Let yourself be enchanted by The Wizard of Oz Movie Poster, one of the most iconic films in cinema history. Embark on an epic adventure filled with intense emotions, unexpected twists, and unforgettable characters. Dive into a world rich in symbolism and deep meaning.
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Description of this The Wizard of Oz Movie Poster
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical film starring Judy Garland as young Dorothy. It is famous as one of the great American color films in three-strip Technicolor and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The children’s book The Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum served as its model.
Young Dorothy lives on a Kansas farm with her Aunt Emily and Uncle Henry. She befriends three adults, Hunk, Hickory, and Zeke, who work on the farm. One day, Dorothy runs away to save her beloved dog, Toto, from being taken away by the unfriendly Almira Gulch, who considers the dog a threat. While doing so, Dorothy meets the friendly Professor Marvel, a carnival worker. He discovers that Dorothy has run away and is living with her loving aunt and persuades her to return home by pretending to sense, through his clairvoyant gifts, that Aunt Emily is sick because she is worried about Dorothy. As Dorothy prepares to return home, a storm breaks out. At the farm, everyone takes shelter in a cellar. At that moment, Dorothy arrives at the farm and searches the house for her family. Inside, a blown-out window falls on her head, knocking her unconscious. When she comes to, she sees that the cyclone has taken hold of the wooden house, lifted it up, and thus transported Dorothy and her dog Toto, along with the house, to the magical Land of Oz.
Arriving in Oz, Dorothy lands with the house right on the Wicked Witch of the East, who does not survive. The good witch Glinda appears and warns Dorothy about the Wicked Witch of the West, who will try to avenge her sister and take away Dorothy’s powerful, magical red slippers. These were actually worn on the Wicked Witch of the East’s feet, but after Dorothy killed her and her house, the shoes magically appeared on Dorothy’s feet. Although the Munchkins, a small people oppressed by the witch, celebrate Dorothy for the witch’s death and declare her a national hero, all she wants is to return home to Kansas. Glinda tells her she can get help from the Wizard of Oz. She can find him by following the yellowstone road to the Emerald City.
So Dorothy sets out and meets along her journey the Scarecrow, who wishes he had intelligence instead of only having straw in his head; the Tin Man, who wishes he could fill his hollow chest with a heart; and the Cowardly Lion, who wishes he had more courage. With these three companions, the young girl must defend herself against several ambushes by the Wicked Witch. This is how they come across a field of poppies, in which Dorothy, Toto, and the lion fall into a deep sleep. Then Glinda appears briefly and causes snow to fall, waking the people from a deep sleep. The quartet arrives at the Emerald City, where they are welcomed kindly but are not allowed to meet the reigning Wizard of Oz. After Dorothy bursts into tears because she will never see her Aunt Emily again and assumes that Emily is literally worried sick, the guard lets them into the throne room to see the Wizard out of compassion. The Wizard appears to them as a floating head in a column of smoke, with a loud, menacing voice. He tells them he will grant their wishes if they bring him the Wicked Witch’s broomstick.
So the quartet sets off again. When they arrive in the enchanted forest, the wicked witch, who had been observing the travelers with her crystal ball, sends her army of winged monkeys, who kidnap Dorothy. To get hold of the red shoes, she wants to kill Dorothy. But instead of giving up, Dorothy’s companions advance alone to the witch’s castle to rescue Dorothy. Thanks to a few lists invented by the scarecrow and the lion, who bravely guides the remaining trio into the castle, they manage to get Dorothy out of the room where she is being held prisoner. While trying to escape the castle, they are cornered by the witch and her guards. The witch then wants to make Dorothy suffer even more by killing her companions first and only then herself. When she sets fire to the scarecrow’s straw, Dorothy grabs a bucket of water and extinguishes the scarecrow. In doing so, she accidentally spills water on the witch. The witch melts and turns into a puddle. The guards finally allow the quartet to return to the Emerald City on the witch’s broomstick.
Back in the Emerald City, the four appear again before the magician, who, surprised to see that the quartet has succeeded in their mission, wishes to think for a day before helping them. It is then that the quartet accidentally discovers that someone is hiding behind a curtain. It turns out that the magician is not actually a real magician, but a showman from Kansas who calls himself Oz and projects his face into a column of smoke using a special device that also amplifies his voice. Years ago, Oz found himself in the magical land aboard a hot air balloon. He nevertheless manages to grant the quartet’s wishes. He explains to the Scarecrow that where he comes from, there are many people who are considered very intelligent, although they have no more common sense than the Scarecrow, whose clever ideas helped save Dorothy. They differ from the Scarecrow only in that their intelligence has been certified by a university. So the Wizard gives the Scarecrow a diploma to symbolize his intelligence. He explains to the lion that where he comes from, many people are celebrated for their courage, but they have no more courage than the lion. The only thing that differentiates them from the lion, whose courage was a major factor in saving Dorothy, is that their courage was confirmed by a medal. So he gives the lion a medal to symbolize his courage. He explains to the Tin Man that where he comes from, there are many good people who have no more heart than he showed in saving Dorothy. To symbolize this, he gives the Tin Man a beating heart-shaped watch attached to a ribbon to wear around his neck.
He wants to grant Dorothy’s wish by personally returning her to Kansas in his balloon. Before flying away, he publicly appoints the Scarecrow, the Lion, and the Tin Man as his representatives, until he perhaps returns one day. When Dorothy wants to join the Wizard in the balloon’s basket, it breaks loose and flies away without her. Dorothy then thinks that she will never return home, which makes her very sad, because even though she feels very comfortable in Oz, her greatest wish is to go home. Then Glinda appears and explains that all she has to do is click the heels of her red low shoes three times and wish to go home. She couldn’t tell her in advance, because Dorothy first had to determine on her own, like her three companions, what her dearest wish was. Dorothy clicks the heels of her magical red shoes, thinking, “There’s no place like home.”
After making her dearest wish to go home to Kansas, Dorothy wakes up in a bed in a Kansas house, with her Aunt Emily and Uncle Henry by her side. When she wants to tell them about her adventures in Oz, they refuse, saying it was only a dream.