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Director: Victor Fleming
Studio: Warner Home Video
Rating: G
Genre: Fantasy / Family / Adventure
Release Date: October 25, 2005
SYNOPSIS:
SPECIAL FEATURES
Disc 1:
· New 2005 Ultra Resolution digital master from restored film elements
· New commentary by historian John Fricke with selected archival audio comments by Barbara Freed-Saltzman (daughter of Arthur Freed), Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Ken Darby (orchestral and vocal arranger), John Lahr (son of Bert Lahr), Jane Lahr (daughter of Bert Lahr), Hamilton Meserve (son of Margaret Hamilton), William Tuttle (make-up artist), Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy, John Lee Mahin and Jerry Maren
· Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz
· We Haven't Really Met Properly supporting cast profile gallery, narrated by Angela Lansbury
· The Wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook, read by Angela Lansbury
· Theatrical trailer gallery
· Original mono and music-and-effects-only audio tracks

Disc 2:
Documentaries on the movie's creation and impact:
· The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic hosted by Angela Lansbury and Memories of Oz -- two original TV specials
· All-New: The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz and Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz
· Harold Arlen's onset home videos
· Outtakes and deleted scenes
· It's a Twister! It's a Twister! The tornado special effects tests
· Vintage vault featurettes
· Extensive stills gallery
· More than six hours of audio-only treasures, including an "Oz jukebox" of recording session materials, radio shows and promos

The Three-Disc Collector's Edition -- includes Disc 1 and 2 plus:

Disc 3:
Four hours devoted to Oz creator L. Frank Baum, who published his first Oz book in 1900.
· New documentary L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
Pre-1939 versions of Oz on screen
· The Wizard of Oz (1910)
· The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
· His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
· The Wizard of Oz (1925): restored silent version featuring Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon, with a new, fully orchestrated score by Robert Israel
· The Wizard of Oz (1933 Cartoon)

Print Reproductions Include:
· The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life Eight-page Grauman's Chinese Theatre Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939
· Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere and the envelope that included tickets to the original Opening Night -- with a newly designed commemorative ticket
· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News Sixteen-page edition of the studio's internal "house organ" newspaper, celebrating the release of The Wizard of Oz for the week of August 14, 1939
· Photoplay Studies Rare secondary-education study guide to the film -- Volume V, Number 12
· Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio Reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills, including nine portraits and onset photographs
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes her dog Toto, to run away. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of oz. Wishing to return, she begins to travel to the city of Oz where a great wizard lives.