There's this one movie/musical called 'Seven brides for seven brother' And during one sequence, they released a flock of birds (you know, for spectacle) and about a minute later, one bird flies right into the portrait background and then flutters away, its really hilarious to watch, yes the bird was fine, but still 😆😅
Green Screen techniques were actually first used in 1940 (the year after the Wizard of Oz was released), only then they used blue instead of green. The first movie released using chroma keying was "The Thief of Baghdad."
@@kateiannacone2698 It wasn't exactly chroma key - that was an electronic television technique produced instantaneous mattes, and the results were actually pretty crude (you can see some rough video-to-film-to-video transfers of this nature in mid-late 1970s-early 1980s shows like the 1970s Spider-Man TV series). Blue screen optical mattes were complex, difficult, and photochemical, requiring many photographic "plates" and passes through an optical printer, a complex device that combined many pieces of film, re-photographed them, and combined them into a single image. Special oversized formats were used to create the effects seen in the classic Star Wars films, for instance.
The witch's voice and laugh are so perfect because she basically invented the sound of a witch. Every other witch you've seen is doing an impression of her.
@@Ayaforshort And more importantly, just about a decade into film with sound, or "talkies"...and just about 15 years after sound recording was invented.
It is wonderfully rare to find someone who has not seen this enchanting film. You are obviously open to new movie experiences and I bet you will appreciate the treasure trove of classic films that await. There are a lot of young reactors reviewing movies. You are among the best. Love the authentic wonder in your eyes. Looking forward to more from you.
We showed this at our theater as a free summer kid film in 2005. I got to live vicariously through eyes of over 300 kids. So much fun! One of my favorite memories.
@@FLE22P Well, yes, there are people who pretend to be watching movies for the first time. However, it's also possible that they've never seen it, or not all the way through; but have heard of it and are just reacting to the entire film. In other words, it's possible that this is Technically a first viewing, but he's heard of the movie via memes and references
Fun fact: My dad thought this was a black and white movie until about the late 1990s. When he was growing up they had a black & white tv only. By the time the 70's rolled around and they had a color tv he thought the movie was for kids so he didn't watch it and as a adult in the 80s he never got around to watching it either. Then in the 1990s he had my older brother and sister and for several years they had an old black and white tv up until like 1998. Then he watched it on a regular color tv for the first time and his mind was blown!
Now you know the origin of the expression: "the man behind the curtain!" Nick: one of the best reaction videos EVER. Most of us can't even tell you about the first time we saw this movie, we were so young. This is EVERYTHING a "Wizard of Oz" fan could want in a first time reaction. You noticing the score, right from the first sight of Miss Gulch on the bike.....priceless. Every moment of this video was as special as the movie itself. Thanks for giving all of us this experience! I never even think to request this from reactors because I figure everyone has seen it! lol. They should put this reaction video on the DVD, it was so beautiful to watch.
Tic Toc Melody, you're so right! I'm literally in the middle of writing a comment to Nick and most of what you've written totally resonates with me. Love this comment so much! ♥
The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were both released in '39, and play significant roles in raising people's spirits during the Great Depression. They aren't the first technicolor film, but were some of the first to help revive it after cost cuts due to the depression.
The movies in general raised spirits during the Depression (which had been going on for nearly a decade in '39), not just "Wizard Of Oz" (which was a flop) and "Gone With The Wind" (which was never as great as all the hype, at least not in my lifetime, and which hasn't aged particularly well, right from the opening credits, right from the first shot of the introductory text). 1939 was a major year for movies, there are a slew of great movies from that year I'd watch that have aged better.
@@fernandamelo6959 What's funny is that both movies had more than one director but only one of them credited and it was the same director, Victor Fleming. The Wizard of Oz had a total of four directors filming the movie; Richard Thorpe (who was fired after two weeks and whose work was discarded due to it not fitting the vision of the film, only a few still pictures remain of his work), George Cukor (who was really a creative consultant until he had to return to directing Gone with the Wind, he was responsible for the tone of the movie and Dorothy's overall look, which was much different in Thorpe's footage), Victor Fleming (he is the one credited since he directed the majority of the movie, he didn't alter Cukor's vision though since the producer, Mervyn LeRoy, was satisfied with the creative direction), and King Vidor (who ended up filming the Kansas scenes when Fleming was called at last minute to replace Cukor as director for Gone with the Wind, he didn't claim credit for his work until after his friend Fleming died ten years after the film's release).
When you was talking about the movie being in black and white I just couldn't wait till the color scene to start and the look on your face for the transition, I even counted down when it got to the last 3 sec.
@@baskervillebee6097 Although that shot is indeed awe-inspiring, even now, Technicolor started in the 1920s, in the silent era. "The Black Pirate" (Douglas Fairbanks) was a huge hit and is what put Technicolor on the map. (and is a great movie you can see for free on youtube!) That's 1926. There were numerous color movies by the time of "Wizard Of Oz" in 1939 and other color films that year included: Drums Along The Mohawk, Gone With The Wind and The Private Lives Of Elizabeth & Essex, off the top of my head. So it wasn't like people had never seen a color movie before. Also, the movie flopped, initially; it was on TV that it got a second life. ("It's A Wonderful Life" is another movie like that)
You are literally the first person I've encountered in my 50 years on this earth (who wasn't a literal toddler) who hasn't seen this movie and it was just as amazing as I thought it would be to see someone experience it for the first time. I can't even remember when I saw it for the first time, it's just always been part of my life. This was wonderful.
Fun fact Liza Minnelli Judy Garland's daughter married a man who went to the set of The wizard of Oz when he was a kid and he looked up and saw one of the flying monkeys take off its head and scream "hurry the fuck up it's hot up here!" He was so scared and was afraid to watch the movie
I'd run and hide when they came on, and watch the movie from behind the couch until they left, LOL. Then when I was about 11 I played a flying monkey in a stage version of The Wizard of Oz...I couldn't be scared after that lol!
I always saw this movie’s meaning as sort of a “count the blessings that are already in your life” sort of thing. Since this was released during the depression people constantly wanted more money, but needed a reminder that riches come in all forms.
It was released the first year of World War II and the last year of the Great Depression. I think that’s one of the reasons it’s such a beloved classic. It came out when, for a lot of people, the world was falling down around them.
@@monsterhanna6691 it is funny after she says that to scarecrow I wonder if the other two were like hey what about us! Also after watching for 50 years I finally noticed Toto’s little wagon bed with his name on it in Dorothy’s room always missed before I guess focused on Dorothy anyway thanks!
there was going to be a subplot about Dorothy and the farmhand Hunk being in a relationship, they nixed it because 1. the film was already long enough 2. Dorothy in the book is supposed to be like 10 years old and Hunk was originally going to leave for agricultural school
the thing I realize now about this movie, that I didn't realize when I was a kid..is that the tin man HAS a heart, the scarecrow DOES have brains and that the Lion has some big time Courage .. Love this movie, love all the songs, I had a stroke when I was 31, I was put into a drug induced coma because my blood pressure was out of control, when I came out of it one of the doctors asked if I knew the guy that had just come from behind the curtain (there was a curtain drawn around me in the hospital) I said YES.. that is the Wizard of Oz lol.. my husband now has The Wizard of Oz tattooed on his arm :D he will always be my Wizard of Oz . he was the man that came through the curtain :D
One of the greatest voices of all time. It was a bit shocking that Nick was completely unaware of that. I'm so glad to see young people watching older movies so great actors and singers don't become forgotten.
There is a cut scene in the witch castle. She sings another line from Somewhere Over the Rainbow and she sold the heartbreak so well, the camera men were crying
There's something so wholesome about seeing you watch this in complete wonder. Also, you caught that the actor that played Prof. Marvel also played the doorman and the Wizard of Oz, but he also played the carriage driver as well as the crying guard.
The reason I love these reactions is because of how wholesome they are. I came here literally to see the reaction when to Munchkinland because of the new colour, and his face didn't disappoint.
"I'm just blown away. Everything's so gorgeous!" Imagine being one of the people who saw it when it was released. It wasn't the first technicolor movie ever, but it's definitely one of them.
