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The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 83 corrections

Directed by Victor Fleming, starring Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

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When the group is in the Land of Oz and are getting out of the carriage to go to the "refresh room", the Tin Man's tights can be seen crinkling as he steps down from the carriage, showing that he is not "tin", or at least not completely. [All of his joints "crinkle." Not to mention that his face is obviously not solid tin. Nothing ever says he's "completely" made of tin, there's no reason why parts of his body can't be made of another substance.]
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"The Wizard Of Oz" is apparently set at or about 1900. The wide rubber tire tied to a tree limb as a swing and seen several times early in the film is of much more modern vintage. [I believe this is not an accurate assessment regarding the time-setting, as Toto jumps into the seat of a tractor during "Over the Rainbow," also the fashions of 1900 America would never allow Dorothy Gale (or any female) to show their ankles; however it would make sense for Miss Gulch's fashion sense to be 20-30 years behind the times. Also note that Miss Gulch's bicycle is not turn-of-the-century; the Wizard states, when he was "acclaimed Oz, the first Wizard de Luxe," that, "times being what they were, I took the job," an explicit reference to the Depression, which was of course occurring at the time. Just a few observations. :).]
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At least eleven pairs of ruby slippers walked off the Wizard of Oz movie set. One of them is now displayed in the Smithsonian Museum. [The use of multiple versions of the same costume is common practice on any movie shoot. Further, there are MANY classic movie props, costumes, etc. on display at the Smithsonian. This isn't trivia.]
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The Director - Victor Fleming, was working on "Gone With The Wind" at the same time. [Not true. He moved on to Gone With the Wind when most of Oz was finished. King Vidor came in and finished the Kansas scenes.]
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Even though he left production due to serious health problems, Buddy Ebsen actually does appear twice in movie in two different roles. First time he appears as Scarecrow (role for which he was originally cast) in first scenes with Dorothy. He is shown couple of times from behind. Second time he appears when Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion come to Witch's castle to rescue Dorothy. He plays Tin Man in all shots which shows three heroes from behind, including shot of them marching into castle. [Not true. Ebsen was recast as the Tin Man before any footage was shot. And all of his scenes as the Tin Man were reshot after his departure. The hair, costumes, and makeup were all different from his time on the film so there would have been dramatic mis-matches.]
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When the Wicked Witch of the West is writing the message in the sky for Dorothy, she begins with one letter. Two shots later, the entire message is written, without enough time for her to have written it all. [They do this all the time in movies. There's no reason to make the audience sit through the Witch writing the entire message, so if they show a beginning and an end, the audience knows the message had been written.]
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Frank Morgan held world record for playing most characters in single movie up until record was broken by Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor. Morgan played 5 characters in this movie: Prof. Marvel, Gatekeeper of Emerald City, Coach driver, Guard in front of Wizard's chamber and, of course, Wizard of Oz in both appearances (giant head and human). Eddie Murphy played 7 characters and it is still world record, while Morgan is now in second place. [You're forgetting Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005); Deep Roy played every single Oompa Loompa - and there were far more than 7 of them.]
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Regarding the Tin Man: tin doesn't rust. ["The Tin Man" is merely a name Dorothy gives him when she sees he's silver. What he's actually made of is never stated.]
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When the scarecrow is singing, "If I Only had a Brain", as he dances around the flowers on the fence seem to disappear and then appear again. [The flowers don't disappear, they're still there. The shot that you're talking about just shows the edge of the fence, which is not covered with the flowers.]
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The bows in Dorothy's hair are tied differently throughout the scene with Glinda the witch. [Too vague. Dorothy has a few scenes with Glinda.]
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Before Dorothy walks on the pig sty, Uncle Henry can be seen on the far right side of the screen. He stops, stands there for about 10 seconds and then walks to the right. In the next shot he's gone. [In this scene the camera never swings back far enough to see him again.]
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When Dorothy is knocked unconscious there is a brown pillowcase on her bed. Several shots later when she wakes up it's white. [The reason why it changed from brown to white is because it went from sepia toned to color. The original scene was shot in black and white, so it was originally white, but the people who re-mastered it thought that the sepia tone would look better. The pillowcase was always white: it was just the way that it was remastered in sepia that made it look brown.]
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In the poppy field the tin man says "this is terrible" but his lips don't match up with what he's saying. [It's the Scarecrow that says, "This is terrible", not Tin Man.]
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In the beginning, after the Wicked Witch talks to Glinda and Dorothy, she goes to disappear into the trap door. You can see she doesn't remember where the trap door is and has to go around in a circle to get to it. [It does not appear that she is unable to find the trap door; she makes the circle to sweep her skirt around her for dramatic effect before she disappears.]
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Before Dorothy goes home, she says a long and tearful goodbye to the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion. But originally she was going to fly off in a balloon with the Wizard, and just happened to jump out of the basket at the last second. Wouldn't she have already said her goodbyes before that? (Not that she wouldn't have said goodbye again, but the second time would have sounded a little different.) [This is a question, not a mistake. She was obviously going to say her goodbyes from inside the basket before taking off. When the balloon left without her she said her goodbyes on the ground instead.]
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Studio lights are seen reflected in Dorothy's bedroom window as it rips off due to the twister. [I have watched this scene several times, and there are no studio lights reflected.]
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During one of the times the cast sings "We're off to see the Wizard" (either after they meet the Tin Man or the Cowardly Lion), as they begin to walk off, above the main characters there is visible the sillhouette of a crew member swinging an arm projected onto the backdrop from behind it. [No, this is part of the infamous "hanging munchkin" scene. That is not the arm of a stagehand, it is one of the free-roaming birds extending it's wing. You can see it for yourself at the link given at the top of the main page for The Wizard of Oz.]
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Hunk takes off his left glove after he hits it with the hammer. In the next shot it's back on again. [Hunk was not seen in the very next shot or the next shot after that. He had plenty of time to put it back on.]
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As the Lion spots the guards sneaking up behind them his mouth is moving and he's saying a lot more than we hear, that has been edited out. [Not necessarily. That is an old movie tactic for demonstrating great fear; a character moves their mouth but are so terrified they cannot actually speak.]
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Judy Garland was actually born Frances Ethel Gumm, and changed her name in 1939. [Trivia, perhaps, but not for this movie.]
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