In the days before VCRs, DVDs, DVRs and video-on-demand, The Wizard of Oz used to be played on network television once a year. If you missed it, you had to wait a whole year to see it again. It was a tradition for many families to gather around the set and watch it together. It's time, once again, to mark your calendars for a special day to watch Oz together – this time in Hi-Def and on the big screen.
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the historic film, it has been entirely remastered and will receive an encore presentation in theaters nationwide at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17. The digitally restored film debuted at theaters across the country for one night in September. Many shows sold out and the encore is by popular demand.
The showing will include a special introduction by Robert Osborne, a classic film historian and host of Turner Classic Movies, who will share facts and stories about Oz. The event will also include an exclusive cut of To Oz! The Making of a Classic, that contains interviews with original Munchkin actors; an audio outtake of "If I Only Had a Brain" with Ray Bolger and July Garland, complete with stills and home-movie footage; and a look at how the MGM artists and craftsmen created the music, costumes and amazing special effects for The Wizard of Oz in the 1930s.