My great grandma was like 12 at the time when this movie came out, and she said that when Dorothy stepped outside and everything was colorful, a bunch of people in the theatre gasped and they were completely blown away. I wish I was alive to experience that, that must’ve been an amazing, magical experience
This film won two Oscars, Best Original Music Score, and Best Original Song (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), as well as an Academy Juvenile Award given to Judy Garland for her performance. ❤️ It was also up for Best Visual Effects (lost to The Rains Came), Best Art Direction, and Best Picture (lost both to Gone with the Wind). A true juggernaut of a film that has never lost its appeal to this day. The fact that a film can be loved 82 YEARS later is truly a miracle. ❤️
Well, the least we could say is just only a true masterpiece like this one can really be timeless, actually...that's basically the difference with a simple good film.
This is my all-time favorite film, and I am always shocked when someone hasn't seen and grown up with Oz. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes watching your reaction. The fact that a grown man can view this for the first time, 80+ years after its release, and still be awestruck is a true testament to the eternal power of The Wizard of Oz. Bravo 👏🏾 👏🏾
When I was little, in the time before VCRs were a thing, this was shown on tv once a year. My mom made this a special occasion, and we'd get to stay up late and have special snacks and we'd all snuggle down to watch it. Judy Garland was amazing. You might want to try her version of A Star Is Born. "The Man That Got Away" is ICONIC.
Being a child of the seventies, the only way to watch TWoO was the one time each year it was shown on TV. All of us kids would talk excitedly at school about how we looked forward to it. The whole family would gather around the TV that night, Jiffy Pop made on the stove top; and you knew it was something special. Fun fact: I didn't know for years about the switch to color in Oz as we only had a black & white TV set. This was a lot of fun watching with you.
Fun Fact: Toto can talk while he's in Oz. There are 14 books in the original series and he talks in all of them except the first one but he reveals that he could have if he wanted to.
Young man, this was just so heart warming! This is my favorite movie of all time. I started watching as a very young child setting on the couch behind my Dad for protection from those flying monkeys. I am glad I found you , will enjoy looking through your other reactions. Thank YOu!!
When I studied vocal performance in college, I learned that Minnesota has some of the best singers in the country. Their dialect and manner of speech actually lends itself well to proper singing technique. One of my teachers was from up there, she had the sweetest accent.
I remember when I was 10 years old I went to the Smithsonian Museum with my parents and grandparents and they had Dorothy’s red slippers on display. I asked my grandma what Wizard of Oz was and she looked at my mom like she had completely failed as a parent lol
The reason for the panic when she fell in the pig pen was that pigs will happily eat you. More than one farmer has disappeared down his own pigs' throats.
@@dylancole1910 oh yes. I watch/read/podcast a lot of true crime, and pig farms are a running trope because they are a very... thorough way to dispose of a body. They even eat the bones, so you're literally left with little to no physical evidence (and often, no body means no case because nobody knows if they're actually dead or just missing)
Not even halfway through your reaction and I've been weeping almost constantly for 24 minutes. I was introduced to this movie as a young child in the early 60s. We had a tiny black and white TV that used vacuum tubes instead of transistors. Wizard of Oz was broadcast on network television (no cable of course at the time) once a year. Despite the small B&W TV we watched it as a family event every year. I think the first 10 times I saw the movie were all in B&W. Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Ray Bolger were all well-known song and dance men of their era, but Bolger particularly was a virtuoso! This movie made me a fan of virtually all his work.
I recall Ray Bolger and Jack Haley as Oscar presenters one year, both still making quips about their Oz roles. Touching to watch. Must've been the late 1960s, but I don't remember any other details about that broadcast. Interesting that Jack Haley Jr. later became the Producer of the Oscars telecast.
What a beautiful remembrance, Zeno, thanks for sharing all that. I was crying my eyes out throughout this reaction as well, it was so beautiful to see. I think I had to watch "WIzard Of Oz" once on a black & white TV, not sure. It was either that.....or The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" which was another colorful movie that only came on once a year (in the 70s). One of those two movies, I remember feeling cursed to have to watch it on a black & white TV! Both have sequences with horses/people that change color, that's the part I remember being annoyed with, lol. Anyways, yeah, when "Wizard Of Oz" would come once a year, you planned all week for it, you didn't take phone calls, the whole family made an event of it. "King Kong", also.....in the NYC area, they played "King Kong" (and "Son Of Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young") every Thanksgiving.....and that was the real exciting part about that holiday for me as a young kid!!!! :D
The first part of the movie was filmed in sepia tone. That's the almost rusty look. Judy Garland said in her later years she actually got tired of singing Over the Rainbow. She said she had rainbows coming out of her ass. At that time, coming out of the great depression, that song really spoke to people. The last surviving munchkin, Jerry Maren, died in May 2018.
Liza and Lorna her daughters said their Mom loved to make disparaging remarks about anything related to Oz when she was really kidding. There is a short clip on UA-cam when she says the munchkins were drunks but shakes her head no at the end.
As I suspect is the case for millions of children since 1939, this is one of the first movies I ever saw, when I was three. Nick, your reaction here is SO SPECIAL. Watching it through your eyes was like being a child again. Your reaction is as magical as the film itself.
I can’t wait for this reaction!! The childhood memories and nostalgia are coming back!! Back then, the witch and basically every character that she meets on the yellow brick road was a bit scary to me when I was little . Thanks to that movie I was really scared of the tornado. Don’t be sorry Nick, I’m glad that you could share your experience with us 🥰
I was so scared of the flying monkeys....and the castle....I clearly remember being terrified as a little kid. This is probably my favorite movie of all time.
YOUR REACTION WAS SO PRECIOUS AAAAAAA there’s actually a prequel movie about the Wizard of Oz I really recommend Oz the Great and Powerful!! It came out years ago and it’s sooo underrated!!
What an experience -- Practically everyone has seen this as a kid and likely multiple times. Your unique perspective as an adult watching this for first time will likely never be duplicated.
Nick, I'm so happy you finally watched this and that you loved it as much as you did. In the late sixties and early seventies, this came on every year on network TV before the days of VHS and DVDs. As kids, we looked forward to the annual showings as much as Christmas or birthdays -- it was a family event, and then we talked about it with our schoolmates the next day. Watching you react to this for the first time with a beautiful childlike wonder made me so happy and nostalgic. I still look on it as my favorite movie of all time, and I thank you for sharing your delightful reaction with the world. ❤❤❤ Oh, and the witch was always my favorite character!
Except for 1963, this film was shown on network TV every year from 1959 to 1991 which is why so many people are overly familiar with it. I also remember it being a big deal as a kid back in the early 70s. I remember one time going over to a neighbors house who had color TV before we did and watching it with our families together. As a teenager in the 1980s I had seen it more than enough times that I didn't even know it was still playing every year anymore.
I met the cowardly lion "Burt Lare" when I was a kid in 1966. He was pretty old by then but as nice as he could be. Crazy how well you remember stuff like that.
My grandma actually saw the wizard of Oz in theaters. She was given a nickel to put in the church offering and kept it and found a dime on the way home from school so she was able to go to the movie and have enough for popcorn and a drink. She got in huge trouble but she said it was worth it I'm really hoping you'll see this one cuz I'm late commenting.
@@RabidNemo yeah! It WAS badass! And because "Oz" wasn't a huge hit, you don't find that many people who saw it when it originally was released! God I love that story! I can totally see her, with her popcorn, sitting in the dark! I have a family member who stole a car so he could see The Beatles, that's about the only equivalent I can offer you in return! :D I LOVE your grandmother! :)
@@TTM9691 I saw it as a kid crossing the ocean on an ocean liner. We snuck into the first class area where they had a movie theater. I was 10; my younger brother was 6. He freaked out when the witch appeared in the crystal ball, and I had to take him out of the theater. I saw it again a couple of years later.
Margaret Hamilton, who plays Ms. Glutch/ THE WICKED WITCH, was actually a kindergarten teacher who got into acting, but was clearly not the typical "movie star beauty". However, she got a call from her agent saying, "You got the part in THE WIZARD OF OZ," and she was like, "Oh, GOOD! I've loved that book since I was a little girl! Who am I playing?" There was a pause, and he said, "Well............the witch." She cried out, "THE WITCH?!" and her agent said, "Yeah, what else?" LOL. Kinda mean but funny all at once, but doesn't matter. She's still remembered today for being one of the scariest film villains and took pride in the part for the rest of her life (even though she was nearly scarred for life when a fireball was ill-timed and both her costume and makeup set her on fire)
MARGARET HAMILTON {THE WITCH} WAS SEVERLY BURNED DURING THE SCENE SHE CAME UP TO MUNCKIN LAND!! HELD UP PRODUCTION FOR AWHILE!! SHE CONTINUED HER PART EVEN IN PAIN!!!
