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The Wizard of Oz (Three-Disc Collector's Edition) | 
| Studio: Warner
Category: DVD
Buy New: CDN$ 109.99
New (3) from CDN$ 109.99
Rating:  307 reviews
Sales Rank: 12196
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
UPC: 012569644427
EAN: 0012569644427
ASIN: B000B7MX5W
Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 1939
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Factory Sealed
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From amazon.com
When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, IThe Wizard of Oz/I 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 IOz/I'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), IThe Wizard of Oz/I may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages. I--Jeff Shannon/Ip bDVD features/bbr The IWizard of Oz/I DVD released in 1999 was loaded with extra features, but it's now safe to throw away that version in all its cardboard-package glory in favor of the new three-disc edition. First things first: All the bonus material from the earlier disc is there. That includes the Angela Lansbury-hosted documentary IThe Making of a Movie Classic/I; the outtakes and deleted scenes, including Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow" reprise and the home-movie recording of "The Jitterbug"; the sketches and stills and composer Harold Arlen's home movies; the audio underscores and radio programs; the 1979 interviews with Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, and Jack Haley; and other items too numerous to mention. (Some text introductions to the features have been replaced by narration by Lansbury, for whatever reason.) Brand-new to the 2005 edition is a sharp restoration using Warner's Ultra Resolution process and an accompanying featurette on how it's done. The technicians also discuss how the sound was remixed, though that would have been more effective had it included surround-sound demonstrations (the featurette is in 2.0). Other features on the new set include a commentary track by critic John Fricke supplemented by vintage cast interviews (he offers a lot of trivia, and debunks the myth that Shirley Temple was ever close to getting the Dorothy role); profiles of nine cast members and clips of other movies they appeared in (including Toto); a lightly animated 10-minute storybook again narrated by Lansbury; 2001 and 2005 behind-the-scenes featurettes; and a 1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast. p The 1999 disc also included one-minute excerpts of three early treatments of IThe Wizard of Oz/I. The third disc of the three-disc collector's edition includes the Icomplete/I versions of those treatments and more. They are four silent films: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1910, 13 min.), "The Magic Cloak of Oz" (1914, 38 min.), IHis Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz/I (1914, 59 min., written and directed by Baum himself), IThe Wizard of Oz/I (1925, 72 min., Larry Semon). The fifth treatment is Ted Eshbaum's 1933 Technicolor cartoon short which has songs and sound, and is the first depiction of Kansas in black and white and Oz in color. The third disc also has a 38-minute biography of L. Frank Baum, and collector's-edition supplements include a gorgeous set of photo cards among other materials. I--David Horiuchi/I
Additional Features
This edition of IThe Wizard of Oz/I is the digitally remastered print that played in theaters for the film's 60th anniversary. Also included on the tape are a behind-the-scenes special hosted by Angela Lansbury, outtakes, and the original trailer.
Amazon.com Essential Video
When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, IThe Wizard of Oz/I 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 IOz/I'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), IThe Wizard of Oz/I may not appeal to every taste as the years go by, but it's required viewing for kids of all ages. i--Jeff Shannon/i
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| Customer Reviews: Read 302 more reviews...
 it is good February 17, 2006
judygarland (Canada)
0 out of 15 found this review helpful
this movie is good but it could have been better
 Propaganda... September 11, 2005
1 out of 40 found this review helpful
...that's all this is. And with a cover that is obviously playing off of WICKED's success, this DVD-set is nothing more than the false story of what happened in OZ. For the real story, see the musical WICKED or read its source novel.
 The Wonderful Movie of Oz July 4, 2004
Emily Chase (NY, NY United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been enchanted as I now watch the movie as an adult. It is not just a story about a girl from Kansas trying to get back home - actually, that was added into the movie: There's no place like home wasn't in the book even. I think it was a story of things that we want, and that we imagine these things may be granted by the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The scarecrow wants a brain, the tinman a heart, and the lion courage. On their journey off to see the wizard, they encounter the wicked witch of the west - who is determined to get the ruby slippers off of Dorothy's feet. Now, the thing I am puzzled by is at the beginning, Glinda is the one who reminds the wicked witch about the shoes. Then she is the one who places them on Dorothy's feet: There they are and there they'll stay. Had she not had the shoes, her journey to the wizard would not have been so troublesome. Not to mention that the good witch sent Dorothy on a journey to a phony wizard. I wonder now if there was some kind of irony in that - since she was also the one who in the end tells Dorothy that all she has to do is click her heels together and say there 's no place like home. While the movie is totally a classic I love and will watch over and over again, I am wondering about the book: Were the ruby slippers (which were silver in the novel) as magical - and - if there was no no place like home in the novel then I am wondering how Dorothy got back to Kansas. I think that because each time I watch this film I realize something new, it will always remain one of my favorite movies ever.
The Wizard of Oz is wonderful June 27, 2004
C. Eberlein (Boston, MA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The classic film! The Wizard of Oz is wonderful. Judy Garland's breakthrough performance. Beautiful.
Growing Up, Growing On June 26, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I knew every line of this as a kid. I loved the books. I even loved the sequel that everyone else hated because I love OZ. I tried to be "over" this movie for a long time as an adult. But every time I see it I re-remember why I couldn't get enough before. The quintessential fairy tale. All kids and all adults should watch it again to remind them that a movie can work without sex, violence or graphic anything really. It's scary -- touching -- and completely engrossing -- more so each year I grow older.
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