Discover the Wizard of Oz poster, the timeless classic that has amazed audiences for decades. Immerse yourself in a fantastical world and feel the magic unfold before your astonished eyes.
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Description of this The Wizard of Oz Poster
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adapted from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy novel The Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily directed by Victor Fleming (who left the production to direct Gone with the Wind), and stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf were credited 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.
Characterized by its use of Technicolor, fantastical storytelling, musical score, and memorable characters, The Wizard of Oz was considered a critical success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, ultimately winning Best Original Song for “Over the Rainbow” and Best Original Score for Stothart. Although the film was reasonably popular at the box office, it failed to turn a profit for MGM until its 1949 re-release, grossing only $3 million on a budget of $2.7 million, making it MGM’s most expensive production at the time.
The film’s first telecast in 1956 on CBS reintroduced the film to audiences; According to the United States Library of Congress, it is the most widely viewed film in cinematic history. In 1989, it was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the first 25 films to be preserved in the United States National Film Registry because of its cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance; it is also one of a small number of films inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. The film was ranked second in Variety’s inaugural list of the 100 greatest films of all time in 2022; it was among the top ten on the BFI’s 2005 list of “50 Films You Must See Before You’re 14” and is included on the BFI’s updated list of “50 Films You Must See Before You’re 15” published in May 2020. The Wizard of Oz has become the source of numerous quotes referenced in contemporary popular culture. The film is often included on critics’ lists of the greatest films of all time and is the most commercially successful adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s work.
Teenage Dorothy Gale lives on a Kansas farm owned by her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. When Dorothy’s dog, Toto, bites the wealthy Almira Gulch, Miss Gulch obtains a sheriff’s order authorizing her to seize the dog and have it euthanized. Toto escapes and returns to Dorothy, who runs away to protect him. Professor Marvel, a charlatan fortune teller, tells Dorothy to return home because Aunt Em is heartbroken. Dorothy returns just as a tornado approaches the farm. Unable to enter the locked shelter, Dorothy takes refuge in the farmhouse and is knocked unconscious by the storm’s force. The tornado then lifts the house and drops it into an unknown land.
Dorothy wakes up and is greeted by a good witch named Glinda, who explains that she is in Munchkinland, in the Land of Oz. The Munchkins are celebrating because the house has landed on the Wicked Witch of the East. Her sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, appears in a puff of smoke. Before she can take her dead sister’s ruby slippers, Glinda magically transports them to Dorothy’s feet and tells her to keep them, as they must be very powerful. Since the Wicked Witch has no power in Munchkinland, she leaves in another puff of smoke, but only after telling Dorothy, “I’ll have you, honey, and your little dog too!” Glinda knows only one person who could help Dorothy get home: The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is invited to follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City, the Wizard’s home.
Along the way, she meets the Scarecrow, who wants a brain; the Tin Man, who wants a heart; and the Cowardly Lion, who wants courage. The foursome and Toto eventually reach the Emerald City, despite the Wicked Witch’s best efforts. Dorothy is initially refused an audience with the Wizard by his doorman. The doorman relents when he learns they have been sent by Glinda, and the four are taken to the Wizard’s chambers. The Wizard appears in the form of a giant ghost’s head and tells them he will grant their wishes if they bring him the Wicked Witch’s broomstick.
During their quest, Dorothy and Toto are captured by flying monkeys and taken to the Wicked Witch, but the ruby slippers protect her. The Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion free Dorothy, but are pursued by the Witch and her guards. They are cornered by the Witch, who sets the Scarecrow on fire. When Dorothy throws a bucket of water on the Scarecrow, it inadvertently splashes the Witch, causing her to melt.
The Witch’s guards gratefully give Dorothy her broomstick. The four return to the Wizard, but he tells them to come back tomorrow. When Toto pulls back a curtain, the Wizard reveals himself to be just an ordinary man, operating a machine that projects the ghostly image of his face. The four travelers confront him, and he confesses that, like Dorothy, he accidentally arrived in Oz from America. He then “grant[s]” the wishes of Dorothy’s three friends by giving them tokens that symbolize that they have always had the qualities they were seeking.
The Wizard offers Dorothy a ride to Kansas in his hot air balloon. However, after Toto jumps out and Dorothy chases after him, the balloon accidentally flies away with the Wizard on board. Glinda reappears and tells Dorothy that she always had the power to return to Kansas with the help of the ruby slippers, but she had to discover it for herself. After bidding her friends a tearful goodbye, Dorothy follows Glinda’s instructions by tapping her heels three times and repeating the words “There’s no place like home.” She is then transported to Kansas. She wakes up in her bed, a washcloth over her injured head, and is cared for by her aunt, uncle, and the farmhands. Professor Marvel stops while Dorothy describes Oz, telling the farmhands and the professor that they were there too. (The actors who portrayed Marvel and the farmhands also played characters in Oz.) Unfazed by their disbelief, Dorothy gratefully exclaims, “There’s no place like home!”