So, we stumbled across your channel, and this video in particular, by accident the other day. We watched it and my wife and I both unanimously decided that we want to adopt you! Haha! You're so cute! We love your (seeming) innocence and enthusiasm! Thanks for brightening our lives!
Oh boy the facts I have share about this film: 1. The film was released in 1939. 2. The book is film is based on is actually quite dark and Dorothy had to retrive the Witch’s eye instead of her broomstick and L. Frank Baum the stories write made a total of 14 Oz books, 3. Walt Disney had the rights to the Wizard of Oz for quite a while and had intended to make it in the 1950’s with the cast of the Mickey Mouse club, but could never figure it out and after the rights were going to expire in the 1980’s so the studio made an Oz film which is actually a follow up to this film called Return to Oz and please watch it, but now it is very very dark, 4. You probably figured the people in Kansas played their Oz counterparts (Miss Gluch is the Witch, the farm hands are the scarecrow, tin man and lion, and Professor Marvel is not only the Wizard, but also the man at the gate of the emerald city, the cabbie in the city, and the man who announces them to the wizard), 5. Margaret Hamilton ironically was a school teacher before she went into acting imagine having her meet you on your first day of school (wanna play ball?), 6. There was no such thing as greenscreen back then and those are actually painted backdrops, 7. MGM saw that Snow White was a big hit so they gave the go ahead to make Wizard of Oz to compete as a family film. 8. They had wanted Shirley Temple to play Dorothy but Fox was not going to let her out of her contract to be in the film which was actually a good call. 9. The original runtime was 121 minutes but unfortunately was cut down to what it is now, thankfully all of the original score and the original recordings of the songs survive including the full footage of the extended scarecrow dance which can be viewed here: ua-cam.com/video/sSFQy_cLvLU/v-deo.html also notable at leas to me is the reprise of The Witch is Dead by the Winkies and then the Citizens of the Emerald City: ua-cam.com/video/-sxh52qEMmQ/v-deo.html the reason the film wasn’t restored to it’s original version is because there was a film vault fire in the 1960’s which destroyed basically everything that was cut from the film, 10. The Ruby Slippers are actually one of the displays in the Smithsonian Museum, 11. The film was not a big hit when it first came out, but thanks to repeat screenings at Thanksgiving time on television in the 1950’s and forward it gained it’s audience, 12. The scarecrow actually had the statement of the squareroot math problem wrong because it is actually a right triangle not a isosceles triangle, 13. The problems that occurred while filming are legendary including the “snow” they are dropping is 100% industrial-grade asbestos despite the fact that the health hazards of asbestos were known at the time. Asbestos exposure is associated with lung cancer and mesothelioma. 14. Even though Walt Disney made it so the voice of Snow White never had another film role, but you can hear her voice in this film during the “If I only had a Heart” song (wherefore art thou Romeo), 15. The Tinman’s leaning dance was actually the inspiration for Micheal Jackson’s smooth criminal leaning dance, 16. The Lion costume was that of a real lion and was dangerously hot and the actor inside (Bert Lahr) got really overheated. Plus it weighed 90 pounds, 17. When Margaret Hamilton’s witch is leaving Munchkinland through the elevator drop on the floor they mistimed the fire and her and she ended up burned and In addition the copper-based green makeup she had on was so toxic it could not be ingested, so she was forced to go on a strict liquid diet during filming and when she was burned the makeup team had to frantically remove her toxic copper makeup before it seeped through her wounds, 18. stunt double for Hamilton, Berry Danko While shooting the famous "Surrender Dorothy" skywriting scene, Danko's left leg was injured when the Witch's broomstick (which was actually a smoking pipe) exploded. The Wizard of Oz stuntwoman spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and endured lifelong scars from the accident that sent her flying off the broom. 19. The original actor to play the tin man was buddy ebsen (who would go onto fame as Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies) he had to drop out because he nearly died as a result of the aluminum makeup dust they were using he ended up being allergic to The actor said he experienced violent cramping in his hands, arms, and legs and was rushed to the hospital as he struggled to breathe after ingesting pure aluminum into his lungs. Ebsen was put under an oxygen tent for two weeks and ultimately fired from The Wizard of Oz after he was told to "get the hell back to work" while still in the hospital. The Tin Man's replacement, Jack Haley, was painted with a less toxic aluminum paste but he still ended up with an eye infection from the silver makeup, what’s interesting is you can actually hear Ebsen in the finshed film during the reprise of “Off to see the Wizard”, 20. While filming a scene in which Dorothy slaps the Cowardly Lion, Judy Garland supposedly had a giggling fit and was unable to finish the scene without breaking into laughter. Apparently, she couldn't bring herself to stay serious while slapping a man wearing a lion suit. According to some sources, director Victor Fleming allegedly slapped her to snap her out of it, and she delivered a flawless line delivery on the next take. 21. Five different directors are credited with taking the helm on The Wizard of Oz. There were also more than 10 screenwriters working on the script, and it was constantly changing. Original director Norman Taurog was replaced by Richard Thorpe, who was replaced by George Cukor. Only working on the film for several days, he helped the musical numbers improve, but was ultimately replaced by Victor Fleming. Cukor signed on for Gone With The Wind after leaving Oz, but was fired and was replaced once again by Fleming. Since Fleming was now absent from Oz, King Vidor finished the last few weeks of filming, adding the Kansas scenes including "Over The Rainbow," which was almost cut from the final film. Victor Fleming ended up with the sole director credit (as well as the one for Gone With The Wind), since he had the biggest influence on the movie. 22. The song Over the Rainbow actually won the Oscar for Best Original Song and Best Original Score 23. The way they had the horse appear multicolored was smearing jello over it, 24. Going one step further, Dr. Douglas A. Rossman, writing “On the Liquidation of Witches” in the Baum Bugle, Spring 1969, suggests that the melting of the Wicked Witch is a chemical process. Normally, the molecules of a substance (or Witch) stick to each other, a phenomenon called adhesion. However, adhesion may be broken down by water or by some other powerful force (such as a house falling from the sky). The Witch has no blood or other bodily fluid; little is holding her molecules together. The water breaks down the weak adhesion of her body so that she melts away. Son of Dex says this is similar to the way sugar dissolves in water. Similarly, the impact of Dorothy’s house landing on the Wicked Witch of the East breaks down the adhesion of her molecules, so she crumbles to dust.On a more symbolic level, there’s a long tradition of water being antithetical to witches. A commonly prescribed trial for an accused witch was the ordeal by water: the suspect was tied up and tossed into a river. If she floated, she was guilty, and would be burned at the stake (hence, the water-and-fire making a neat little symbolism). If she sank and drowned, shucks, guess she wasn’t a witch after all. Water is associated with baptism, and thus the water of the river rejects the witch as satanic. This type of trial was carried out as late as the 1690s. 25. Teenage actors were often given adrenaline shots to keep them awake, and barbiturates to help them sleep. Garland was no exception. Garland was already taking pills before she was hired for Oz, but she began using them more frequently once on set. She was also given diet pills to slim down. 26. The slippers in the book were originally sliver, but were Changed to ruby to take advantage of the technicolor. 27. The twister was dirty pantyhoes hanging from the ceiling.
@@nickflix8657 First sorry I didn’t put spaces between each point. Also I had typed this out a couple days ago when you said The Wizard of Oz was coming up. The last surviving cast member of the film died in 2018 was Jerry Maren who in this film was a member of the Lollipop Guild he was 98 years old.
Sorry, but your last fact is not correct. Pantyhose did not exist in the 1930's. It actually was a large wind sock filled with Fuller's dirt; it hung from a crane that was twisted and moved across the set. The special effects department had a really hard time figuring out how to show the twister because there weren't even many real films that showed twisters in action; mostly, they had still photos. I think that they did a splendid job. There is a book called "The Making of the Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz which gives a detailed and inside view of the whole movie. She interviewed everyone that was still alive, from writers and make-up artists to the music dept. It's a fascinating read.
I believe it was Thanksgiving time and the the hanging in the tree was actually a turkey, if I remember right. I have one of the big box sets of The Wizard of Oz, and I think that is what they said in one of the interviews.
