The Wizard of Oz in 4K

The Wizard of Oz in 4K

Still from film of Dorothy and her friends on the yellow brick road leading to the Emerald City. THE WIZARD OF OZ and all related characters and elements © & ™ Turner Entertainment Co.

Few movies are more synonymous with color than The Wizard of Oz, MGM’s musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s magical book. Acclaimed for its groundbreaking transition from the sepia of Kansas to the Technicolor of Oz, the film and its saturated landscape would be incomplete without Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers, which were silver in the original book. Costume designer Adrian had white silk pumps dyed red, covered in silk georgette, and embellished with roughly 2,300 sequins each to shine brightly on the movie’s yellow brick road. The film received five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Herbert Stothart’s orchestral score and the immortal ballad “Over The Rainbow.”

DIRECTED BY: Victor Fleming. WRITTEN BY: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf. ADAPTATION BY: Noel Langley. WITH: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr. 1939. 101 min. USA. Technicolor. English. Rated G. 4K DCP.

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