The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is an American musical/fantasy film from 1939, based on the famous novel by l. Frank Baum. The film was directed by Victor Fleming. The film starsJudy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Frank Morgan. The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The film is best known nowadays as the filming of Babatunde book, and as one of the most famous films of all time. He is regularly shown on television, often around the holidays. Only the 1978 remake , The Wiz (which unlike this film yielded less money than its budget and was savaged by critics), comes somewhat close by. The film stands out for it before then revolutionary use of color. The scenes that play in the Kansas of the depression are filmed in black and white (actually sepia), while the scenes in the magical land of Oz in bright, enchanting colors are.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The film revolves around the 15-year-old Dorothy Gale, who with her aunt Em, uncle Henry and her her little dog Toto in a farm in the American Kansas lives. When one day a tornado can Dorothy and Toto as their House, only ones not on time in the cellar under the House. They are forced to hide in the House itself. The House however, blown away by the tornado to the magical land of Oz.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 differences from the book
 * 3.2 Production
 * 3.3 Music
 * 3.4 reception
 * Sue 3.5
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 Trivia
 * 6 external links

Soon after her arrival in Oz shows that Dorothy unintentionally a bad Witch (the wicked witch of the East) has turned off because her home has landed on top of her.Glinda, good witch (of the North), witch gives Dorothy the magic shoes of the killed because this witch Dorothy protect sister they just killed: the wicked witch of the West.Also she tells Dorothy that, if they ever want to return to Kansas, they still back the aid must be getting the great Wizard of Oz ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz").

Dorothy makes the trek to the wizard. She makes new friends on the way to the magician who, for various reasons, want to visit also the magician: a scarecrow, a tin man who needs brains who like a heart wants, and a frightened lion that hopes that the magician can give him more courage. This shall each have their limitations, but together form an effective team, led by Dorothy. Later they develop to loyal allies.

Eventually they find the sorcerer, but who wants to just accept their wishes if they for him first the broom of bring the bad Witch of the West. The group go to her Castle, where-after a fight with the soldiers of the witch-Dorothy the witch accidentally defeats by throwing water over her, making the witch melts.