This is without question the most dear movie to my heart and your first time reaction was a pure joy, so glad you shared it with us! When I was a child in the 60s, we couldn't just rent movies, you saw then in the theater when it first came out or if it was shown on TV. The Wizard of Oz was very airfield n because it was shown on TV, one ever year. It was a very special occasion and our whole family would cuddle together in our living room, with the lights off (like we were in a theater) and watch it together. Big, big hearts! There must be so much of popular culture you never understood before you saw this. Flying monkeys. "I'll get you my pretty!" Follow the yellow brick road! Wanna play ball, scare crow! "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking". Over the rainbow... The man behind the curtain. So much!
I loved your child-like, wide-eyed wonderment throughout this reaction! Now check out ''The Wiz'' (1978). A New York icon destroyed 20 years ago served as the Emerald City. 😢
This was one of the first films to use Technicolor. Really cool fact is that they couldn't composite the color and B&W together so in the scene where Dorothy walks out of her house into the color world they actually made a house set that was painted B&W inside. The B&W Dorothy is a double wearing B&W clothes, she goes off camera while the real Dorothy in color comes in.
I can remember watching this as a child and we had no clue that part of this was in color, because all we had was a black and white TV. Years later is when I saw the color in the film, when my Father bought our first color set, I watched this every year for many years when they replayed it.
it's reactions like this that keep me coming back to your channel. you have this childlike wonder when you see movies for the first time and this one is no exception. I'm so happy we got to experience your first time reaction to this classic film. thanks for sharing it with us! 😃
28:20 -- The original book explains this better: poppy flowers are the source of opium, which is why they make people tired (when there are enough of them put together). BUT, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man *are not made of flesh;* this is the reason they are not affected, as Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion are. It is also somewhat clearer in the book that each of the characters already has the quality they are seeking: in the film, we do see the Scarecrow thinking at several points; but the Tin Man doesn't clearly demonstrate unusual compassion, he only cries a bunch of times; and the only glimpse we get of the Lion's courage is through his real-life counterpart on the farm (when he rescues her from the hogs, despite being scared himself).
@@LavianoTS386 True. He does. But it takes the other two to prod him into it... and stop him from running away! (Contrast the pigpen situation, where Zeke ran in after Dorothy without a moment’s hesitation - even though, as it turns out, he was terrified.)
@@artsysabs yes, they were all really good, but some contradict the others since the universe is so big. There are actually 40 books, but everything except the first 14 weren’t written by the original author and thus are shit. If you want to read them buy the copy that says it includes the lost books of oz, that one has everything. There are some other fantasy books by the author that you have to read first so you understand the story.
@@avimo2565 You know it's been confirmed that a wizard of oz show has been greenlit following the 13 stories and they're actually going to cast a little 8 year old girl to play Dorothy
Holy crud! How have you NEVER seen any Wizard of Oz-- I mean it's been referenced and parodied in *SO* many things! This reaction is so pure, I love it!
@sam lombardi That's what I thought, but then I remembered that growing up, it used to be an event when Wizard of Oz would come on around Thanksgiving or the holidays. Also, the number of channels, even on cable, are dwarfed by todays oversaturation of media. With all the cable stations, satellite tv, internet tv, streaming services, dvds/blu-rays, etc. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that fewer people of younger generations know fewer 'classic' films and shows.
I love your commentaries, Nick. You get so emotionally attached to the characters and the world, which makes for an entertaining watch. The wizard of oz has been my favorite for years, the entire cast was so talented and gave their ALL in this film. Judy Garland is a mesmerizing actor, with such a clear resonating voice at such a young age. Margaret Hamilton also completely steals the show. Everyone in this movie did a great job, there were hundreds of production issues, and the actors endured so much, it's insane. Their work deserves to be remembered, and I'm glad you decided to check it out!
Your joy watching this film was an absolute delight to witness. I know almost everything there is to know about The Wizard of Oz, the film and the whole book series by L. Frank Baum. As well as almost everything about Judy Garland (actress who portrayed Dorothy Gale here). I see a lot of people have shared behind the scenes film facts but if there is anything specific you want to know, I’m happy to share. Here a few of my favorite Oz facts that aren’t in the comment section yet: According to Meinhardt Raabe, the actor who portrayed the Munchkin coroner (the man with the death certificate), there was a no jewelry policy on set. This seems to be strictly adhered to as the only overtly visible piece of jewelry in the whole film is Meinhardt’s university ring, which the costumer forgot to tell him to remove. The dog who portrayed Toto was a female Cairn Terrier named Terry who was terrified of wind machines. It’s a testament to her owner/trainer Carl Spitz that she was able to “act” during the tornado scenes at all. Despite like colors and similar patterns making it look like the Munchkin ladies are all wearing the same thing, every single Munchkin costume is unique from hair piece to shoes. Except for the obvious groups: soldiers, birds, lullaby league dancers, and lollipop guild dancers. Terry the dog was paid more than the actors portraying the Munchkins. She took home $125 a week while most munchkins took home $50 a week. There was a huge argument between the men portraying the Winged Monkeys and MGM. The men thought they were getting paid for each time they were hoisted into the air. In reality, their salary was being based on how many hours they worked. And no, the rig wasn’t the safest. Billie Burke (Glinda’s actress) was 54 during filming while Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West/ Miss Gulch) was only 36. In the credits the Munchkin actors are referred to as the Singer midgets. This is literal. Most of the Munchkin cast members where part of a circus troupe of little people managed by one Leo Singer. The rest of the Munchkin actors were free players (unassociated with Singer).
The music, art direction, and just the overall story is magic. The Wicked Witch of the West is The premier template of a perfect wicked witch. She, along with the Cowardly Lion, are scene stealing characters
The looks of wonderment on your face during this reaction to the 1939 classic is a joy to behold. Everything is a new experience, as every scene beloved by generations before are revealed to a new and excited new viewer. I have loved your reactions but this is definitely my favourite.
I remember Ray Bolger wasn't even supposed to play the Scarecrow. He was meant to play the Tin Man, but he was really cross about it, so he went to MGM and kicked up until they cast him as the Scarecrow.
I absolutely loved your reaction to this film. I've seen it so many times, and love it so much, but to watch an adult, experiencing it for the first time, and finding not only the wonder, but the magic of all the connections, brought me RIGHT back to childhood. Thank you.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!! The greatest of all musicals! (Let's call "Wizard of Oz" more than just a musical, so we don't have to have the two compete!). I'm not even a huge musicals person, but SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is fantastic!
This was by far my favourite of your reactions Nick, but I'm also biased because The Wizard of Oz is my absolute favourite movie of all time and I soooo appreciate how much you were enjoying it. I was waiting for you to see the transition from black and white to colour and you gave that scene the credit it deserved. It's the most magical movie ever with so many surprising elements and you commented on every single one which was just so enjoyable to watch. And the score... Oh man... As soon as Leo the Lion (the MGM lion) roared at the beginning of the movie and you first heard the music, I knew you were in for a serious ear-treat lol I was trying to hold back tears of joy throughout because everything in this reaction was so heart-warming to watch, plus I wasn't feeling well today and WoZ is my go-to movie when I'm sick, so thanks so much for this amazing reaction and for helping me feel better.
When I was a kid and the house landed and I saw her open the door for the first time it was, is, and always will be one of my favorite moments in all of film history.
This is my first time on your channel and I must say..... BRAVO! Thank you for 52 minutes of pure joy. Your reaction sent me back 50 years to the first time I watched it. I was amazed, enthralled, in love with everything about it, just as you are, and it's remained my favorite movie. Grease is second, BTW 😍 Thank you so much for the memories!
"i'm a really big fan of witches" 4 and 34 year old me: ho ho hoooo, he is about to fall in love!!! "wait is this a musical?" holy shit, man ahahahaha . his face when saw Oz in colour!! !kjelkhlhsdfkhsd GOT EM!!! my second favourite film forever since i was 4. it's just perfection
I love this movie! It’s one of my favorites. When I was younger, one scene that always made me so excited was when Dorothy skipped/danced down the yellow brick road as she’s leaving Munchkinland while the Munchkins sang “You’re Off to See the Wizard”. During that scene, I would always dance/skip along with Dorothy. Sometimes I tripped over my own feet when I did, but I didn’t care. I was just impressed with how Judy Garland danced during that scene, and I wanted to dance just like her.
Nick, I got super emotional watching you react to this. This movie is one of the very first ones I remember watching (the first one I remember was The Swiss Family Robinson). You just reacting so earnestly to this is why I watch reactors.
