Movie: The Wizard of Oz
Year: 1939
Genre: Family/Fantasy
Director: Victor Fleming
Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger

Snapshot of Story:
A timeless classic fairy tale that is still watched by many today especially around the Christmas season. Judy Garland who plays Dorothy Gale comes to an enchanted land full of magic and fairies and she must make her way to see the Great Wizard of Oz to get back home. On her way she meets very unlikely characters that also travels with her to the great city of Oz.

Storyline:
Judy Garland plays the sweet and innocent young girl where her house gets caught in a tornado and then lands in an enchanted land of fairies, witches and magic. She makes her way back by following the yellow brick road and so begins her adventure with the evil Witch of the East trying to thwart her every move. Through her adventure she comes across companions who travel with her and they all encounter many obstacles from the evil witch who tries to stop her.

There are many great moments in the movie with many scenes to please the young and old. The story has some undertone messages for the human spirit and comes in the form of the characters that Dorothy meets on the way. The first character she meets is the scarecrow who thinks he has no brain, the second is a tin-man who believes he has no heart with the third being a lion who has no courage. When they finally meet the great Wizard of Oz they discover that their search was in vain and what they sought was always been inside of them.

One of the memorable moments was the enchanting song ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ with with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg sang by Judy Garland herself.

Final Thoughts:
The movie is much loved by children and adults alike and has a special meaning to many people because of the beautiful script and story telling. The direction by Victor Fleming was ahead of its time and was one of a few movies that was done with Technicolor.

Rating:
9/10