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The Wizard of Oz

Fleming, Victor
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The charming film based on the popular L.Frank Baum novel, Dorothy and her dog Toto, are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.

MPAA rating: G; for suitable for viewing by all ages.|||general

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screen play by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf ; adaptation by Noel Langley, from the book by L. Frank Baum ; produced by Mervyn LeRoy ; directed by Victor Fleming.

Some language options not indicated on container.

Based on the novel "The wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939.

Special features: commentary; The making of the wonderful Wizard of Oz; The wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook; We haven't really met properly...; music and effects track; original mono track; sing-along; audio jukebox; Leo is on the air radio promo; Good news of 1939 radio show; 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast; stills galleries; trailers.

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke.

Blu-ray disc; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; DTS-HD MA; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.; 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player.

In English or dubbed into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish; optional subtitles in Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Swedish; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing in English, German, or Italian.

Photography, Harold Rosson ; costumes by Adrian ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; editor, Blanche Sewell ; musical adaptation by Herbert Stothart ; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ; music by Harold Arlen.

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