes -- It's a twister! It's a twister! : The tornado tests -- Off to see the Wizard : excerpts -- Another romance of celluloid : electrical power -- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards : excerpt -- Texas contest winners -- Memories of Oz -- Audio jukebox -- Leo is on the air : radio promo -- Good news of 1939 radio show -- 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast -- Stills galleries -- Trailers.
Summary:
The beloved classic in an all-new 75th anniversary 2-disc DVD collection! One of the best-loved movies of all time, The Wizard of Oz (1939) stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young Kansas farm girl who is whisked away by a twister to the land of Oz. Accompanied by a brainless Scarecrow, a heartless Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, follow the Yellow Brick Road seeking the Wizard of Oz, in order that he may grant her wish to return home. - Container.

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

The charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum novel, Dorothy and her dog Toto, are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her 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.
Reading Level:
Rating: G; general audiences: all ages. CHV Rating: G.
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