Wizard of Oz [VHS]

One of the best films of all time has never looked better! Absolutely incredible and jaw dropping 3D conversion that in no way seems like a cheap ploy to get fans to buy another version of this timeless film. The steelbook alone would make it worth the purchase, but the 3D work done is second to none, and is as of now my absolute favorite 3D conversation that I have ever seen. If you have a 3D setup (and you hopefully do!), then this is a must own.

As another person mentioned I am certain these are used and not new. First one I got the 3D disc was cracked and the case had a cut in it like from a box knife. I returned that as damaged and ordered a 2nd one. Same cut in the same spot on the case. However the discs were fine. I did complain to Amazon about this and received a $10 credit.Now as far as this 3D version, very disappointing and NOT worth the money. Very few scenes do you even notice it. It is also not widescreen, but the tv formated version. My dvd version I got a few years ago is 100 times better quality than this. I am going to try and return this also.

A very long time ago when the movie was new, my brothers and I wound up reading every OZ book in the town library because of the "Wizard of OZ" movie - and the impression it made on us. When the 75th anniversary edition came out with a 3D included in the collection I was skeptical but wanted to see if it was real. IT IS. Since then I have been sending it to people who knew it as children as well as our children.

I have a samsung dvd blu-ray player. The 3d version i knew wouldnt play. The 2D version as you promised doesnt play on my new player nor on my PC.! Never do business with you again.

Audio on this 50th anniversary tape is HiFi. Recorded at SP speed, the full screen dub is from a well-preserved print, with some of the most vivid colors you'll ever see. Extras include footage of Buddy Ebsen as Tinman, an extended dance on "If I Only Had a Brain" and the audio track to a deleted song, "The Jitterbug" that includes home movies of its rehearsal. This unique off-camera footage also shows the backs of men inside their flexible apple tree costumes. Kansas scenes are restored sepiatone.Along with Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart, THE WIZARD OF OZ's E.Y. 'Yit' Harburg (it's often misspelled 'Yip') was one of the most original lyricists of his generation. Besides the many great songs he gave voice to in  FINIAN'S RAINBOW , Harburg's unique style of wordplay is most evident here in Bert Lahr's "If I Were King of the Forest" and the poem that follows, "Courage":Dorothy: Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?Lion: Not nobody, not nohow!Tin Man: Not even a rhinocerous?Lion: Imposserous!Dorothy: How about a hippopotamus?Lion: Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!Dorothy: Supposin' you met an elephant?Lion: I'd wrap him up in cellophant!Scarecrow: What if it were a brontosaurus?Lion: I'd show him who was King of the Forrus!All three: How?Lion: How?Courage! What makes a king out of a slave?Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?What makes the muskrat guard his musk?Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?!!!Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?What have they got that I ain't got?All three: Courage!Lion: You can say that again! Huh?From Scarecrow's loose-limbed dance during "If I Only Had a Brain" to Tinman's 'hard'shoe routine on "If I Only Had a Heart" to Dorothy's sweetly poignant "Over the Rainbow," the music of this classic movie raises it to a level that few others have ever even approached.So many of us grew up watching "Oz" every Easter season on CBS-TV. Forty-plus years have since passed and with them our youth. Can one so along in life still relate to this "kid's" movie? The answer is a resounding YES. Its theme of visiting a mystical, mythical land far, far away is as old as humankind's first yearnings, a timeless, ageless desire that when fulfilled in our imaginations gladdens the heart, warms the soul and enriches the spirit.If you haven't seen "The Wizard of Oz" since childhood, please do so again. You'll discover things in it and in yourself that may have been forgotten long ago. To those who still haven't glimpsed that land at the rainbow's end, the time is now. There's a scarecrow, a tinman and a lion waiting to escort you along the yellow brick road to Emerald City, home of "the great and powerful Wizard of Oz!"

No other movie in history has entered the fabric of the culture like The Wizard of Oz. Almost everyone has a childhood memory of the film, whether they saw it during its initial release in 1939 or subsequent theatrical releases in the 1940s and 50s, or in television showings that took place with great fanfare in the 1950s and 60s. Many a 70-year-old recalls sitting with his or her parents and siblings in front of the 14-inch screen of the Radiation King television to watch the annual presentation of Wizard of Oz in glorious black-and-white. The original movie is actually in full color, one of the very earliest of Technicolor films.I have a "complete collection" of Wizard of Oz home videos, from the VHS tape to the DVD to the Blu-ray. Each in its turn was amazing and treasured. Now the high-definition version, shown on a 42 inch or larger HD screen, is close to perfection. The Blu-ray transcription of this classic film stands out as one of the finest restorations in the history of film, and one of the extra features shows how this restoration was accomplished. You owe it to yourself and to any children of your acquaintance to get a copy of The Wizard of Oz and revisit its magic.We're still looking, Dorothy, for that place where troubles melt like lemon drops. The Land of Oz, with you and the Wizard and the Scarecrow and the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, is a good place to start in our search for somewhere over the rainbow.

great Video,a classic and must for my christmas to be complete.you just have to follow the yellow brick rd into a world of magic and become a child again even if its only for a few hours.Its got some great extra features aswell and a documentary .very good value and ram packed with munchkins.

No place like . . .Bought the dvd for a 7 year old who'd just seen the play with school.She always gets scared when watching the witch , but she can't be that scared as she's.Or should I say 'we've' watched it many times(I have no option )Timeless classic , I think we've all seen this throughout our childhood over Christmasso there's plenty of happy memories that go along with it

The Wizard of Oz is one of Hollywood's most loved and enduring films. It is so well known that there is little I can add here except to say that this new 3D DVD release is absolutely astonishing and remarkable. One can view this film now with amazing clarity, steadiness and realism never before available. This 3D venture bodes highly for future classic Hollywood releases. One must congratulate the team for giving to us an old classic in truly modern form so we can see it afresh. 10 out of 10!

What a Great Classic Movie.There is only one version to watch, and it is this version.Roll back the years and watch this Classic.Good Old Fashioned Music At Its Very Best.No Swearing, No Violence and No Aggression.What ever happened to those good old fashioned movies.Thank God Freddy Krugger and Bruce Willis (Die Hard Trilogy) weren't around when they made these type of movies.Product Link Below: The Wizard Of Oz [1939] [DVD ]Needless to say, I could only find it on Amazon.Best Wishes.Terry. The Wizard Of Oz [1939] [DVD

My grandchildren loved it once they'd left the scary parts behind. Nice to know a film of such antiquity is still appreciated.