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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of two sparkling new editions of The Wizard of Oz for 25th October 2005. Voted by the American Film Institute (AFI) as the Best Family Film of all time, The Wizard of Oz has charmed audiences of every age for more than 60 years. On October 25, Warner Home Video (WHV) will celebrate this beloved classic with two bonus-packed DVD treasuries a Two-Disc Special Edition and a Three-Disc Collector's Edition. For the very first time, these versions of The Wizard of Oz boast a stunning new digital transfer of the original film, using Warner's "Ultra-Resolution" technology, plus a newly remastered soundtrack. As a result, viewers will experience the movies Technicolor splendour and unforgettable, award-winning songs and music like never before.

The Wizard of Oz Two-Disc Special Edition will be available for $26.99 SRP and the Three-Disc Collector's Edition will sell for $39.92 SRP. Both DVD editions offer extensive bonus content as detailed below...

The Two-Disc Special Edition

Disc 1:

New 2005 Ultra Resolution digital master from restored film elements

New commentary by historian John Fricke with selected archival audio comments by Barbara Freed-Saltzman (daughter of Arthur Freed), Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Ken Darby (orchestral and vocal arranger), John Lahr (son of Bert Lahr), Jane Lahr (daughter of Bert Lahr), Hamilton Meserve (son of Margaret Hamilton), William Tuttle (make-up artist), Buddy Ebsen, Mervyn LeRoy, John Lee Mahin and Jerry Maren

Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz

We Haven't Really Met Properly supporting cast profile gallery, narrated by Angela Lansbury

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook, read by Angela Lansbury

Theatrical trailer gallery

5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack

Original mono and music-and-effects-only audio tracks

Languages: English (Both Dolby 5.1 & original mono) & French

Subtitles: English, French and Spanish (feature film only)

Disc 2:
Documentaries on the movie's creation and impact:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic hosted by Angela Lansbury and Memories of Oz -- two original TV specials

All-New: The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz and Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz

Harold Arlen's onset home videos

Outtakes and deleted scenes

It's a Twister! It's a Twister! The tornado special effects tests

Vintage vault featurettes

Extensive stills gallery

More than six hours of audio-only treasures, including an "Oz jukebox" of recording session materials, radio shows and promos

The Three-Disc Collector's Edition -- includes Disc 1 and 2 plus:

Disc 3:
Four hours devoted to Oz creator L. Frank Baum, who published his first Oz book in 1900.

New documentary L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
Pre-1939 versions of Oz on screen

The Wizard of Oz (1910)

The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)

His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz (1914)

The Wizard of Oz (1925): restored silent version featuring Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon, with a new, fully orchestrated score by Robert Israel

The Wizard of Oz (1933 Cartoon)

Print Reproductions Include:

The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life Eight-page Grauman's Chinese Theatre Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939

Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere and the envelope that included tickets to the original Opening Night -- with a newly designed commemorative ticket

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News Sixteen-page edition of the studio's internal "house organ" newspaper, celebrating the release of The Wizard of Oz for the week of August 14, 1939

Photoplay Studies Rare secondary-education study guide to the film -- Volume V, Number 12
(circa August 1939) -- completely devoted to The Wizard of Oz, with articles revealing surprising insights from its producer, director, cameraman and scenarists.

Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio Reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills, including nine portraits and onset photographs

I read about this in the newspaper a couple days ago. The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite films of all time (I've loved it since I was a child), so this is particularly exciting news.

I knew holding off from buying the One-Dic version would result in my good fortune. That Three Disc set is all mine.

The particular treet is the Home Movies by Harold Arlen which I've hgeard of but never seen. I wonder what he was doing on-set since he only wrote the songs.

Im propably the only one on this board who hasn't seen this movie yet. The current DVD sucks so I didnt buy it yet, I hope they'll show it on TV soon to decide if I should get this release...

Mmm, I can't wait to burn this one.

But yes, Wizard of Oz is timeless, and if you haven't seen it, shame on you. It's on frequently, as a few of the networks just showed it over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Clearly a masterpiece. I dunno whether I need the "super-deluxe" edition though, I think the 2-disc'er is fine for the casual fan like me.

Not over here

Oops. Terribly sorry. Maybe you could download it using a torrent?

How fast does a torrent download for you?

Quite "shittily," if that is a word, which I know it's not. I usually go to my friends house, he uses Bitorrent and then uses the Pirate Bay website, but it rarely works. But I do know for a fact that many people use them frequently, and prefer them to P2P networks. I however still like Limewire. My friend is currently downloading Episode III. :p

I just tried Azureus and its going smooth so far...Itll need maybe 2 days or something...I have many other un-watched movies here but I think this is the first to check out

Mmm, it's a true classic.

The cover arts have been released.

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Scroll down to see the 2 Disk box and 3 Disk box.

The third disk, as seen in the first post contains silent adaptations of the book before the classic talkie.

Wouldn't it be great if it had an alternate commentary track of Dark Side of the Moon for the synchronization?

They show the original silent version on TCM usually after/before the 1939 Judy Garland classic version. It's alright, as far as silents go.

And I've never tried the Pink Floyd trick, but people swear by it. I think it would be funny if they just included it as an audio track, that way you could just switch over. Though the rights and legality, I doubt it would work.

Yeah, the silent version is kind of askew.

The Pink Floyd thing is something I wanna do. They say the ironies continue even after repeats. The album plays two and a quarter (or half) times through the film.