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“We’re off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz!” Doesn’t that tune just make you want to link arms with someone and skip down the road?
Starting September 20th, and for one week only, The Wizard of Oz will be back in select IMAX theaters. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away 5, family 4-pack of passes to a special pre-screening of the movie in Westlake, Ohio. Each person who wins, will receive a special code which will give you access to passes. Each code will give you four passes which means that you can bring the family along. What a fun, frugal family activity!
Please keep in mind that while the winners are guaranteed passes, you’ll need to arrive at least 45 minutes early to get a seat. These screenings release more passes than there are seats to guarantee a full theater. I always suggest grabbing a seat and then getting your snacks.
Wizard of Oz Screening Info:
What: Wizard of Oz
Date: Sunday, September 15th
Time: 10:30 AM
Where: Regal at Crocker Park.
To enter, simply leave a comment below and tell me what you love most about this cherished film. Five winners will be selected randomly on Monday, September 9th and will each win a family 4-pack of passes. Good luck and see you at the movies!
THE WIZARD OF OZ 3D
Adapted from L. Frank Baum’s timeless children’s tale about a Kansas girl’s journey over the rainbow, The Wizard of Oz™ opened at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939. The film was directed by Victor Fleming (who that same year directed Gone With the Wind), produced by Mervyn LeRoy, and scored by Herbert Stothart, with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. DOROTHY™ was portrayed by a 4’11” sixteen-year-old girl who quickly earned her reputation as “the world’s greatest entertainer”—the incomparable Judy Garland. Ray Bolger appeared as the SCARECROW™; Bert Lahr as the COWARDLY LION™, Jack Haley as the TIN MAN™. Frank Morgan was seen in six different roles, including that of the wonderful “Wizard of Oz™” himself.
The Wizard of Oz™ received five Academy Award® nominations[i], including Best Picture (Outstanding Production), and captured two Oscars®—Best Song (“Over the Rainbow”) and Best Original Score — plus a special award for Outstanding Juvenile Performance by Judy Garland. The film was an overwhelmingly popular and critical success upon its initial release and repeated its ability to captivate audiences when M-G-M reissued the film in 1949 and 1955. The film made a new kind of history with its network television premiere in 1956 on CBS. Nearly 45 million people tuned in for this initial telecast, marking the beginning of an annual tradition. Ever since, The Wizard of Oz™ has been shown virtually annually on network (and then cable) television; its magical story and heartfelt performances have enabled it to grow from a perennial classic to its current status as a treasured icon of popular culture.
Disclosure: All opinions are my own. In exchange for promoting the upcoming film, I was given tickets to attend the screening.
Classic
I JUST LOVE THIS MOVIE FORM START TO FINISH,FROM BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOR,FROM TV TO DVD THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE AND IF I WON I WOULD TAKE MY MOTHER,AND MY NEPHEWS THAT HAVENT SEEN IT..:) GOOD LUCK TO ALL
would love to take our two daughters and show them one of our favorite movies as kids!!
What I remember most is the yellow brick road and toto ! Haven’t seen it in a long time but if I won I would take my daughters and niece !!!!
Love wizard of oz I watch it every time it’s on gotta love the classis they don’t make classic like this hope to go see it
Last weekend I introduced the movie to our boys. Their favourite part of the movie was the Emerald city b/c my little guys favourite colour is “green”. Kind of silly but I know they would love to see it in theatres.
Our 2 year old ADORES this movie!
I remember sitting as a child curled up with my mom watching this movie. Now my two little girls are old enough to do the same!
classic! love the lollipop guild boys! 🙂
A couple of reasons that this movie is special. My great-grandmother, watched this movie with me and my siblings as we were growing up, and cherished Judy Garland. Second, my youngsest brother (Age 22), who is handicapped, took on her love of Judy Garland, and grew up with the love of this movie and memories of watching it with our great-grandmother. Third, my daughters, Age 7, have been watching this with me since they were about 3. I think if we won, I would take my brother and my daughters to go see this movie in the theatre. We are on our fifth generation of lovers of thsi movie…and they would love it!
I loved this movie as a child and still do! My 3 year old daughter is fascinated by it! Classic!
Best movie ever!
Watched it every time it came in TV family favorite:)
My family wood watch it in tv when it would come on. It was a big deal!
I love it because it brings back memories of waiting to see it once a year when I was a kid. Now with DVD, my girls have watched it so much that the DVD is no longer usable. My 4 year old is even going as Dorothy this year for Halloween.
I love she says to “Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore” I loved this movie as a kid and would love to share it with my boys!
This is one of the true classics…my parents watched, I watched it and now we enjoy it with my kids. We have gone to see Wicked and have had each of the girls wear a Dorothy costume for Halloween. We have had many copies that have been worn out from watching them. Now a chance to watch it on the big screen!!! How totally awesome that would be!!!
I remember watching this movie behind the couch when I was a little girl. That green witch was really scary!!!’
