The Wizard of Oz
We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives.
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $34M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
23 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Wizard of Oz actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
1 win · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 6 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography, Color
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Wizard of Oz returned 12.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Aug 21, 1939
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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