REVIEW The Wizard of Oz

NOVEMBER 24, 1998 a r , VIEwas, Kansas and beyond

Dorothy and Toto return to the big screen in digitally remastered form

By Julie Jordan StaffWriter

The year was 1939 as Dorothy took her stroll down the yellow brick road. Now 60 years later, "The Wizard of Oz" is back on the big screen.

Adapted from children's classic "The Wonderful World of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, the movie opens in rich sepia and changes to color when Dorothy and her house land on the Wicked Witch of the East. The remainder of the movie is Dorothy and Toto's struggle to return to Kansas.

On her way to see the Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City, Dorothy, played by 16-year-old Judy Garland, encounters the Scarecrow. He sings of his need of a brain, and accompanies Dorthy down the yellow brick road.

Further along the way they come across the Tin Woodman and he joins them to ask the Wizard for a heart. The Cowardly Lion is the final addition to the group, and he intends to ask the Wizard for courage.

Of course the Wicked Witch of the West constantly interferes in their quest, and in the end Dorothy discovers her ruby slippers are all she needed to get back over the rainbow.

The story and characters are legendary, but when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in 1939 it was a failure for MGM. The film cost more than three and a half million dollars to make and only grossed three million.

Despite the failure of this classic, it was rereleased in 1949 and its success brought the total to over four million dollars.

A new TV series "Lost in Oz" is now in the works, and is scheduled to be released in the fall of 1999. Tim Burton will be the executive producer.

A digitally remastered print of "The Wizard of Oz" is now playing in over 2,000 theaters around the country. Rating A

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