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The Wizard of Oz
List Price: $19.96 Our Price: $14.97
DVD - 14 September, 2004
Warner Studios
G (General Audience)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Color
- Black & White
- Closed-captioned
- Dolby
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| DVD Description When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films. Young Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz--the Tin Man (Jack Haley), the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), and the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)--have become pop-culture icons and central figures in the legacy of fantasy for children. As the Wicked Witch who covets Dorothy's enchanted ruby slippers, Margaret Hamilton has had the singular honor of scaring the wits out of children for more than six decades. The film's still as fresh, frightening, and funny as it was when first released. It may take some liberal detours from the original story by L. Frank Baum, but it's loyal to the Baum legacy while charting its own course as a spectacular film. Shot in glorious Technicolor, befitting its dynamic production design (Munchkinland alone is a psychedelic explosion of color and decor), The Wizard of Oz may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages. --Jeff Shannon |
| Reviews from Customers
Great Movie, Poor Quality DVD I don't know who to blame, Warner Brothers for making a dud DVD, or Amazon for selling me what was obviously a returned DVD. There was a hand-written serial number at the top of the cardboard cover, and the plastic wrap covering it was very shoddy.
The DVD itself was dirty, but I cleaned it and played it to see if that was the extent of the damage. It wasn't. The sound goes in and out--with long periods of silence--during the 1979 interviews with surviving cast members Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, and Jack Haley. The rest of the behind-the-scenes extras seems to have been spared. I haven't watched the movie itself yet, so I'm hopeful that at least the movie is intact. If not, I'll return the DVD and wait for the October release of the Oz DVD package.
The film is a classic, beloved by million and millions. Not even a dud DVD can tarnish this gem of a movie.
Timeless Classic! This film will live on forever! It's a movie for the whole family to enjoy. If you don't have this movie in your collection, you should bye it. You won't regret it!
some say it's a metaphor for capitalism i say it's one of the worst films of all time.
horrible script, terrible plot, atrocious acting. worthless and overrated.
it's funny how nowadays people complain about how mindless films like XXX and Dodgeball are destroying america, well, Wizard of Oz is the original XXX, nothing more than eye candy.
this "film" is one of two films that i wish were never created.
the other being ET |
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