My face hurts from smiling so much seeing how much you were enjoying this movie. When I was a kid watching this I never connected that her uncles or anyone in her life were also the characters in Oz. When she woke up at the end and said "You and you and you were there", I had no clue what she was talking about. When I got older it seemed so obvious. lol
Watching this now and I think it’s amazing when you said “is this a really old movie?” And commented how Judy Garland had a beautiful voice. For me, it’s such a classic movie. My parents had me watch it every time it came on TV when I was growing up. Awesome to see someone who has never seen it.
This is such a wonderful movie, and it always brings me back to my childhood. Margaret Hamilton was spectacular as the wicked witch. A true icon! Hard to believe this movie is now 82 YEARS OLD!
Margaret Hamilton was Judy Garland's best friend on the set. Everybody was making Garland's life miserable during the filming and she'd often finish in tears. Hamilton would bring her to her own trailer, give her tea and offer her motherly sympathetic advice on how to handle the director and the other cast.
When MGM made her tour across the country and she missed her graduation(Judy Garland had shown her a dress she was looking forward to wearing onstage with her classmates) she called Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and screamed at him until she was hoarse.
This is a special one for me. It was my Grandma's absolute favorite movie (may she rest in peace). I see this movie and I think of her. Fun fact: the shoes weren't red in the book this was based on. They were originally silver. They just made them red in the movie to show off the technicolor they had.
Loved reliving this classic with you. We had to wait once a year to watch it on tv. We'd get so excited. I love that you really had no clue about this film. Hard to imagine it was released in 1939, such great filmmaking.
The munchkins are confused because only bad witches kill and Dorothy is not ugly. They might have thought the house was some type of broom or bubble that transported her there.
@@bobbentz5993 My statement is without context…First, she asked if she good or bad then a minute later, she says only bad witches are ugly. @Quirderph Apparently she knew what beautiful meant since Dorothy said it.
Thank you nick for this reaction. I consider this the single best movie ever made. Ever since I first saw it at age 7 in 1959--20 years after it was made (1939). Each part of this movie laid the foundation of several generations of pop culture. It's a unique masterpiece that'll never be equaled. I shed another pint of tears watching your reaction. Beautiful.
Imagine going to the cinema in 39'. Most movies were still in black and white, and no one had seen what we call a "trailer" nowadays, only movies posters (which were always in color). You sit in movie theater, watching the beginning of the movie expecting all of it to be the same color scheme. Then Dorothy gets to Oz and the colors come alive... Wasn't alive myself back then, but heard stories that the whole crowd would gasp as one in shock
Hi there! Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your reaction. It took me on a trip thru my childhood that left me in happy tears. FUN FACT: All the flowers in Munchkin Land are flowers that can be found in Kansas. The set designer wanted the place to look extraordinary, but they also wanted to hold to the idea that it is all pulled from Dorthy’s imagination. So, they made the ordinary wild prairie flowers that she would be used to, but made them huge. I always loved that little touch of the familiar becoming fantastic and awe inspiring.
I'm so happy the film hasn't lost any of its appeal. I was moved by your reaction when it went to color. The transition shocked people in 1939 and it still elicited the same reaction today. Get your hands on Judy Garland's album recorded from her performance at Carnegie Hall. You won't regret it.
Im 62 and have watched this movie over 100 times. It came on once a year way back in the olden days 😊 and I think it still does. I have to say watching you enjoy this classic from the 1930's with the famous Judy Garland was one of my favorite times ever watching it. It was fun to see your reactions and total enjoyment 😊 Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!
That freaking tornado scared the hell out of me all through my childhood. Tell you what, though - I'd LOVE to see you react to Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. It's one of the movies that made Steven Spielberg and John Williams such an ironclad guarantee for a mindblowing piece of cinema.
ANOTHER great suggestion! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is an awe-inspiring movie and Nick would do a FANTASTIC job with it! Every reactor I've seen do it is blown away and one (Ashleigh Burton) calls it her favorite movie she's reacted to, she routinely cites that as the one to beat.
During the tin woodsman’s song, you can hear a voice that says “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”. That is the voice of Adriana Caselotti, who was the voice of Snow White two years earlier.
This is my older sisters favorite movie. This movie also had a troubling production as Victor Fleming, the original director, was fired a month into filming, while George Cukor, Richard Thorpe, and King Vidor were hired for some reshoots. Fleming, however was given free range while making the 8 Time Oscar Winning Epic Gone With The Wind. After Judy Garland saw the Cowardly Lion, she couldn't stop laughing, so Fleming slapped her in the face, and gave him a kiss on the cheek, thanking him for setting her straight. The actress whom played the Wicked Witch, Margaret Hamilton, got burned by the flame thrower after the trap door underneath opened too early. The actors whom played the Munchkins got drunk and started to sexually assault Garland on set. Buddy Ebson was originally hired to play the Tinman, but developed an allergic reaction to the makeup he was wearing.
I'm not gonna lie, the wicked witch scared the HELL out of me when I was a kid. Now that I'm a grown man.... She still terrifies me. Love your reaction as always. You laughed probably the most in this reaction more than any other then I've ever watched. Your laughter is contagious. See you next time bro ☮️
I saw the movie when I was ten on an ocean liner going to Italy. We were in tourist class, and me and my brothers snuck into the first class theater, where they were showing the movie. When the witch appeared in the crystal ball, my younger brother got so terrified that we had to take him out of the theater. We saw the rest of the movie a few years later.
You are such a sweetheart! I just found your channel through this video. The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie of all time, and I haven't seen any other reactors watch it yet. It made me so happy to see how much you appreciated it! I also cry when they take Toto away and when she leaves Oz. And you picked up on all the parallels between Kansas and Oz perfectly. This really isn't just a kids' movie and there are lessons in it that span far into adulthood. The Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion all exhibit the traits they think they lack-brains, heart and courage-dozens of times. We are our own worst critics!
Nick, really amazed you watched this since many young reactors don't do these old classics. My mother, 9 at the time, saw this when it first came out in 1939 along with my grandmother. They had never seen a color movie before (as most of the US) and they, along with the audience had no idea the color scene with Dorothy arriving on Oz was going to happen. They said when it did it was so magical-like the audience erupted in gasping, "Oooooh"s and applause! It was amazing to see you react to Wizard of Oz like I imagine she did. As kids growing up in the 60s to 70s we never missed it when it was on TV. Watch it a few more times then check the "making of" documentaries someday, as it would amaze you more how it was produced. There's a LOT of cinema gold in those of the 30s, 40s and 50s+ most in glorious B&W. If you want to try a couple more classics do the two here ranked 1st and 2nd on AFI's Top 100 Films: Citizen Kane (1941) the incredible film by Orson Wells also staring in it (one whose other works you should explore), and Casablanca (1942) the one Humphrey Bogart is most known for. When you do the later, put yourself in a pre-WWII frame of mind as I believe it's set just days before the US enters the war! And released about a year into it. There's many more but don't want to overload you. LOL! ✌️😎
It's fun seeing adults react to a film that most people have seen multiple times since childhood. I was especially thankful that you didn't approach this film with the cynicism that most adults have. This is probably my favorite film of all time. When I was a child, CBS had the rights to this and showed it once a year (like "A Charlie Brown Christmas", or "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer"). It was a yearly event that my siblings and I always looked forward to, and is why it's such a part of our culture. I was a teacher for 30 years and whenever a student asked my what my favorite quote is, I always repeated the advice the wizard gives to the tin man - "A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others”.
11:31 - It was difficult and genius how they transitioned live in one take from black and white to colour in that scene! The scene was actually all in colour but the inside of the room and door was painted black and white to appear that it was like a black and white film, so when Dorothy opened the door, you'd see the real colour of things outside as a bright shock! 26:10 - James Hetfield of Metallica from 2019!!
I was of the generation that grew up seeing this movie on TV every year. I also read all 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum, as well as a couple written by authors who came later. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published in 1900 and considered the first great “American fairy tale.” This was very early in the color era, and the transition from black and white to color within the movie was a huge deal. (They trick you a bit in the scene at 11:30 where she opens the door out onto Oz: it’s shot in color but the inside of the house is all done in sepia tones, and it’s a double in a sepia tone dress who opens the door, then gets out of the way so Judy Garland can appear in color.) Trivia: Frank Morgan is wearing a coat that actually belonged to L. Frank Baum (a name tag was in the lining).
