Special features: includes all-new feature-length documentary, The making of the wonderful wizard of Oz; commentary by historian John Fricke with the film's cast and crew; The wonderful wizard of Oz storybook; Prettier than ever: the restoration of Oz; We haven't really met properly; Music and effects track; Original mono track; sing-along; Harold Arlen's Home Movies; Outtakes and deleted scenes; Stills galleries; Trailers.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1939.

"75th anniversary."

Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum.

Special features: All-new feature-length documentary, The making of the wonderful wizard of Oz; commentary by historian John Fricke with the film's cast and crew; Documentaries; Outtakes; Deleted scenes; Home-movies; Sing-along feature, etc.

GMD: videodisc.

[Disc 1]. Feature film & special features -- [disc 2]. Special features.

Disc 1. Main feature. Prologue -- Dorothy's dilemma -- Over the rainbow -- Miss Gulch -- Toto escapes -- Dorothy runs away -- Crystal-gazing -- "It's a twister!" -- Inside the cyclone -- Not in Kansas anymore -- "Come out, come out" -- It really was no miracle -- Ding! Dong! The witch is dead! -- The Lullaby League -- The Lollipop Guild -- "Who killed my sister?" -- "What a smell of sulfur!" -- Follow the Yellow Brick Road -- You're off to see the Wizard -- Dorothy meets the Scarecrow -- If I only had a brain -- We're off to see the Wizard -- "Apples!" -- A man made out of tin! -- If I only had a heart -- "Wanna play ball?" -- "To Oz? To Oz!" -- "Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!" -- Meeting the Cowardly Lion -- If I only had the nerve -- We're off to see the Wizard -- "Poppies will put them to sleep!" -- Optimistic voices -- The Emerald City -- The merry old land of Oz -- Surrender, Dorothy! -- If I were king of the forest -- Meeting the Wizard of Oz -- The haunted forest -- Attack of the winged monkeys -- Dorothy in captivity -- Toto's escape -- March of the Winkies -- The rescue -- "Seize them!" -- "I'm melting!" -- "The wicked witch is dead!" -- The Wizard revealed -- Heroic rewards -- The Wizard's balloon -- Glinda returns -- Dorothy's farewell -- "There's no place like home!" -- Special features. Commentary -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook -- Prettier than ever : the restoration of Oz -- We haven't really met properly -- Music and effects track -- Original mono track -- Sing-along.

Disc 2. Special features (continued). The making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz -- Because of the wonderful things it does : the legacy of Oz -- The art of imagination : a tribute to Oz -- Harold Arlen's home movies -- Outtakes and deleted scenes -- It's a twister! It's a twister! : The tornado tests -- Off to see the Wizard : excerpts -- Another romance of celluloid : electrical power -- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards : excerpt -- Texas contest winners -- Memories of Oz -- Audio jukebox -- Leo is on the air : radio promo -- Good news of 1939 radio show -- 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast -- Stills galleries -- Trailers.

Film editor, Blanche Sewell ; photography, Harold Rosson ; special effects, Arnold Gillespie ; musical adaptation, Herbert Stothart ; lyrics, E.Y. Harburg ; music, Harold Arlen ; costumes, Adrian.

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins, Pat Walshe, Clara Blandick.

Rating: G; general audiences: all ages. CHV Rating: G.

DVD; standard version, dual-layer format; presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, Dolby digital 5.1 (English) and Dolby mono. (French).

In English or dubbed French; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Academy Award winner, 1939: Best Music, Original Score (Herbert Stothart) ; Best Music, Original Song "Over the rainbow" (music by Harold Arlen ; lyrics by E.Y. Harbung)