Remember watching this is good ole black and white and loved it so much but never have seen the color format, so the 3D would be fantastic and would love to take the grandchildren to see it..thanks for doing this offer..
My older daughter im entering this for her! She is the biggest fan of this classic …growing up each year starting at age of 4 at halloween she dressed as a character..she knows all the lines and even collected the barbie dolls. I would so enjoy surprising her with tickets for this!!!!!
I love this movie. Traveling the yellow brick road is the best.
I love this movie because when my son was about 1 years old…he would yell for them to “get the horsies” when the twister was coming….a memory i will never forget
Would love to take the family!!
When I was a little girl they only showed the Wizard of Oz one time a year. That was a very special day and we would prepare all day baking (in our Easy Bake oven) and getting ready to watch it.
My favorite all time movie!!
I really love the movie. the cowardly lion is my favorite
Wizard of Oz is one of my most cherished memories of growing up! I just remember wanting a pair of ruby slippers and thinking they were the most beautiful shoes in the world! 🙂
Love this movie! It is one of favorite things!
Too!!I Have Loved This Movie Since I Was Young. I Recently Turned My 3 And 5 Year Old On To It To
This was my daughters favorite movie when she like 2 yrs old-3 yrs old!!! She would actually sit down and watch the whole thing I know weird right! You figure it would be kinda scary for a little girl, no she loved it, still does and she’ll be 6 yrs old on the 29th September.
i love that it is a timeless classic…..the magic is the same from generation to generation…..
This is one of my all time favorite movies. Ever since I was a little girl I always watch it. Judy Garland is a great actress and a awesome singer. Myfamily and iI would watch the movie together all the time and now my 6 year old daughter watches it with me and loves it.
I love this movie! I would watch all the time at my grandparent’s house, so much they got me my own copy on VHS. I still have it and on blue ray. I remember singing like a I was a star to somewhere over the rainbow! “Lions and tigers and bears oh my!!!”
I love it so much I played the wicked witch in our high school play. And nailed it!!
i loved this movie as a child. i watched it over and over. my children also loved it and would watch is over and over. great movie!! love the characters and goodness wins in the end!!
This is my youngest daughter’s favorite movie! She saw it when she was two years old and has loved it ever since. She started collecting Wizard of Oz memorabilia. We have two full bookshelves with all of her Wizard of Oz memorabilia on them. She’s dressed as Dorothy for Halloween. She’s had a Wizard of Oz themed birthday party and more. She would love to be able to see this movie on the big screen!!! I hope that my name is drawn so that I can share this gift with my daughter!!!!
I love to sing all of the songs! Judy has a wonderful voice =)
I never tire of the part where she opens the door after the tornado drops her house and it switches to color…always seems to take my breath away 🙂 The end get my tears going too, “There’s no place like home”… Hope I get to see this on the big screen !!!
I would watch this with my grandmom when I was young when I was sick.. I loved the munchkins.. every time I was sick. I watch it with my grand daughter. She lives the singing
This movie such a great movie not only because of the acting but because it teaches you to always keep home close to your heart. I have to say though my favorite part of the film is when they first go to the Emerald City. I want to live in a city like that.
Brings back memories as a child!!!! Asking a million questions to my mom trying to figure out what those little men were and why is there no color? Love it!! and love sharing it with my children!!
i was raised on this movie! My mother was born in ’57 and has always loved this movie and therefore passed it on to her kids. EVERY time it was on tv or in theaters for an exclusive engagement or a new special edition dvd came out (even though it was the same movie), we had to buy it and watch it over and over again, to the point where we know it by heart. my mother has an entire collection of the collector’s plates, figurines, christmas ornaments, etc and she’s just like a kid when she sees the movie. in March of this year, my 19year old step sister who has severe cerebral palsy, had to have spinal fusion surgery to straighten out her spine because her scoliosis was so bad it was crushing her lungs (and i’m not just making this up, i have photos i can share to proveit ) and during her 4 weeks at akron Children’s hospital in the PICU recovering, i decided to introduce her to one of my childhood favorites and bring her my copy of hte Wizard of Oz to watch. The minute it came on screen she was hooked – she can’t speak, but she’s expressive and can laugh along with the best of anyone, and the movie had her smiling, squealing and laughing over and over again, to the point where the nurses and i were playing the movie everyday for her. When i saw the movie was coming out in 3d (i’ve taken my sister to see several 3d movies now and she loves wearing the glasses and watching the movie pop out of the screen at her – she squeals and laughs eveytime!), i promised mom and Martia i’d take them both to see it, but i didn’t realize it was only in very few theaters and not really anywhere near Brunswick that i can find. My sister lives in a group home and is wheelchair bound and is on a medicine and tube feed schedule so i can’t take her too far from home for a whole day, but if i could win passes to take her and mom to see The Wizard of Oz in 3D, it would be such a great experience for the both of them.
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My youngest daughter absolutely LOVES The Wizard of Oz. She insisted
On a WOO birthday party last year, for her third birthday. She wears her Dorothy costume
Almost daily.
