Tag: The Wizard of Oz
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‘Judy’ Trailer Stars Renee Zellweger as the Iconic Judy Garland
Roadside Attractions has released a full trailer for Judy. Renee Zellweger stars as showbiz legend Judy Garland in a film that charts the entertainer’s attempts to win over crowds in London while battling with addiction and depression. The story of Judy Garland is tragic. She never really had a chance since she was a young…
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The Wizard of Oz at 80: how the world fell under its dark spell
The 1939 classic has inspired everyone from David Lynch to Salman Rushdie. Novelist and super-fan Luiza Sauma explores why the film’s message about home still holds such powerEighty years ago, in the summer of 1939, 16-year-old Judy Garland appeared on cinema screens as the orphan Dorothy Gale, dreaming of escape from bleak, monochrome Kansas. “Find…
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‘The Wizard of Oz’ Revisited: How The 1939 Masterpiece Became a Cinematic Classic for the Ages
(Welcome to 1939: Revisited, a column dedicated to taking a look back at some of the films of one of the most highly-praised years in film history and explaining why they still matter today. In this inaugural entry: Jessica Mason takes a whirlwind twister ride and revisits The Wizard of Oz.) We live in a…
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‘The Wizard of Oz’ to Return to Theaters for 80th Anniversary
The Wizard of Oz is returning to theaters this weekend for a special limited engagement marking the 80th anniversary of the film’s Hollywood premiere. Fathom Events, TCM, and Warner Bros. are re-releasing the beloved family film in select theaters across the country beginning on Sunday, Jan. 27, with additional dates on Tuesday, Jan. 29, and…
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FBI Recovers Stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ Ruby Slippers
The ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are finally returning home.Thirteen years after the pair of sparkly shoes was stolen from a Minnesota museum, the FBI announced on Tuesday it had recovered the costume pieces during a summer sting operation.“At the heart of nearly every art crime, we see greed woven into the fabric…
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‘The Wizard of Oz’ Animated Film Will Retell the Story From Toto’s Perspective
Ever watched The Wizard of Oz and thought: this could be better if it was told entirely from the perspective of Dorothy’s dog, Toto? Well you’re in luck because Warner Bros. is developing an animated film based on Michael Morpurgo‘s children’s book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz. Because let’s be…
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Jerry Maren, Last Surviving Munchkin in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ Dies at 98
Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin from the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died at age 98.According to TMZ, Maren died last week and a funeral was held over the weekend at Forest Lawn in Hollywood.Maren was 18 when he was cast in the movie as a bouquet-wielding member of the Lollipop Guild…
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‘Fabled’ Trailer: Zosia Mamet and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lead a Feminist Retelling of Classic Fairy Tales
Following in the footsteps of her Pulitzer Prize-winning father, Zosia Mamet has penned a new television series for Refinery29. Co-created with husband Evan Jonigkeit (Joe Swanberg’s “Easy”), “Fabled” is an anthology series that upends classic fairy tales by giving them a feminist bent. The first episode of the series, titled “Anodyne,” sees Alice from “Alice…
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From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade
Depression-era audiences escaped into a whirl of glamour, fantasy and monsters in a decade that ushered in Hollywood’s golden ageThe 1930s were the making of Hollywood. When the decade began, films were monochrome, still sometimes silent (the majority had sound only from 1929), and largely uncensored. By the end, some were in glorious Technicolor, most…
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From The Naked City to Double Indemnity – why the 1940s is my favourite film decade
War changed everything, destroying whole film industries and heralding a new era of realism, grit and shoots on location•Read the rest of My favourite film decadeThe 1940s sundered the 20th century, dispatching an entire global framework and any number of abiding social orders to the ashcan of history. It offered both pinnacle and nadir of…