Tag: The Wizard of Oz
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M*A*S*H Cut What Would Have Been A Hilarious From Here To Eternity Parody
It’s easy to forget that “M*A*S*H” was actually a period piece. The acclaimed sitcom was filmed in the ’70s and borrowed liberally from compassionate discussions surrounding the Vietnam War, but it took place two decades earlier, in 1950s Korea. Despite anachronistic ’70s mustaches, a timeline that reimagined the relatively short Korean War as near-endless, and…
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How The Minds Of The Truman Show Helped Bring Greta Gerwig’s Barbieland To Life
“Barbie” might be a multimillion-dollar corporate product based on a ridiculously lucrative multimedia property, but it’s also an earnest love letter to cinema history. Of course, that’s nothing new for co-writer and director Greta Gerwig. A quick glimpse at the multi-hyphenate’s filmography will reveal she’s never shied away from openly acknowledging her influences. “Frances Ha,”…
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David Lynch’s Unmade Projects: 10 Films and Shows the ‘Twin Peaks’ Creator Almost Directed
Few filmmakers in Hollywood history have remained as unapologetically committed to a singular vision as David Lynch. From redefining the midnight movie with “Eraserhead” in 1977 to expanding our understanding of what television can accomplish with “Twin Peaks: The Return” in 2017, the four-time Oscar nominee has been a consistent force of unbridled creativity throughout…
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This Movie Dog Was Paid More Than Some of Its Co-Stars
The Wizard of Oz is one of cinema’s most recognizable films ever produced. The iconic movie was released in 1939, often dubbed “Hollywood’s Golden Year” for the number of films released during this time that became legendary and timeless classics. That year saw the release of films like Stagecoach, which was actor John Wayne’s breakout…
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10 Underrated Actors From the Golden Age of Hollywood, According to Reddit
The arrival of the Talkies revolutionized American cinema and ushered in the Golden Age of Hollywood along with iconic stars like Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, and Humphrey Bogart. Most film critics and historians credit the Golden Age as a pinnacle era of filmmaking that expanded classic cinema’s visual style and storytelling with groundbreaking films such…
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What Pearl Adds to the Horror Legacy of The Wizard of Oz
In 2004, Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments ranked The Wizard of Oz at #86 on its countdown. Among the miscellaneous talking heads, director Stuart Gordon and the Coors Light Twins agreed that the movie gave many children nightmares. Before taking flight over the rainbow, a tornado swirls around the flat Kansas landscape. The creepy costumed…
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‘Lynch/Oz’ Trailer: David Lynch’s Fascination with ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Unmasked
David Lynch is the man behind the curtain, the wonderful Wizard of Oz, in the surreal construct we call cinema. Or so documentary “Lynch/Oz” makes it out to be.Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, the film was born out of auteur Lynch’s response during a Q&a panel at the 2001 New York Film Festival following the…
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Yellow Submarine: The History Behind Robert Zemeckis’ CGI Movie Explained
Lost media discovery, the art of media archeology where intrepid researchers dig for as much as they can on films, television shows, and animation long abandoned and considered dead, has been given a lot of attention over the past few months over recent discoveries. A pilot for an American Sailor Moon that was known to…
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Auction of long-lost Wizard of Oz dress blocked by judge amid ownership row
Dress worn by Judy Garland set to sell for up to 1.2m but relative of priest who was given dress in 1973 claims it belongs to herThe dramatic story of a costume from The Wizard of Oz thought lost for decades went through another plot twist on Monday, when a judge blocked its planned sale…
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The Wizard Of Oz Is Going Down The Yellow Brick Road Back To Theaters This Summer
According to a report in Collider, “The Wizard of Oz” will be re-released in theaters for two days only, on June 5 and 6, 2022 by Fathom Events. This is set to coincide with the birthday of star Judy Garland, born on June 10, 1922. She would be 100.”The Wizard of Oz” premiered on August…