1939 1h 42m Victor Fleming

The Wizard of Oz

Name: The Wizard of Oz
Genre: Kids & Family, Action & Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1939
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr

★ 8.1 IMDb

Kids & Family Action & Adventure Fantasy

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Writers Edgar Allan Woolf, Florence Ryerson, Noel Langley

Cast Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr

DP Harold Rosson

Production Designer Jack Martin Smith

Music Harold Arlen

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Scrutinising the rainbow: fantastic space in The Wizard of Oz by Alexander Sergeant, Alphaville In Rainbows - Bright Wall/Dark Room by Lindsey Romain, Bright Wall/Dark Room

On Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (Web Exclusive) by Peter Tonguette, Cineaste

In conversation with other films

Lynch/Oz by Marina Ashioti, Little White Lies