DISC TWO
"The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz: The Making Of A Movie Classic" documentary [hosted by Angela Lansbury] (50:52 min)
"Memories Of Oz" -featurette (27:36 min)
"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" -featurette (narrated by Sydney Pollack - 29:44 min)
"Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz" -featurette (25:04 min)
"Harold Arlen’s Home Movies" -clips (4:39 min)
Outtakes and Deleted Scenes:
- "If I Only Had A Brain" - 'Scarecrow' Dance (5mins)
- "If I Only Had A Heart" - Buddy Ebsen Audio Track (1min)
- "Triumphal Return To Emerald City" (2mins)
- "Over The Rainbow" (2mins)
- "The Jitterbug" (4mins)
"It’s a Twister, It’s a Twister: The Tornado Tests" -special effects sequences (8:16 min)
"Off To See The Wizard": 8 cartoon segments (by Chuck Jones - 3:56 min):
- "The Cowardly Lion Needs A Light"
- "The Tin Man Creaks"
- "The Scarecrow Sneezes"
- "Toto Gets A Bone"
- "Wizard Gets A Sign"
- "Wizard Gets A Crystal Ball"
- "Gypsy Shows Wizard Cards - It's All In The Cards"
- "Wizard Walks Through Door"
"From The Vault (vintage shorts)":
-Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power (10:29 min)
-Excerpt From 1939 Cavalcade Of Academy Awards (2:14 min)
-Texas Contest Winners (1:25 min)
Audio Supplements:
- The Jukebox (286 min)
--- 1) "Over The Rainbow" - Various Takes
--- 2) "Munchkinland Medley" - Rehearsal Recordings (with Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg and Piano Temp Track)
--- 3) "Munchkinland Medley" - Sequence Recordings
--- 4) "Munchkinland Medley" - Voice Tests And Rehearsal Tracks
--- 5) "If I Only Had A Brain" - Various Takes
--- 6) "We're Off To See The Wizard" - Various Takes
--- 7) "If I Only Had A Heart" - Buddy Ebsen & Jack Haley Versions
--- 8) "If I Only Had The Nerve/ We're Off To See The Wizard" - Various Takes
--- 9) "Emerald City/ The Merry Old Land Of Oz"
--- 10) "If I Were King Of The Forest" - Various Takes
--- 11) "The Jitterbug" - Various Takes & Rehearsal Recording
--- 12) "Over The Rainbow/Triumphal Return To Emerald City"
--- 13) "Kansas Underscoring" - Kansas Sequences
--- 14) "Munchkinland Underscoring" - Munchkinland Sequence
--- 15) "The Road To Oz Underscoring" - Dorothy Meets The Scarecrow, Tin Man & The Cowardly Lion
--- 16) "Emerald City Underscoring" - Emerald City Sequence
--- 17) "The Witch's Castle Underscoring" - The Witch's Castle
--- 18) "Finale Underscoring" - Finale
- MGM Radio Show: "Good News Of 1939" (60:53 min)
- MGM Promotional Radio Trailer: "Leo Is On The Air!" (12:13 min)
- Lux Radio Theater Radio Broadcast (features Judy Garland, from 25.12.1950 - 60:46 min)
Stills Galleries:
- Oz on Broadway
- Pre-MGM
- Sketches and Storyboards
- Costume and Makeup Tests
- Richard Thorpe's Oz
- Buddy Ebsen
- Oz Comes to Life
- Behind the Scenes
- Portraits
- Special Effects
- Post Production
- Deleted Scenes
- Original Publicity
- 8/15/1939 Hollywood Premiere
- 8/17/1939 New York Premiere
- 2/29/1940 Academy Awards Ceremony
- Oz Abroad
- Oz Revivals
6 Theatrical Trailers:
- "What Is Oz?" Teaser [1939] (1min)
- B&W Loews Cairo Trailer [1940] (feat. alternate take of "Over the Rainbow" - 1:57)
- Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (3mins)
- "Grown Up" Re-Issue Trailer [1949] (2mins)
- Children's Matinee Re-Issue Trailer [1970] (1min)
- Warner Bros. Theatrical Re-Issue Trailer [1998] (1min)

DISC THREE
"L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind The Curtain" -featurette (27:43 min)
"The Wizard Of Oz (1910)" -silent film (13:17 min)
"The Magic Cloak Of Oz (1914)" -silent film (38:26 min)
"His Majesty, The Scarecrow Of Oz (1914)" -silent film (59:04 min)
"The Wizard Of Oz (1925)" -Restored silent version (71:48 min)

Memorabilia and Collectables
-"The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life" (8-page Grauman's Chinese Theater Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939)
-"Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere"
-"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News" (12-page "house organ" issue)
-"Photoplay Studies" (16-page study guide to the film)
-"Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio" (reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills - 9 portraits and photographs)

Picture format
4:3 Non-Anamorphic PAL

Soundtrack(s)
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
French Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 mono

Case type
Special Case

Notes
HMV Exclusive 3-disc digipack in a cardboard slipcover case. New "ultra-resolution" transfer with 5.1-track.
Disc One starts up with a Piracy trailer but it can be skipped by accessing the Menu.
The 1933 cartoon mentioned on the packaging is not present on the disc 03
 

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