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Section: One Thousand and One Nights
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The orphan Dorothy Gale is unhappy with her drab black-and-white existence on her aunt and uncle's dusty Kansas farm. Dorothy yearns to travel "over the rainbow" to a different world, and she gets her wish when a tornado whisks her and her little dog, Toto, to the land of Oz. But once she gets there, all she wants to do is get home to Kansas. So with the help of the Good Witch of the North, a Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, she sets off on the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, where dwells the all-powerful Wizard of Oz, who might be able to help the girl return to Kansas.
Country | U.S.A. |
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Year | 1939 |
Duration | 102 min |
Rating | - |
Language | English |
Subtitle | Czech |
Directed by | Victor Fleming |
Screenplay | George Seaton |
Director of Photography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
Contact | Hollywood Classics |
Biography
Victor Fleming (1883-1949) was an American film director, cinematographer and producer. He started in cinematography then directed many silent films. He made his breakthrough with the western The Virginian (1929). Among his most famous star-studded works are Red Dust (1932), Treasure Island (1934), Captains Courageous (1937), The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone With the Wind (1939).