Back at the wizard turns out, however, that this is no magician, but an ordinary man who, like Dorothy, from Kansas comes. He is in Oz ended up by accident with a runaway hot-air balloon. He succeeds, despite his lack of magic, right in the lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin man to give them what they want. Then he offers Dorothy to to bring her back to Kansas with the same balloon that has brought him to Oz. This plan fails when Toto jumps out of the basket at the last minute and Dorothy him rent, making the balloon without her leave. However, Glinda then dives again and reveals that Dorothy can return home with the help of the shoes. With the help of Glinda succeeds Dorothy herein. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == This red shoes were worn by Judy Garland ==Background<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Differences from the book<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many details from the book are in the film omitted or altered, as many of the dangers that Dorothy encounters on the road. The characters Glinda and the good witch of the North are in the film are one and the same.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The color of Dorothy's shoes had to due to using the new technicolor process with which the film was colorized be changed from silver to red.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The role of the bad witch from the West is in the film farther than in the book. In the book she comes in just 1 chapter for, but in the film she is the primary antagonist almost the whole story.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the movie it seems on the end like Oz only in Dorothy's fantasy exists and they all just dreamed. This explains, among other things, why a lot of the characters in Oz closely resemble people that Dorothy knows in real life. In the book is clearly stated that Oz is a real place, where Dorothy in later stories a few times to return. ===Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The production of the film began when after the success of the Disney movie snow white and the seven dwarfs revealed was that movies based on children's books and fantasy stories could be successful. The film rights to the wonderful Wizard of Oz were initially owned by Samuel Goldwyn, but he sold them to MGM after his own attempts to film the book of failures on nothing.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Choosing the roles also brought problems. For the role of Dorothy was thought to Deanna Durbin, she was under contract to Universal Studios. Ray Bolger was originally hired as the Tin man, but if on the role of the scarecrow play his urging. Gale Sondergaard was hired as the wicked witch of the West, but left the footage when it became apparent that her character was changed from a handsome woman to an ugly, Green Witch.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The recordings were not without risk. Actress Margaret Hamilton Burns ran on during the scene in which she had to disappear surrounded by fire. After Bolger got the role of the scarecrow, was Buddy Edson hired for the role of the Tin Man ran the recordings however, almost fatal for him. af. For the makeup of his character was namely aluminium-powder used. Iederere time he was disguised, breathed Edson this powder in.This with the consequence that two weeks after a small heavy burden he got from his lungs. He had to be hospitalized in the long-term.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The script of the film underwent a lot of changes during production. At its birth, the idea of all magical elements to weaken or even completely in the story to leave, for fear that the film would not otherwise catch on.The final script was largely written by Noel Langley, with adjustments by Victor Fleming and John Lee Mahin.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film makes the color using a new form of technicolor. The use of color in the film brought challenges, which had consequences for the film. Then by the hospitalization of Edson came to lie silent production (after all, had to search for a replacement actor and a safer method of makeup), it was previously shot material critical views. The conclusion was that it did not go well; the movie seemed to be far too rushed. The Director was replaced (in total there were four directors at the film involved) and overall approach changed. It was started all over, to it though to get right. ===Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Wizard of Oz is best known for his music. The songs in the film were composed by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. The background music is composed by Herbert Stothart. The Sung songs were all recorded before the shooting of the film started, so when Buddy Ebsen was still part of the actors. It is therefore still Ebsens singing voice in the film to hear. His voice is obvious there his replacement, Jack Haley, with a Boston accent talk and in addition, the "r" in "wizard" to never. ===Reception<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Wizard of Oz went on 12 August 1939 at the Strand Theatre in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The film grossed $ 3 million that year on, against a production budget of 2.8 million dollars. At the reissue in 1949 brought the film another $ 1.5 million on. In the following years is the movie a few times yet re-released in cinemas, including Australia in 1999 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the film.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first television showing of the film was on november 3, 1956 on CBS. The display on television helped the film to reach its current cult status.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the actors who worked on the film, the film not only made his reputation along how Frank Morgan obtained. He died in 1949. The last major actor from the movie who died was Ray Bolger, in 1987. Buddy Ebsen recovered from his near-fatal accident with the aluminum powder. He survived all protagonists with nearly 16 years.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1989 was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 2007, the film was registered on UNESCO's World Heritage list for documents. ===Sue<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film whipped out a pair of Oscars, in the year that were mostly won by Gone with the Wind. The Wizard of Oz, which was nominated in seven categories, won an Academy Award for best original song (Over the Rainbow) and Academy Award for best original music. Judy Garland got the special "Academy Award for the youth".
 * In 1974 appeared the animated film Journey Back to Oz as a follow-up to the film from 1939.
 * Disney came In 1985 with an unofficial sequel to the film titled Return to Oz. This was moderately received by critics.
 * In Oz the Great and Powerful2013 appeared. This prequel is about the adventures of Oscar, later to become the Wizard of Oz.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film is also mentioned on several lists of the American Film Institute:

==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1998 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, nr. 6
 * 2001 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills, nr. 43
 * 2003 AFI's 100 years ... 100 heroes and villains:
 * Wicked Witch of the West, villain, nr. 4
 * 2004 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs:
 * "Over the Rainbow", nr. 1
 * "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead", nr. 82
 * 2005, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes:
 * "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore", nr. 4
 * "There's no place like home", nr. 23
 * "I'll get you, my pretty and your little dog, too", nr. 99
 * 2006 AFI's 100 Years of Musicals, nr. 3
 * 2006 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers, nr. 26
 * 2007 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition), nr. 10
 * 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10, no. 1 fantasy film
 * Margaret Hamilton, who played the wicked witch of the West, always signed her fan mail with WWW (Wicked Witch of the West).
 * Blauwgeblokte a copy of the dress that Dorothy (Judy Garland) bore, was auctioned in Beverly Hills on november 9, 2012. It brought almost half a million dollars on. to see another copy was simultaneous in theVictoria and Albert Museum, where the original shoes of Garland are stored.
 * In april 2013 was a song from the movie, "Ding dong the witch is dead" suddenly a hit after the death of the British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. For the first time in the history of the gramophone disc was a recording of more than 70 years old at the top of the charts in the United Kingdom.