The Wizard of Oz

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American film film musical fantasy film

The Wizard of Oz is a landmark 1939 American musical fantasy film renowned for its Technicolor visuals, iconic songs, and enduring status as a classic of Hollywood cinema.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)	29
1939 film The Wizard of Oz	6
The Wizard of Oz franchise	6
Wizard of Oz	4
The Wizard of Oz original motion picture soundtrack	3
The Wizard of Oz soundtrack	2
Oz, the Great and Dreadful	1
Oz, the Great and Good	1
Oz, the Great and Terrible	1
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film production)	1
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) soundtrack	1
The Wizard of Oz (common shortened title)	1
The Wizard of Oz (film)	1
The Wizard of Oz heritage sites	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ musical fantasy film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	Over the Rainbow ⓘ
basedOn	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	L. Frank Baum ⓘ
character	Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz ⓘ surface form: Dorothy Gale Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ The Cowardly Lion ⓘ The Scarecrow ⓘ The Tin Man ⓘ The Wizard of Oz (character) ⓘ Wicked Witch of the West ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Harold Rosson ⓘ
colorProcess	Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	King Vidor ⓘ Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ Victor Fleming ⓘ
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor	Blanche Sewell ⓘ
famousSong	Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead ⓘ Follow the Yellow Brick Road ⓘ If I Only Had a Brain ⓘ Over the Rainbow ⓘ We're Off to See the Wizard ⓘ
genre	family film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ musical film ⓘ
hasIconicLine	There's no place like home ⓘ Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore ⓘ
hasIconicProp	ruby slippers ⓘ
lyricsBy	E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
musicBy	Harold Arlen ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor	influence on popular culture ⓘ status as a classic of Hollywood cinema ⓘ use of Technicolor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Arthur Freed ⓘ Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ Victor Fleming ⓘ
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
registrySelectionYear	1989 ⓘ
releaseDate	1939-08-25 ⓘ
runningTime	102 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Edgar Allan Woolf ⓘ Florence Ryerson ⓘ Noel Langley ⓘ
selectedFor	National Film Registry ⓘ surface form: United States National Film Registry
setIn	Kansas ⓘ Land of Oz ⓘ
starring	Bert Lahr ⓘ Billie Burke ⓘ Frank Morgan ⓘ Jack Haley ⓘ Judy Garland ⓘ Margaret Hamilton ⓘ Ray Bolger ⓘ
yearOfRelease	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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The Cowardly Lion → adaptedIn → The Wizard of Oz ⓘ

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