This is what is so beautiful about movies and music. They last forever and it's always new to someone. Someone will always be discovering this wonderful movie.
The Great and Powerful OZ is a prequel made a few years ago. It shows how the young Wizard landed in OZ. It has the Wicked witch before she turned evil.
Margaret Hamilton who plays Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch was also a kindergarten teacher in real life. Out of character, she was actually the sweetest person. She had a lot of fun playing the Witch, though she did get burned when she left Munchkinland.
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Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction. See you tomorrow for Moulin Rouge!
Are you releasing Paprika on your channel?
@@jasonnunez6411 Yep should be coming tomorrow with Moulin Rouge!
@@nickflix8657 awesome
How watch the wiz please with Diana Ross
Yay, my favorite movie
Actually green screens didnt really exist back when this was made, those scenes were giant paintings.
There's this one movie/musical called 'Seven brides for seven brother'
And during one sequence, they released a flock of birds (you know, for spectacle) and about a minute later, one bird flies right into the portrait background and then flutters away, its really hilarious to watch, yes the bird was fine, but still 😆😅
@@peregrinfandomizer that's a great movie
I actually didn't know that😄
Green Screen techniques were actually first used in 1940 (the year after the Wizard of Oz was released), only then they used blue instead of green. The first movie released using chroma keying was "The Thief of Baghdad."
@@kateiannacone2698 It wasn't exactly chroma key - that was an electronic television technique produced instantaneous mattes, and the results were actually pretty crude (you can see some rough video-to-film-to-video transfers of this nature in mid-late 1970s-early 1980s shows like the 1970s Spider-Man TV series). Blue screen optical mattes were complex, difficult, and photochemical, requiring many photographic "plates" and passes through an optical printer, a complex device that combined many pieces of film, re-photographed them, and combined them into a single image. Special oversized formats were used to create the effects seen in the classic Star Wars films, for instance.
The witch's voice and laugh are so perfect because she basically invented the sound of a witch. Every other witch you've seen is doing an impression of her.
exactly. this movie invented so much of what movies are now.
I was thinking the same. She was the OG. especially since this was one of the first technicolor films.
@@Ayaforshort And more importantly, just about a decade into film with sound, or "talkies"...and just about 15 years after sound recording was invented.
The best witch of all time! No contest!!
Yeah!
It is wonderfully rare to find someone who has not seen this enchanting film. You are obviously open to new movie experiences and I bet you will appreciate the treasure trove of classic films that await. There are a lot of young reactors reviewing movies. You are among the best. Love the authentic wonder in your eyes. Looking forward to more from you.
We showed this at our theater as a free summer kid film in 2005. I got to live vicariously through eyes of over 300 kids. So much fun! One of my favorite memories.
It’s fake
@@FLE22P I beg your pardon but what is fake?
@@FLE22P Well, yes, there are people who pretend to be watching movies for the first time. However, it's also possible that they've never seen it, or not all the way through; but have heard of it and are just reacting to the entire film. In other words, it's possible that this is Technically a first viewing, but he's heard of the movie via memes and references
Marco's Movies did Wizard of Oz too. I like his channel a lot better. Hes not a total cornball like this Nick guy
Fun fact: My dad thought this was a black and white movie until about the late 1990s. When he was growing up they had a black & white tv only. By the time the 70's rolled around and they had a color tv he thought the movie was for kids so he didn't watch it and as a adult in the 80s he never got around to watching it either. Then in the 1990s he had my older brother and sister and for several years they had an old black and white tv up until like 1998. Then he watched it on a regular color tv for the first time and his mind was blown!
Now you know the origin of the expression: "the man behind the curtain!" Nick: one of the best reaction videos EVER. Most of us can't even tell you about the first time we saw this movie, we were so young. This is EVERYTHING a "Wizard of Oz" fan could want in a first time reaction. You noticing the score, right from the first sight of Miss Gulch on the bike.....priceless. Every moment of this video was as special as the movie itself. Thanks for giving all of us this experience! I never even think to request this from reactors because I figure everyone has seen it! lol. They should put this reaction video on the DVD, it was so beautiful to watch.
I still find "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" a really funny line.
Also where the chant “ding dong the witch is dead!” Came from
I like how his parents were like' "you've never seen Wizard of Oz?" It's like, yeah mom and dad, wonder why that is.😒😄
This was an amazing reaction ! This is how this movie is supposed to make you feel !🦁🐯🐻
Tic Toc Melody, you're so right! I'm literally in the middle of writing a comment to Nick and most of what you've written totally resonates with me. Love this comment so much! ♥
the word "CLASSIC" is so small for this film.... The Wizard Of Oz is a Masterpiece!
Epic!
Yes!❤
awesome
The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were both released in '39, and play significant roles in raising people's spirits during the Great Depression. They aren't the first technicolor film, but were some of the first to help revive it after cost cuts due to the depression.
He should watch Gone with the Wind next!!
@@Gwenhwyfar7 Yeees, and they even have the same director
The movies in general raised spirits during the Depression (which had been going on for nearly a decade in '39), not just "Wizard Of Oz" (which was a flop) and "Gone With The Wind" (which was never as great as all the hype, at least not in my lifetime, and which hasn't aged particularly well, right from the opening credits, right from the first shot of the introductory text). 1939 was a major year for movies, there are a slew of great movies from that year I'd watch that have aged better.
@@TTM9691 This^
@@fernandamelo6959 What's funny is that both movies had more than one director but only one of them credited and it was the same director, Victor Fleming. The Wizard of Oz had a total of four directors filming the movie; Richard Thorpe (who was fired after two weeks and whose work was discarded due to it not fitting the vision of the film, only a few still pictures remain of his work), George Cukor (who was really a creative consultant until he had to return to directing Gone with the Wind, he was responsible for the tone of the movie and Dorothy's overall look, which was much different in Thorpe's footage), Victor Fleming (he is the one credited since he directed the majority of the movie, he didn't alter Cukor's vision though since the producer, Mervyn LeRoy, was satisfied with the creative direction), and King Vidor (who ended up filming the Kansas scenes when Fleming was called at last minute to replace Cukor as director for Gone with the Wind, he didn't claim credit for his work until after his friend Fleming died ten years after the film's release).
When you was talking about the movie being in black and white I just couldn't wait till the color scene to start and the look on your face for the transition, I even counted down when it got to the last 3 sec.
Yes his reaction was priceless. I love this guy.
@@gregyear201 He was just as amazed as people were when they first saw this in 1939.
The look on your face at the transition from sepia to color as Dorothy enters Oz is priceless.
It absolutely was. In fact, this entire reaction was priceless. I can't imagine it being any better.
Color movies were very new then. People were amazed at the change.
@@baskervillebee6097 Although that shot is indeed awe-inspiring, even now, Technicolor started in the 1920s, in the silent era. "The Black Pirate" (Douglas Fairbanks) was a huge hit and is what put Technicolor on the map. (and is a great movie you can see for free on youtube!) That's 1926. There were numerous color movies by the time of "Wizard Of Oz" in 1939 and other color films that year included: Drums Along The Mohawk, Gone With The Wind and The Private Lives Of Elizabeth & Essex, off the top of my head. So it wasn't like people had never seen a color movie before. Also, the movie flopped, initially; it was on TV that it got a second life. ("It's A Wonderful Life" is another movie like that)
@@TTM9691
All true, but still what a gasp when it switched from sepia to technicolor.
I love seeing people reaction for the first time when that happens
You are literally the first person I've encountered in my 50 years on this earth (who wasn't a literal toddler) who hasn't seen this movie and it was just as amazing as I thought it would be to see someone experience it for the first time. I can't even remember when I saw it for the first time, it's just always been part of my life. This was wonderful.
I was in a monastery for several years and our abbot had never seen the Wizard of Oz
The flying monkeys used to scare the crap out of me as a kid and honestly they're still disturbing! 😆
There’s something about this whole film, at least when Dorothy gets to Oz, that I find disquieting. It’s always left me feeling a little frightened.
Fun fact Liza Minnelli Judy Garland's daughter married a man who went to the set of The wizard of Oz when he was a kid and he looked up and saw one of the flying monkeys take off its head and scream "hurry the fuck up it's hot up here!" He was so scared and was afraid to watch the movie
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I'd run and hide when they came on, and watch the movie from behind the couch until they left, LOL. Then when I was about 11 I played a flying monkey in a stage version of The Wizard of Oz...I couldn't be scared after that lol!
