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Wizard Of Oz Movie Vs Book

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Metro Goldwyn Mayer's (MGM) The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical film. It's an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic children's book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It was MGM's most costly production at the time, with a budget of 2.8 million. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won two for song and score. The movie stood out for many reasons. It had sepia to Technicolor changes, catchy songs, memorable quotes and characters. Theater re-releases and annual television broadcasts made it a favorite for generations. The Library of Congress selected it to be preserved in the National Film Registry. Chosen media is considered culturally important. The Wizard of Oz has also appeared on several honorary lists by the American Film Institute. …show more content…

Trouble comes when Dorothy's dog bites her mean neighbor, Ms. Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Ms. Gulch gets a sheriff's order to have the dog killed. Dorothy runs away from home to save her pet. When she changes her mind and turns back, she sees a tornado quickly coming. A window breaks out and hits her head. Unconscious, she dreams her home fell in a magical land called Oz. She imagines Ms. Gulch as a witch who seeks to harm her. She's protected by mystical ruby slippers, given to her by Glinda, the Good Witch (Billie Burke). Glinda says that Oz's Wizard could help her return home. To reach the Wizard's castle, Dorothy must follow a long yellow brick

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The Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, proves to be a story that has survived the test of time. Even today, many critics are analyzing different aspects of the story and there is debate over what type of storyline it follows. Many make the argument that it was written as a myth or fairytale, while others believe the symbols can be better interpreted to have other meanings, such as being related to the Populist Party in the late 19th century and issues from the time period. Although many symbols and characters throughout the novel parallel common Populist ideas and people, it was not intentionally written to be a Populist allegory by Baum.

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Although The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz (Remake) both are musical films, they both have the same name of characters such as Dorothy Gale, The Scarecrow, The Tinman and The cowardly lion, However the films are different from each other. Yet in The Wizard of Oz there were American star actors such as Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Jack Haley to start off the original version. On the other hand The Wiz had an African American cast such as Diana Ross, Michael Jackson from the Motown productions of the well-known Quincy Jones. Even though, the classic films have similar names both films plots are totally different, whereas Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz lives in Kansas of the early 1900’s in a farmhouse, and then trapped in her aunt’s and uncle’s

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They do this because it makes more sense because Dorothy is trying to save Scarecrow. In order to make Dorothy seem less villainous and more like a hero, she kills the Wicked Witch of the West by accident while trying to save her friend,

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Despite just having  met her, Dorothy recognizes this kindness and takes her advice to travel to Emerald City, the Land of Oz. Oz, the powerful wizard is said to grant people's wishes; Dorothy’s being getting back to Kansas to her Auntie Em and Uncle.   On her way to the powerful Wizard of Oz, she runs into three unique characters: the

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The Wicked Witch is “The Destroyer” who doesn’t want to lose her power and, therefore, seeks her sister’s slippers that now belong to Dorothy. She makes

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The movie Wizard of Oz is about a girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto, get taken away in a tornado in Kansas. Dorothy goes on a trail called the Yellow Brick Road in Emerald City to meet a wizard and along the way she picks up a few friends. All of the character in the story are traveling along this Yellow Brick Road to find something for themselves. Dorothy wants to go back to Kansas. The scarecrow needs a brain.

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A place with munchkins, witches, wizards, and a girl name Dorothy trying to get home to Kansas in other words Oz. This 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz is on the top 100 American Film Institution (AFI) list because of the many themes, symbols, and motifs. According to Thomas C. Foster the author of How to read like a professor and Reading the silver screen themes, symbols, and motifs helps readers or film watchers to understand literature or movie plots better. In his books, he teaches us how to interpret and find these features in peoples works. In How to read like a professor it focuses more on the plot while the Reading the Silver Screen focuses more on the techniques of the film.

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In The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming, 1939, specifically during the beginning scene, Dorothy was in sync with the setting. Dorothy was in the proper placement of the props around her, adding to the feelings of her reflecting the place she is in. The background eluded to the idea that she is far away from the golden spherical instrument that 's supposed to hold a globe, on the window sill in the background. There 's also an interesting painting below the window sill, it 's a golden band of boxes; this could be the representation of how Dorothy is gonna get to where she 's going, the yellow brick road. However, the crystal ball seems to be the most prominent part of the scene, the contrast of Dorothy 's position enhanced the feeling to the viewer that Dorothy is scared and alone.

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The Wizard of Oz has revealed to be an exceptionally well thought out film when analysed. The film has made use of stylistic elements such as colour, light, sound and mise-en-scene which coincide with the various twists and turns of the plot as Dorothy moves from Kansas, to Oz, and back again. In The Wizard of Oz, the directors have employed the use of different unique editing techniques despite being an early film. It is obvious that the audience is able to notice the absence of colour in the beginning and ending of the film. The audience is able to identify the mood and overall feeling for Dorothy when she is in her family farm in Kansas.

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