There are so many things about this film I love. First is that it reminds me of my childhood every year it came on one time and my mom would make caramel popcorn for us kids. The second is that I watch it with my kids and every time I watch it I remember my childhood and sing along. Hopefully my boy’s will do the same!
When we baked our bakery in the Easy Bake oven to watch the Wizard of Oz for our yearly celebration of it–The goodies we made in our little oven were so little it was all gone in less than 10 minutes! LOL Never made our snacks last til the tornado took us to Oz!
classic!
I love Wizard of Oz and collect the memorabilia. I have all the barbies as them and also porcelain dolls, beanies you name it i probably have it. I even have a life size barbie that is dressed ad Dorothy. I have watched this movie with my mother as a child and my girls have grown up watching and loving it and now my granddaughters are watching it. It is just the most awesome movie ever. I cannot pick out a favorite part as they all are but I cannot wait to see it in 3D
My favorite part of this movie is probably the quote from the Scarecrow, ” Well, some people without brains do an awful lot of talking don’t they?”
I loved the movie when I was young- would wait for the one night a year it was on tv. My 8 year old daughter has never seen it -what a wonderful way to see it for the first time!
We love it when all the colors come out. And the best part where dorothy realizes she could have alwayz had gone home by metely clicking her heels. Thrres no place like home….
I remember as a child watching this morning on cold winters days. I would love for my girls to watch it.
I love the tin man!
I would love to take my nephew to see this! Brandon is 7 years-old and has autism. He has always shown a love for “The Wizard” as he calls it. I am curious if we could get him to sit through the movie 🙂
Loved the who movie! Its a true classic!
This is one of my moms favorite movies I grew up watching it and have even been able to watch it live. It would be great to surprise my mom with tickets to watch it on the big screen.
Best movie ever! Would love to see it on the big screen….I loved as they travelled the yellow brick road as they meet up with each of the characters.
The flying monkeys of course!!
I love that this is a movie that the whole family can enjoy without worrying about violence (other than the house falling on the wicked witch) or bad language. A GREAT movie that is just as amazing the first time or the 500th time!! I would LOVE to take my boys to see this in the theater! It would be A fantastic experience!!
I love that I can enjoy this film as a child and adult and that my child also can!
Wonderful music, color and adventure. This classic is timeless, but to see it on the big screen would be amazing. To be able to take my children to see it on the big screen…. priceless!
Don’t think there was ever a better family movie! The Wizard of Oz cannot be topped!
Greatest books and movies ever!!! My daughter I love the movie so much, when she was a baby I made costumes for her and my son. She was Dorothy and he was cowardly lion. Still have those costumes 10 years later. Lol My kids still sit down and watch the original movie with me all the time.
Absolutely my favorite movie! I even wrote a 5 page paper on the movie in college.
Loved this as a kid and still do! I have an entire collection of Wizard of Oz memorabilia.
What else can i say but this is the best movie EVER!!!!!!!
There are so many great scenes in this classic movie. I think the scene stood out to me the most, as a child and still today, is when the wicked witch flies by on the bike during the tornado.
I made sure I introduced this movie to my now 4 yr old daughter because I love it so much and was hoping she would too! I’m glad it worked because she loves it as much as me! She loves going to plays. I took her to see Lion King and her cousin who is about 7 yrs old did a wizard of oz dance performance. It was great, she loved both!
This movie is magical! I still love it and my seven year old daughter loves it now as well!
This has to be my favorite movie of all time would love to take my mother to see it on IMAX with me!
Would love to take my family to see an all time classic/favorite movie:) Would be so much fun! We’re off to see the Wizard…thanks for all you do!!!
I Have watched this movie as a child. I have continue the joy of watching this movie with my children and grandchildren and would love to carry it on with my great grandchildren. PLEASE,
I loved this movie as a child and now I love it even more sharing it with my kids and watching them love a classic like this is beyond fun!!
My all time favorite movie! My family loves watching it on Thanksgiving and my son was in his High School musical version of it. Thanks for all your tips on saving my family money!
I love the ruby red slippers 🙂
The Dark Side of the Moon. 🙂
when the world shifts from black and white to color. it’s like she’s waking up to a whole different world.
My grandmother made this film special to our entire family, every generation after has learned the movie word for word. When it comes on we made fudge and popcorn and sit and watch it together in pj’s. Other than personal attachment my favorite thing about the movie would have to be the emerald city’s horse of a different color. 😉
I remenber watching this movie as a child, then watching it with my daughter, now I am seeing this classic with my grandaughjters–It would be wounderful to take them to a screening!!!
Although theres no place like home–I would love to go to the movies and see The Wizard of Oz on a theater screen!
Wizard of Oz is an american classic that will always have a special place in my heart! What could be more amazing than seeing it on the big screen? How about winning the tickets to see it? Lol!
Whether you are eight years old or eighty, everyone knows the story of The Wizard of Oz. For me that story began when I first saw the MGM movie as a kid. Never have I seen such an inspiring and imaginative story than the wonderful Wizard of Oz.