Geek Deal: The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray for $37
Posted on Friday, September 24th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day is The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on sale for $36.99, 56% off the retail price of $85. The deal is only good until the end of the day, so act fast!
The set includes:
- Remastered feature with Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
- Commentary by Historian John Fricke including archival interviews of the film’s cast and crew
- Optional Music-and-Effects-Only or Original mono Tracks
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook
- “Prettier than ever: The Restoration of Oz”
- Sing-Along Feature
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic [1990 TV special]
- Memories of Oz [2001 TCM documentary]
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
- Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz
- Harold Arlens Home Movies
- Outtakes and Deleted Scenes
- It’s a Twister! Its a Twister! The Tornado Tests
- Off to See the Wizard
- 3 Vault Shorts
- Audio Jukebox Selections
- 6 Theatrical Trailers
- L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
- The Wizard of Oz [1910 short]
- The Magic Cloak of Oz
- His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz [1914 feature]
- The Wizard of Oz [1933 animated short]
- Munchkin Footage
- The Dreamer of Oz
- The Land of Oz
- Blu-Ray Exclusive: When the Lion Roars Documentary
- Limited-edition 70th-anniversary watch
- Original 1939 campaign book reproduction
- Behind the Curtain of Production 1060: 52-page commemorative book
- Replica of original movie budget
- All-new singalong feature (requires BD-Live or BonusView-enabled Blu-ray player)
- MGM: When the Lion Roars bonus movie (standard DVD)
Nearly four hours of extras new to this collection, including a documentary profile of director Victor Fleming, the TV movie special The Dreamer of Oz, and the 2007 Hollywood Walk of Fame salute to the Munchkins.
