t made until 1939, and there are no obvious references to suggest an exact date). One day Dorothy decides to run away from home in order to protect her little dog, Toto, after a horribly mean woman named Miss Gulch threatens to have him killed. Dorothy and Toto leave to discover the world, but after meeting a strange yet kind man named Professor Marvel, she decides to return to her home a few hours later, just as a tornado hits the farm. She is hit on the head as the tornado strikes, and instantly falls into a deep, color filled and magical dream. Dorothy finds herself in a fascinating world called the Land of Oz, where evil witches and good witches, tiny people called Munckins, and various talking animals all live. She is treated as a hero by the Munchkins, because her house had fallen on, and thus killed, the Wicked Witch of the East. But Dorothy soon discovers that this Witch had a sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, who is still very much alive. Glinda, the good and beautiful Witch of the North, makes sure that Dorothy is protected from this other Wicked Witch, by placing on Dorothy’s feet magic ruby slippers (red shoes), that have great powers, and that the Wicked Witch of the West very much wants to have. Although Dorothy loves many of the wonderful things about this new world, she very much wants to return to her home and family in Kansas. Glinda tells her that unfortunately, the only person who could help her get back to Kansas is the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, who lives far from Munchkinland, in the city of Oz. Thus, while wearing the magical slippers, Dorothy heads off with Toto on a long journey to Oz, by carefully following the famous yellow brick road that will lead them there. On the way to Oz, Dorothy becomes friends with three magical characters, all of whom decide to join her, both to protect her, and to see if the Wizard can also help each of them. Her three new friends are the Scarecrow, who wants the Wizard to give him a brain, the Tinman, who wants the Wizard to give him a heart, and the Lion, who wants the Wizard to give him some courage. Dorothy meets one after the other, and all the while, she must face the constant threats of the Wicked Witch of the West, who does everything she can to prevent Dorothy and her friends from reaching their destination. Eventually though, they do reach the city of Oz, but before the Wizard will give them what they desire, they must face the Wicked Witch one last time. After doing so, all of Dorothy’s friends seem to get what they had wished for, and Dorothy herself learns an amazing lesson about friendship, family and the way to get back to her beloved home in Kansas. A quick note on the film’s popularity: At least in the United States, The Wizard of Oz is probably the most widely known and recognized movie in the history of the cinema. It is shown every year on national television, and it is often the first movie that every generation
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