The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy and her dog Toto go through a tornado in her home state of Kansas and get swept to a magical land called Oz. They are met by the Munchkins of oz and show Dorothy how to get home is to go to see the wizard and ask him to get them home. She follows the yellow brick road to the wizard on the way she meets a scarecrow who needs to get a brain a lion who needs courage and a tin man who needs a heart they go through a bunch of different obsticles including the wicked witch of the west who wants the red slippers off of Dorothy's feet that belonged to her sister the wicked witch of the west. the crew get to the castle finally and go and talk to the wizard who is actually just a man behind a curtain. Dorothy finds out all she has to do is click her heels three times and say no place like home to get home. This movie has been remastered digitally and was an expensive movie for its time in 1939.
Director Victor Fleming
Writers Noel Langley
Florence Ryerson
Release Date Aug 25th 1939
Genre Adventure, Family, and Fantasy.

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1940	Won	Oscar	Best Music, Original Score Herbert Stothart
			Best Music, Original Song Harold Arlen (music) E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) For the song "Over the Rainbow"
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Art Direction Cedric Gibbons William A. Horning
			Best Cinematography, Color Harold Rosson
			Best Effects, Special Effects A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic) Douglas Shearer (sound)
			Best Picture
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Won	Saturn Award	Best Classic Film DVD Release
Cannes Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1939	Nominated	Golden Palm	Victor Fleming
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	Sierra Award	Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content) For the 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition.
National Film Preservation Board, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1989		National Film Registry
Satellite Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2005	Won	Satellite Award	Outstanding Classic DVD (Three Disc Collector's Edition).
	Nominated	Satellite Award	Outstanding DVD Extras (Three Disc Collector's Edition).
			Outstanding Overall DVD (Three Disc Collector's Edition).
			Outstanding Youth DVD (Three Disc Collector's Edition).
Young Artist Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1985		Jackie Coogan Award

Cast

(Complete credited cast)

	Judy Garland	...	Dorothy Gale
	Frank Morgan	...	Professor Marvel / The Gatekeeper / The Carriage Driver / The Doorman / The Wizard of Oz
	Ray Bolger	...	Hunk / The Scarecrow
	Bert Lahr	...	Zeke / The Cowardly Lion
	Jack Haley	...	Hickory / The Tin Man
	Billie Burke	...	Glinda
	Margaret Hamilton	...	Almira Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West / The Wicked Witch of the East
	Charley Grapewin	...	Uncle Henry
	Pat Walshe	...	Nikko
	Clara Blandick	...	Auntie Em
	Terry	...	Toto (as Toto)
	The Singer Midgets	...	The Munchkins (also as The Munchkins