The Wizard Of Oz 85th Anniversary Theater Edition Unboxing

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind. It stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, while others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.

The Wizard of Oz is celebrated for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters. It was a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Original Song for "Over the Rainbow" and Best Original Score for Stothart. While the film was sufficiently popular at the box office, it failed to make a profit for MGM until its 1949 re-release, earning only $3 million on a $2.7 million budget, making it MGM's most expensive production at the time.[3][5][6]

The 1956 television broadcast premiere of the film on CBS reintroduced the film to the public. According to the U.S. Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in movie history.[7][8] In 1989, it was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant";[9][10] it is also one of the few films on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.[11] The film was ranked second in Variety's inaugural 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list published in 2022.[12] It was among the top ten in the 2005 BFI (British Film Institute) list of "50 films to be seen by the age of 14" and is on the BFI's updated list of "50 films to be seen by the age of 15" released in May 2020.[13] The Wizard of Oz has become the source of many quotes referenced in contemporary popular culture. The film frequently ranks on critics' lists of the greatest films of all time and is the most commercially successful adaptation of Baum's work.[7][14]

The Wizard Of Oz I have it on The Wizard Of Oz 70th Blu Ray Box Set The Wizard Of Oz 70th DVD Box Set The Wizard Of Oz 75th 3D Box Set From Canada The Wizard Of Oz 2 Disc DVD from 2005 and 2009 CD soundtrack from 1995 from the 1939 movie vintage recordings from the 1903 Broadway musical The Wizard Of Oz The Original 1900 Edition in full colour And Amazon Prime Video I bought it and I got to see it in the theatres at cineplex in Scarborough at 7.05 PM I loved it on the big screen and I got to see it in the theatres in Vaughan at 7.00 PM with my mom I’m going to see for the third time on August 24 2024 on my birthday with my whole family it’s will be at 11.00 AM it’s will be for a family favourites event by cineplex I just saw it with my whole family on August 24 2024 I loved it I saw the introduction from the lady from the UK I saw the extended song of if I Only had a Brain the movie was a 10 10 I can’t believe the movie will be 85 years old crazy