The Wizard of Oz

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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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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

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MGM backlot featuredIn The Wizard of Oz
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Emerald City inspiredAdaptation The Wizard of Oz
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