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Summary: This classic will take you away...
Review: to emerald city.Despite this movie being quite dated --- it's simply amazing! The DVD quality brings out fantastic sound quality, and visual quality! This is an essential DVD to fit in everyone's DVD collection.
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Summary: One of the great gems of Hollywood
Review: As captivating as ever, the Wizard of Oz never fails to entertain children of all ages. My youngest daughter, 2-1/2, was immediately smitten by it, and has watched it repeatedly since I recently purchased the DVD. The stunning colors, the wonderful music, the compelling story will grab you again and again. It remains one of the greatest movies ever made. As an adult, you might be tempted to read Salman Rushdie's BFI book as it provides an engaging set of essays on the movie. I can't help but think of the moral tone this movie sets and by reducing evil to a cast of witches and flying monkeys, we all too easily overlook the dynamics in conquering evil. While the original book and this movie treated the theme in child-like terms, we as adults haven't seemed to grow past this identification with good and evil. The wizard makes for a fine balancing force, as his cynical view of events contrasts sharply to the innocence of Dorothy and her new found friends. It is all so neatly resolved by Glenda the Good Witch. I say this because in the opening credits the producers attach their moral view of the subject, noting that "Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy (of good conquers evil) out of fashion." Of course, one has to remember that this movie was made in 1939, and although ostensibly a children's movie it deals with some very real themes such as death, in terms of ridding us of evil. It should also be noted that Europe was on the brink of war with Hitler forming his notorious axis of evil. There are some especially scary scenes for little ones, beginning with the tornado that whisks Dorothy away to somewhere over the rainbow. The killing of the Wicked Witch of the East is treated mostly in comic tones but not without its serious undertones, which became the focus of the movie as Dorothy has to run a gauntlet put up by the Wicked Witch of the West to get back to Kansas. All this makes for riveting entertainment, which is why this film has grown into a classic, whereas the 1925 version is nothing more than a curiosity item today. The Wizard of Oz is a cinematic masterpiece with the initial sepiatones giving way to stunning technicolor. The film has inspired numerous interpretations over the years, including very dark ones such as David Lynch's Wild at Heart. However, this version of the Wizard of Oz remains the definitive intepretation of Frank Baum's story. The DVD includes some added commentary by Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and others, providing some amusing notes on the making of the film. There are also some vintage movie and cartoon clips as well as the original trailers.
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Summary: Great Songs, Great Colors
Review: The movie starts out as an old fashioned black and white movie about a girl in Kansas. Dreading life on the farm she runs away and through a whirlwind ends up in the magical land of Oz. All of sudden the movie turns into Technicolor. The first scenes look very much like 'Willie Wonka' but this movie is a little better. The adventures lead to an interesting end and a lame conclusion. 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' may very well be the best song ever written, music and lyrics go hand in hand like never before and after. The entire musical score is great, if you have never seen this movie you might actually know some songs. It's a classic, and deservedly so, especially knowing this movie is 65 years old now.
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Summary: A FEAST OF BRIGHT COLORS AND UNFORGETTABLE MUSIC.
Review: "The Wizard Of Oz" is one of the most beloved classics in film history, many generations of movie fans have seen this 1939 version of "The Wizard Of Oz" and many more generations will see this movie as the definitive version of the L. Frank Baum story. "The Wizard Of Oz" is one of the most influential movies in both fantasy and musical genres, thanks to its innovations and artistic quality. Even though this is a very sweet film, there a lot of psychedelic and pretentious scenes, so the movie is an artistic gem. The songs and characters are memorable, so any other version of "The Wizard Of Oz" pales in comparison to the 1939 movie. The video quality of the DVD is just STUNNING, the movie looks fantastic, it seems like was made in the year 2003, not in 1939, the colors are bright and beautiful. There are a lot of movies made in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's decades, whose DVD edition doesn't look even half as good as "The Wizard Of Oz" DVD. One of those movies that shouldn't be missed in any DVD collection. This is really an essential DVD.
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Summary: Title
Review: This movie was good but it was an old movei so there wasn't alot of special effects. This movie easn't very pridictable the first time i saw it. i didn't like the end though, i think she could have got hit on the head or fell untill she woke up. The rest of the movie was good. i also thought the flying monkeys looked too fake. all in all the revenge plot was good too. i gave this movie 3 stars.
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Summary: The Yellow Brick Road To Oz
Review: Dorothy travels to Oz, she meets her eternal, famous friends the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion on their special journey .
This movie is an ALL time classic. Especially on DVD, this movie is included with TONS of movie trivia, plus 1939 radio spots, rehearsals, and Jack Haley Jr's documentary on the Making of the Wizard of Oz. This fun-filled dvd package will be one of the BEST DVD's you will ever have.
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Summary: My favorite movie--EVER
Review: This is my number one favorite movie of all time! Judy Garland is so believable as the little girl from Kansas who just wants to go home. Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Bert Lahr are great as the scarecrow, tin man, and cowardly lion who are looking for things they already posess. But I have to say the absolute best part is Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West. (It's beyond me how someone who was such a nice person in real life could be so frightening in the movies.) But at any rate, the Wicked Witch scared me to death from the time I was three years old until right up until this very day! That laugh is just so terrifying, I don't have a clue how she did that. I tried one year for Halloween and all I got was a sore throat.
Anyway, if you want to laugh, cry, and be scared out of your wits all in less than two hours, this is the movie to do it.
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Summary: Missing Scenes
Review: I've always loved this movie as a kid and still do as an adult. I bought it for my children so that they could enjoy it too but I was more than a little disappointed that some key scenes and songs were missing like Dingg Dong the witch is dead at the end of the movie.
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Summary: Five star movie!!! Five star DVD!!!
Review: I'll keep this short and sweet!!! This is a five star movie and a five star DVD!!! A classic!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+
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Summary: ~Timeless Classic! My Favorite Movie of All Time~
Review: This is and always will be I'm sure my favorite movie of all time! I have so many childhood memories with this film and everytime I watch it, it gives me a sense of my childhood once again! I have seen this movie I know more than 100 times and it still is not enough! More magical than ever with the DVD version, this DVD is a MUST-HAVE! Even if you do not purchase DVDS regularly this still should be in your collection.
To Wizard of Oz lovers everywhere this DVD gives you so much more than any VHS ever has! FANTASTIC DVD extras! The deleted scenes are great considering back when the film was made what was not used was usually thrown out.
The interviews, the Angela Lansbury special, theatrical trailers (very entertaining), and everything else on the DVD make it a true must have for any Oz fan!
The film is still as precious as ever and the DVD features are a must!
If you are an Oz fan and you do not own this, you should!
Journey through an unforgettable world with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin-Man, Cowardly Lion, and Toto too!
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