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Summary: Oh my God! I LOVE this film!
Review: I think that this was the very first movie I ever saw. And It's at the very top of my long list of favorites. The special effects are pretty good for the 1930's, especially the cyclone. The cast is all that we could wish for. Judy Garland is adorable. Bert Lahr is hillarious. Margaret Hamilton is excellant. And Jack Haley is PERFECT. I think his crying scenes are excellant, especially the last one. I got a Tin Man doll and every night I press it as close as I can to my heart. Thank You, Hollywood!
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Summary: Wonderful film
Review: "Wizard Of Oz" has to rank in the top 10 greatest films ever made. It's a wonderful story that captures your imagination and makes you feel good. The main actors are all perfect, especially Burt Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. Spectacular sets and great songs too. I generally don't like musicals, but this one and "West Side Story" are the exceptions.
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Summary: Great DVD!
Review: Of course we all know the movie is a true American classic. Enough said there.The DVD is also impressive....many, many, many extras. The test shot of the tornado approaching Dorothy's house appears totally surreal out of context. The screen tests of the cast members in different make-up styles...very interesting. Production notes and cost estimate logs (in case you ever wondered how much that tornado cost). Trailers, new and old, since the film's release. Clips from earlier silent productions of Oz, which you probably won't see anywhere else. etc., etc., etc. It's amazing ANY of this survived, considering the film was a critical failure upon it's release. THIS is the Oz to own. You will spend DAYS sifting through all the extras. Get it.
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Summary: STUNNING!
Review: There is no need for me to review one of the finest movies of all times. But I would be very remiss if I didn't say a word or two about the DVD transfer. The care with which this movie was transferred to DVD is abundantly obvious. The clarity and color are absolutely breathtaking! This classic movie, one of the best of all time, has been served better than any other movie I have seen by the DVD process. If there ever was a reason to switch to DVD, "The Wizard Of Oz" is it. Prepare to have your mind boggled and your breath taken away.
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Summary: If I could give it six stars I would.
Review: There is so much that is absolutely right about this DVD, I do not know where to begin. Not only have they brilliantly restored the film to pristine glory, but managed to put in so much behind the scenes trivia and features that you easily spend over an hour browsing through everything. Other DVDs can learn from this exquisite masterpiece. Oz fans, a must; casual viewer, a required addition to your library.
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Summary: Worst remastering in the history of digital technology!
Review: Actually, no, it isn't. I've just seen other people whoactually love certain movies give them a bad review just so thatpeople will read them, and I thought I'd use that strategy too. To get to the point, this remastered Wizard of Oz is unlike anything I've ever seen before! It is simply the best film restoration done to date. When I went to see the movie when it was rereleased to theatres a while back, I did not appreciate the newly cleaned up picture as much because movies always look worse in the theater than they do on video, right? But talk about surprise! When I first put this DVD into my player, I was completely amazed at the brilliant restoration job Warner Bros. has done! It looks and sounds clearer than it ever has before, and that's not just because it's on DVD! I would say the part of this remastering that amazed me the most was when Dorothy first steps out of her house after the tornado, and is awed by the beauty and wonder the Land of Oz! You get a much better realization of how amazed Dorothy is by all the colors and spectacle that was missing in her life back home. You appreciate this newly restored edition the most when you compare it side by side with previous video releases. If you love this movie, and do not own this release on VHS or DVD, BUY IT! It is 20 times better than any other video release of this film. So, what are you waiting for, my pretty? Buy this video, "or I'll bite you myself!"
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Summary: EVERYONE...
Review: Pause your VCR on 00:45:23. Judy Garland's Shoes are now black then red on the next scene.
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Summary: The Wizard of Oz is a classic!
Review: This is simply one of the best movies ever made. I watch it over and over again. I have the original Wizard of Oz but I don't have the new one. I wanted to see it in theaters but I didn't have the time. When I was growing up I watched it all the time and I still do. It's a great movie!
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: Wow. I have to say that The Wizarad of Oz was one of the greatest movies ever made. I grew up on it. I was the little girl that every one had to call Dorthy Gail or I'd have a hissy fit. It was the movie my Dad watched the night his little sister was born. I don't know any one who hasn't seen this masterpeice of a film. Why wouldn't you want to see us. It gave us the dream that some where over the rainbow there were little munchkins, ruby red slippers, and talking scarecrows. The Wizard of Oz is a must have for any home collection. If you don't have it you should get it.
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Summary: Sepia period technicolor atmosphere
Review: The DVD copy, the latest version, remastered and with Dolby sound is well worth a revisit. I can't remember seeing this film before although my mother knows the exact cinema in Dalston Junction London where I was first exposed to The Wizard of Oz. This is a beautiful film looking at it from a visual art perspective. In 1939 the Dust Bowl period was drawing to an end, and Kansas being one of the States effected by this catastrophe is the anchor point of Wizard. I was surprised by the opening, not black and white, but in sepia, even the MGM logo. Now I realize I was looking at the remastered version, but there is hardly any sign of scratches or dust, in fact just take a clip, have it framed and the scenes would make a beautiful print. AVCC, Universal City, did the computer work, and really produced a work of art from a work of art. It is obvious that the farm scenes are on a stage but because of this with the desolate background reflecting the flattened earth caused by the Dust Bowl, and the stagey voices, the whole atmosphere of that period with the sepia photography does capture a period of hopelessness. It's obvious that Harold Rosson the cinematographer knew the technical stuff, and Cedric Gibbons the art director was skilled in capturing the moment. The trees for example are bent due to the wind, and of course have no leaves on them. Toto the dog, when he runs, kicks up the dust on the track, the whole effect creating the dry, dusty situation in Kansas that the tenant farmers were experiencing. At this time in the thirties the Farm Security Administration employed photographers to travel around the States to record the plight of the American people trying to build a new life for themselves. Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans were just two of the photographers and their images are very famous. Looking at the farm houses in their prints, they appear very similar to the sepia scenes in The Wizard of OZ. Also looking at the farmers and the laborers, their clothes and attitudes, all are captured in this movie. Off course the sepia effect isn't used just to show this depressive time, the other reason is to create a startling contrast that jump starts us into the technicolor scenes. Technicolor a three-color process was developed in 1932, and even today with so much progress in film and chemicals, technicolor takes a lot of beating when it comes to vivid saturated colors. The moment Dorothy opens her door outwards in her gloomy house still photographed in sepia, the technicolor shot of the garden, with the sunflowers, the daisies, the green fertile hills, blue sky and pond with the white bridge, completely takes the audience by surprise, a most pleasing experience. Without technicolor we would have no yellow brick road, Elton John would still be hunting for words for a catchy tune, and Michael Jackson would have moonwalked in another scene for his Billie Jean MTV video. Yes, we have to say thanks to The Wizard of Oz, where would we be without you. Judy Garland was only sixteen when she made this film, but by then she was a already a veteran, The Wizard of OZ being her fifteenth film. Unfortunately due to anorexia and the usual "uppers and downers," most of her life existed in a sepia cloud.
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