9/1/2023 0 Comments Wizard of oz with guns![]() The show premiered on NBC on Januand concluded on March 3, 2017. Joined by various companions, Dorothy embarks for the Emerald City to find the enigmatic Wizard of Oz and return home. A modern retelling of The Wizard of Oz, the series follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale, who is whisked away to the fantastic land of Oz by a tornado. Frank Baum (Books) Tarsem Singh (Director)Įmerald City is a 2017 fantasy TV series, based on the Oz book series by L. Character cues also line up with the album the line “lunatic on the grass” plays during the introduction to the Scarecrow, and “lunatic on the grass” begins during the beginning of “If I Only Had A Brain.L. Noted coincidences within the synchronized version include Dorothy balancing on a fence in her Kansas yard as the line “balancing on both waves” plays in the song “Breathe.” This transitions to the foreboding music during “Great Gig in the Sky” that begins once Dorothy's house is swept up by the tornado ironically, “Money” begins to play during the introduction to Oz, which was among the most expensive sets in MGM’s history. The trend spiked in popularity in 2000 when Turner Classic Movies aired The Wizard of Oz that allowed for audio synchronization, giving Dark Side of the Rainbow adherents to sync up the album. In the early Internet era, fan websites and videos extensively cataloged the coincidences and created synchronized edits. The Fort Worth Journal Gazette writer Charles Savage penned an article that suggested pairing a viewing of The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon. Garland died by accidental barbiturate overdose at the age of 47.ĭarker interpretations of The Wizard of Oz were also inspired by an unusual phenomena that first became popular in 1995. Garland also made statements later in life that she had been sexually harassed and assaulted by various co-stars cast as munchkins, whose abuses on set were frequent. Director Victor Fleming also slapped Garland during the sequence in which she terrifies the Cowardly Lion in order to get her to cry Fleming also frequently insulted Garland and subjected her to emotional abuse. Garland was also under heavy medication from sleeping pills at the time to meet the rigorous shooting schedule. While Haley, Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan made approximately $3,000 a week, Garland received $500. While Garland’s abuse at the hands of her managers, family, and collaborators within the studio began before her production of The Wizard of Oz, she was severely underpaid in comparison to her male co-stars. The tragedy surrounding Judy Garland’s life is one of the darker stories in Hollywood history Peter Quilter penned a biographical musical about Garland’s life titled End of the Rainbow that was adapted into the 2019 film Judy, which won Renée Zellweger an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was also injured during a scene where the Wicked Witch flies away due to an exploding prop broom that caught on fire. However, Margaret Hamilton (who co-starred as the Wicked Witch of the West) suffered a facial second degree burn during her iconic first appearance in Munchkinland. When the role was recast with Jack Haley, the makeup crew mixed paste into the aluminum powder so that it would not lead to infection while he did end up getting an infected right eye, Haley was able to recover. ![]() MGM reportedly did not believe his reports until a medical staffer made a complaint when Ebsen was told to film amidst his worsening conditions. The initial makeup applied to his face had serious side effects that made it hard for Ebsen to breathe, move, and speak during filming Ebsen stated in a 2005 DVD interview that MGM had ignored his reports of being sick. Initially, Buddy Ebsen was cast in the role of the Tin Man, but later quit the production after the egregious behavior by the studio. While accidents still sadly happen in the industry today, looser production standards during the Golden Age of Hollywood allowed many preventable injuries to occur. ![]()
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