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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Ratings: 8.2/10 from 161,281 users
Metascore:
100/100
Reviews: 435 user | 160 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com 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. |
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Title: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Won 2 Oscars.
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Judy Garland | ... | |
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Frank Morgan | ... | |
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Ray Bolger | ... | |
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Bert Lahr | ... | |
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Jack Haley | ... | |
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Billie Burke | ... | |
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Margaret Hamilton | ... | |
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Charley Grapewin | ... | |
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Pat Walshe | ... | |
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Clara Blandick | ... | |
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Terry | ... |
Toto
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The Singer Midgets | ... |
The Munchkins
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In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets 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. Written by Dale Roloff
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
Let's go "Over the Rainbow" with Judy in her greatest hit! (1955 re-release) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
El mago de Oz See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,777,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,354,311 (USA) (8 November 1998) (1879 Screens) (reissue)Gross:
$14,792,232 (USA) (3 January 1999) (re-issue)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System: The Voice of Action)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Dorothy: She isn't coming yet, Toto. Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn't she? Come on. We'll go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.
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Posters at the time also advertised the film as being in Technicolor, but made no mention of sepia tint or black-and-white. The advertisement for the film's first telecast, however, did say "in color and black-and-white" (the Kansas sequences were shown on TV in black-and-white, not sepia, until the 1990 telecast, when they were restored). See more »
(1905) (uncredited)
Written by Egbert Van Alstyne
Heard as background music during apple tree scene
Played by The MGM Symphony Orchestra See more »
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Trivia
Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley had to eat their meals in their dressing rooms, as the make-up they wore frightened the other diners in the MGM cafeteria. Ray Bolger commented in an interview on the reactions that other MGM actors had upon seeing these "weird-looking characters" in the cafeteria. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The Wicked Witch of the West appears in Munchkin Land in an explosion of smoke, but the Munchkins start running and screaming before the explosion. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dorothy: She isn't coming yet, Toto. Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn't she? Come on. We'll go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.
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Crazy Credits
The credits say "Photographed in Technicolor", not "Color Sequences by Technicolor", thus making it seem as if the entire film were made in color. It is not known if this was deliberately done to enhance the surprise when the picture turns into full three-strip Technicolor, but it is quite possible.Posters at the time also advertised the film as being in Technicolor, but made no mention of sepia tint or black-and-white. The advertisement for the film's first telecast, however, did say "in color and black-and-white" (the Kansas sequences were shown on TV in black-and-white, not sepia, until the 1990 telecast, when they were restored). See more »
Soundtracks
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"(1905) (uncredited)
Written by Egbert Van Alstyne
Heard as background music during apple tree scene
Played by The MGM Symphony Orchestra See more »
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