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Pink Floyd Album synchronicity to the movie, Wizard of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz has been a classic film, ever since it came out. And Dark Side of the Moon has been a must-have on any album collectors shelf since 1973. Now you can enjoy them together. This synchronicity seems unbelievealbe! You start the Dark side of the Moon, on the MGM lion's third roar, and it plays together with the movie and fades out when the record is playing the last song, with the beating heart sound and that is when Dorothy is listening to the Tinman to see if he has a heart.
The recommended instructions for viewing it were to put in Pink Floyd's Animals (1977) album when Dark Side of the Moon ends and let the album play all the way through. When Animals ends, put in Meddle (1971) programmed for tracks two through five. The movie ends with the track "Seamus" which has a very "down home country" sound to it (which fits very well with Dorothy waking up back in Kansas).
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Munchkin hanging on the set?
It's true that you can see a shadowy figure fluttering in the background at the end of the scene in the Tin Woodman's forest, just as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman are marching offscreen to the strains of "We're Off to See the Wizard." And if you ever get a chance to see the film projected onto the big screen of a movie theater, you can quite clearly see that it is a stork flapping its wings. (Other exotic birds sharp-eyed viewers can also see in that forest are a toucan, a crane, and a peacock.) Let me say that again to make it perfectly clear to those who still believe it's a hanging man: but it is only a stork flapping its wings. |
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Songs & Music of the Film:
-MAIN TITLE/PROLOGUE [1:54]
-DOROTHY'S DILEMMA + [1:59]
-OVER THE RAINBOW [2:13]
Performed by Judy Garland
-MISS GULCH + [2:44]
-"IT'S A TWISTER, IT'S A TWISTER!" + [2:19]
-"TOTO, I'VE A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!" + [3:28]
-COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE [1:58]
Performed by Billie Burke and The Munchkins
-DING-DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD [2:49]
Performed by The Munchkins
-THE LULLABY LEAGUE/THE LOLLIPOP GUILD [4:57]
"The Lullaby League" Performed by Lorraine Bridges, Betty Rome, and Carol Tevis
-"The Lollypop Guild" Performed by Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colveg, and Harry Stanton
-FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD/YOU'RE OFF TO SEE THE
WIZARD [1:20]
Performed by Judy Garland and The Munchkins
-DOROTHY MEETS THE SCARECROW + [2:30]
-IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN/WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD [5:21]
-"If I Only Had A Brain" Performed by Ray Bolger and Judy Garland
-"We're Off To See The Wizard" Performed by Ray Bolger and Judy Garland
-"WHY IT'S A MAN, A MAN MADE OUT OF TIN!" + [2:10]
-IF I ONLY HAD A HEART/WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD [3:32]
-"If I Only Had A Heart" Performed by Jack Haley (Juliet's voice: Adriana Caselotti)
-"We're Off To See The Wizard" Performed by Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Buddy Ebsen
-"LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH, MY!" + [3:59]
-IF I ONLY HAD THE NERVE/WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD [1:09]
-"If I Only Had The Nerve" Performed by Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Judy Garland
-"We're Off To See The Wizard" Performed by Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Buddy Ebsen, and Bert Lahr
-OPTOMISTIC VOICES [3:09]
Performed by the M-G-M Studio Orchestra, The Debutantes, and The Rhythmettes
-THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ [1:38]
Performed by Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Tyler Brook, Ralph Sudam, Bobby Watson, Oliver Smith, Charles Irwin, Lois January, Elivda Rizzo, Lorraine Bridges, and The M-G-M Studio Chorus
-"SURRENDER DOROTHY" + [1:44]
-IF I WERE KING OF THE FOREST [3:25]
Performed by Bert Lahr, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, and Buddy Ebsen
-THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ + [2:53]
-THE WICKED WITCH TAKES HER PRISONER + [3:27]
-MARCH OF THE WINKIES (O EEE AHHH, EEEO, AHH) [1:14]
-ESCAPE FROM THE WITCH + [0:56]
-"I'M MELTING" + [1:13]
-OZ UNMASKED + [5:51]
-DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD + [2:02]
-THE RETURN OF GLINDA + [2:53]
-"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME" + [2:41]
-END TITLE [0:19]
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The Jitterbug:
When it was first previewed early in 1939, The Movie was nearly two hours in length, which was felt to be too long. So a number of scenes were shortened, and several dropped entirely, such as the return to the Emerald City after melting the Wicked Witch of the West (including a reprise of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead"), an extended version of Ray Bolger's dance during "If I Only Had a Brain" (which was recovered complete in the 1980s), and a scene where the wicked witch really does turn the Tin Woodman into a beehive, complete with animated bees. Also cut was "The Jitterbug," an elaborate song-and-dance number that came right before the Winged Monkeys captured Dorothy and her friends in the Haunted Forest. It's still referred to in The Movie when the witch tells the monkeys, "I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them!" No one is exactly sure why it was cut, since it took several weeks to choreograph, rehearse, and film, and cost quite a bit of money, but the best guess is that it was too lighthearted for the dramatic tension of the story at that point, and unlike the rest of the musical numbers, it was extraneous and didn't advance the plot. It was also felt that it would date the film, as "jitterbug" had already become slang for a hot dancer at that point, and the studio hoped the film would have lasting appeal, for at least ten years. (If only they'd known...) While the footage is now lost, Harold Arlen did take some home movies on the set during rehearsals, which have now been made available on both television (the Ripley's Believe It or Not show was its first public appearance of the entire film) and video. And numerous community theater productions have put "The Jitterbug" back into the story, either in its intended place in the Haunted Forest or as a replacement for the poppy field.
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Dorothy and Toto |
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