They scared me as a kid back in the 70s when they'd play the movie during the holidays. Even today the freak me out a bit.
I always saw this movie’s meaning as sort of a “count the blessings that are already in your life” sort of thing. Since this was released during the depression people constantly wanted more money, but needed a reminder that riches come in all forms.
It was released the first year of World War II and the last year of the Great Depression. I think that’s one of the reasons it’s such a beloved classic. It came out when, for a lot of people, the world was falling down around them.
@@Tiffmidon and the line “there’s no place like home” really resonated with folks at the time.
Also at the end when she tells scarecrow she’ll miss him most of all it still gets me
Screw that, what about the "Now I know I have a heart cause it's breaking"? 😭😭😭💔💔💔
@@monsterhanna6691 it is funny after she says that to scarecrow I wonder if the other two were like hey what about us! Also after watching for 50 years I finally noticed Toto’s little wagon bed with his name on it in Dorothy’s room always missed before I guess focused on Dorothy anyway thanks!
there was going to be a subplot about Dorothy and the farmhand Hunk being in a relationship, they nixed it because
1. the film was already long enough
2. Dorothy in the book is supposed to be like 10 years old and Hunk was originally going to leave for agricultural school
the thing I realize now about this movie, that I didn't realize when I was a kid..is that the tin man HAS a heart, the scarecrow DOES have brains and that the Lion has some big time Courage .. Love this movie, love all the songs, I had a stroke when I was 31, I was put into a drug induced coma because my blood pressure was out of control, when I came out of it one of the doctors asked if I knew the guy that had just come from behind the curtain (there was a curtain drawn around me in the hospital) I said YES.. that is the Wizard of Oz lol.. my husband now has The Wizard of Oz tattooed on his arm :D he will always be my Wizard of Oz . he was the man that came through the curtain :D
Damn you just made me tear up.
Aww, that's so sweet! 😍😍😍
You know this is why I still put up with social media.
Judy Garland’s acting was phenomenal. When she was sad it made me feel the same.
And that voice
One of the greatest voices of all time. It was a bit shocking that Nick was completely unaware of that. I'm so glad to see young people watching older movies so great actors and singers don't become forgotten.
There is a cut scene in the witch castle. She sings another line from Somewhere Over the Rainbow and she sold the heartbreak so well, the camera men were crying
@@Sate12 Wow. Wonder if that's a video on here. I'mma try to find it. Thank you for the information
Truly. I think it's the eyes. Judy Garland had the most wonderfully expressive eyes.
There's something so wholesome about seeing you watch this in complete wonder. Also, you caught that the actor that played Prof. Marvel also played the doorman and the Wizard of Oz, but he also played the carriage driver as well as the crying guard.
Yes I had a smile on my face the entire time during his reaction.
The reason I love these reactions is because of how wholesome they are. I came here literally to see the reaction when to Munchkinland because of the new colour, and his face didn't disappoint.
"I'm just blown away. Everything's so gorgeous!"
Imagine being one of the people who saw it when it was released. It wasn't the first technicolor movie ever, but it's definitely one of them.
That must have been outright revolutionary for that time...! 😮
My great grandma was like 12 at the time when this movie came out, and she said that when Dorothy stepped outside and everything was colorful, a bunch of people in the theatre gasped and they were completely blown away. I wish I was alive to experience that, that must’ve been an amazing, magical experience
Some colour movies were released very early, but this has so much colour, probably more than any other early colour movies.
@@798jeremy And expensive.
Margaret Hamilton's laugh is 'perfect' because it was first, and became the model for every other wicked witch who ever came along.
Kamala Harris should record her hag’s cackle
And now Wicked is coming out
This film won two Oscars, Best Original Music Score, and Best Original Song (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), as well as an Academy Juvenile Award given to Judy Garland for her performance. ❤️ It was also up for Best Visual Effects (lost to The Rains Came), Best Art Direction, and Best Picture (lost both to Gone with the Wind). A true juggernaut of a film that has never lost its appeal to this day. The fact that a film can be loved 82 YEARS later is truly a miracle. ❤️
Hardly a miracle. This movie rules. But, I see what you're saying. haha
wow, I never knew this, and Gone with the Wind came out the same year!
Well, the least we could say is just only a true masterpiece like this one can really be timeless, actually...that's basically the difference with a simple good film.
This is my all-time favorite film, and I am always shocked when someone hasn't seen and grown up with Oz. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes watching your reaction. The fact that a grown man can view this for the first time, 80+ years after its release, and still be awestruck is a true testament to the eternal power of The Wizard of Oz. Bravo 👏🏾 👏🏾
When I was little, in the time before VCRs were a thing, this was shown on tv once a year. My mom made this a special occasion, and we'd get to stay up late and have special snacks and we'd all snuggle down to watch it.
Judy Garland was amazing. You might want to try her version of A Star Is Born. "The Man That Got Away" is ICONIC.
Same here! I remember being so excited each year when my mom or dad would let me know when it's coming on! A truly memorable time in my childhood.
Yes, I have fond memories of all of us gathering around the television to watch this every year. Same for The Sound of Music!
I'm 53 and yes, we only got to see Wizard of Oz once a year.
I think it came on around Easter time usually.
Oh yes, I remember those days.😏
Being a child of the seventies, the only way to watch TWoO was the one time each year it was shown on TV. All of us kids would talk excitedly at school about how we looked forward to it. The whole family would gather around the TV that night, Jiffy Pop made on the stove top; and you knew it was something special. Fun fact: I didn't know for years about the switch to color in Oz as we only had a black & white TV set. This was a lot of fun watching with you.
for us Wizard of Oz was weekends at Grandma's with Orval Redenbacher*sp* popcorn and sprite ..... along with Annie
Fun Fact: Toto can talk while he's in Oz. There are 14 books in the original series and he talks in all of them except the first one but he reveals that he could have if he wanted to.
And can I also point out the magic slippers weren't actually ruby in the book? They were silver.
@@BethGoth15 It's called taking full advantage of having Technicolor. Red just pops more.
Guys, "Oz: The Complete Collection" is available for 49 cents on Amazon as an e-book. All 14 books for $.49. Seems like a good deal to me...
@@wordforger also because they could copyright ruby slippers while silver slippers are part of public domain 😅
@@BethGoth15 Why would we want to look at silver shoes?
Young man, this was just so heart warming! This is my favorite movie of all time. I started watching as a very young child setting on the couch behind my Dad for protection from those flying monkeys. I am glad I found you , will enjoy looking through your other reactions. Thank YOu!!
As someone from Minnesota, like Judy Garland (Dorothy), this film means a lot to me and my childhood. So happy that you got around to it!
This movie is a family favorite for that reason! Greetings from Plymouth
SHES FROM MY STATE?!?!
When I studied vocal performance in college, I learned that Minnesota has some of the best singers in the country. Their dialect and manner of speech actually lends itself well to proper singing technique. One of my teachers was from up there, she had the sweetest accent.
@@fabulousroy yep! Grand Rapids
@@micahnedrud Greetings from Bloomington
I remember when I was 10 years old I went to the Smithsonian Museum with my parents and grandparents and they had Dorothy’s red slippers on display. I asked my grandma what Wizard of Oz was and she looked at my mom like she had completely failed as a parent lol
please react night at the museum 2 it has amy adams from enchanted
also please react one day to aladdin sequels and live action aladdin
I went there around that same age too! Saw the ruby slippers as well as Ray Bolger’s Scarecrow costume!
I've seen them too! And Archie and Edith Bunkers chairs!
Gen Z 🙄🙄
The reason for the panic when she fell in the pig pen was that pigs will happily eat you. More than one farmer has disappeared down his own pigs' throats.
What!? Really? 😬
@@dylancole1910 oh yes. I watch/read/podcast a lot of true crime, and pig farms are a running trope because they are a very... thorough way to dispose of a body. They even eat the bones, so you're literally left with little to no physical evidence (and often, no body means no case because nobody knows if they're actually dead or just missing)
Pigs are no joke, especially in a large group like that. They go into a feeding frenzy.
Not even halfway through your reaction and I've been weeping almost constantly for 24 minutes. I was introduced to this movie as a young child in the early 60s. We had a tiny black and white TV that used vacuum tubes instead of transistors. Wizard of Oz was broadcast on network television (no cable of course at the time) once a year. Despite the small B&W TV we watched it as a family event every year. I think the first 10 times I saw the movie were all in B&W.
Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Ray Bolger were all well-known song and dance men of their era, but Bolger particularly was a virtuoso! This movie made me a fan of virtually all his work.
I recall Ray Bolger and Jack Haley as Oscar presenters one year, both still making quips about their Oz roles. Touching to watch. Must've been the late 1960s, but I don't remember any other details about that broadcast. Interesting that Jack Haley Jr. later became the Producer of the Oscars telecast.
What a beautiful remembrance, Zeno, thanks for sharing all that. I was crying my eyes out throughout this reaction as well, it was so beautiful to see. I think I had to watch "WIzard Of Oz" once on a black & white TV, not sure. It was either that.....or The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" which was another colorful movie that only came on once a year (in the 70s). One of those two movies, I remember feeling cursed to have to watch it on a black & white TV! Both have sequences with horses/people that change color, that's the part I remember being annoyed with, lol. Anyways, yeah, when "Wizard Of Oz" would come once a year, you planned all week for it, you didn't take phone calls, the whole family made an event of it. "King Kong", also.....in the NYC area, they played "King Kong" (and "Son Of Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young") every Thanksgiving.....and that was the real exciting part about that holiday for me as a young kid!!!! :D
The first part of the movie was filmed in sepia tone. That's the almost rusty look. Judy Garland said in her later years she actually got tired of singing Over the Rainbow. She said she had rainbows coming out of her ass. At that time, coming out of the great depression, that song really spoke to people. The last surviving munchkin, Jerry Maren, died in May 2018.
actually it was filmed in black and white, then the film reel dyed sepia! so interesting.
@@shadycatz85 Yes, very interesting.😀
Liza and Lorna her daughters said their Mom loved to make disparaging remarks about anything related to Oz when she was really kidding. There is a short clip on UA-cam when she says the munchkins were drunks but shakes her head no at the end.
Young girl finds herself in a strange land killing the first person she meets.
She then joins up with 3 strangers to kill again.
As I suspect is the case for millions of children since 1939, this is one of the first movies I ever saw, when I was three. Nick, your reaction here is SO SPECIAL. Watching it through your eyes was like being a child again. Your reaction is as magical as the film itself.
I can’t wait for this reaction!! The childhood memories and nostalgia are coming back!! Back then, the witch and basically every character that she meets on the yellow brick road was a bit scary to me when I was little . Thanks to that movie I was really scared of the tornado. Don’t be sorry Nick, I’m glad that you could share your experience with us 🥰
the munchkins used to scare me lol
Nick is more cute without his beard
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I was so scared of the flying monkeys....and the castle....I clearly remember being terrified as a little kid. This is probably my favorite movie of all time.
YOUR REACTION WAS SO PRECIOUS AAAAAAA
there’s actually a prequel movie about the Wizard of Oz I really recommend Oz the Great and Powerful!! It came out years ago and it’s sooo underrated!!
I love seeing UA-camrs react to old movies they haven’t seen yet, and then watching them catch all the new references they hadn’t seen before xD
What an experience -- Practically everyone has seen this as a kid and likely multiple times. Your unique perspective as an adult watching this for first time will likely never be duplicated.
Nick, I'm so happy you finally watched this and that you loved it as much as you did. In the late sixties and early seventies, this came on every year on network TV before the days of VHS and DVDs. As kids, we looked forward to the annual showings as much as Christmas or birthdays -- it was a family event, and then we talked about it with our schoolmates the next day. Watching you react to this for the first time with a beautiful childlike wonder made me so happy and nostalgic. I still look on it as my favorite movie of all time, and I thank you for sharing your delightful reaction with the world. ❤❤❤ Oh, and the witch was always my favorite character!
Well said David !
Except for 1963, this film was shown on network TV every year from 1959 to 1991 which is why so many people are overly familiar with it. I also remember it being a big deal as a kid back in the early 70s. I remember one time going over to a neighbors house who had color TV before we did and watching it with our families together. As a teenager in the 1980s I had seen it more than enough times that I didn't even know it was still playing every year anymore.
I met the cowardly lion "Burt Lare" when I was a kid in 1966. He was pretty old by then but as nice as he could be. Crazy how well you remember stuff like that.
My grandma actually saw the wizard of Oz in theaters. She was given a nickel to put in the church offering and kept it and found a dime on the way home from school so she was able to go to the movie and have enough for popcorn and a drink. She got in huge trouble but she said it was worth it
I'm really hoping you'll see this one cuz I'm late commenting.
What a great story!
@@TTM9691 I always thought it was pretty badass! Shows you how in some ways things never really change lol
@@RabidNemo yeah! It WAS badass! And because "Oz" wasn't a huge hit, you don't find that many people who saw it when it originally was released! God I love that story! I can totally see her, with her popcorn, sitting in the dark! I have a family member who stole a car so he could see The Beatles, that's about the only equivalent I can offer you in return! :D I LOVE your grandmother! :)
@@TTM9691 I saw it as a kid crossing the ocean on an ocean liner. We snuck into the first class area where they had a movie theater. I was 10; my younger brother was 6. He freaked out when the witch appeared in the crystal ball, and I had to take him out of the theater. I saw it again a couple of years later.
Margaret Hamilton, who plays Ms. Glutch/ THE WICKED WITCH, was actually a kindergarten teacher who got into acting, but was clearly not the typical "movie star beauty". However, she got a call from her agent saying, "You got the part in THE WIZARD OF OZ," and she was like, "Oh, GOOD! I've loved that book since I was a little girl! Who am I playing?" There was a pause, and he said, "Well............the witch." She cried out, "THE WITCH?!" and her agent said, "Yeah, what else?" LOL. Kinda mean but funny all at once, but doesn't matter. She's still remembered today for being one of the scariest film villains and took pride in the part for the rest of her life (even though she was nearly scarred for life when a fireball was ill-timed and both her costume and makeup set her on fire)
MARGARET HAMILTON {THE WITCH} WAS SEVERLY BURNED DURING THE SCENE SHE CAME UP TO MUNCKIN LAND!! HELD UP PRODUCTION FOR AWHILE!! SHE CONTINUED HER PART EVEN IN PAIN!!!
Im sorry, i physically couldnt stop laughing when you said, "Ahh! The Fairy Godmother!"
So, we stumbled across your channel, and this video in particular, by accident the other day. We watched it and my wife and I both unanimously decided that we want to adopt you! Haha! You're so cute! We love your (seeming) innocence and enthusiasm! Thanks for brightening our lives!
Oh boy the facts I have share about this film:
1. The film was released in 1939.
2. The book is film is based on is actually quite dark and Dorothy had to retrive the Witch’s eye instead of her broomstick and L. Frank Baum the stories write made a total of 14 Oz books,
3. Walt Disney had the rights to the Wizard of Oz for quite a while and had intended to make it in the 1950’s with the cast of the Mickey Mouse club, but could never figure it out and after the rights were going to expire in the 1980’s so the studio made an Oz film which is actually a follow up to this film called Return to Oz and please watch it, but now it is very very dark,
4. You probably figured the people in Kansas played their Oz counterparts (Miss Gluch is the Witch, the farm hands are the scarecrow, tin man and lion, and Professor Marvel is not only the Wizard, but also the man at the gate of the emerald city, the cabbie in the city, and the man who announces them to the wizard),
5. Margaret Hamilton ironically was a school teacher before she went into acting imagine having her meet you on your first day of school (wanna play ball?),
6. There was no such thing as greenscreen back then and those are actually painted backdrops,
7. MGM saw that Snow White was a big hit so they gave the go ahead to make Wizard of Oz to compete as a family film.
8. They had wanted Shirley Temple to play Dorothy but Fox was not going to let her out of her contract to be in the film which was actually a good call.
9. The original runtime was 121 minutes but unfortunately was cut down to what it is now, thankfully all of the original score and the original recordings of the songs survive including the full footage of the extended scarecrow dance which can be viewed here: ua-cam.com/video/sSFQy_cLvLU/v-deo.html also notable at leas to me is the reprise of The Witch is Dead by the Winkies and then the Citizens of the Emerald City: ua-cam.com/video/-sxh52qEMmQ/v-deo.html the reason the film wasn’t restored to it’s original version is because there was a film vault fire in the 1960’s which destroyed basically everything that was cut from the film,
10. The Ruby Slippers are actually one of the displays in the Smithsonian Museum,
11. The film was not a big hit when it first came out, but thanks to repeat screenings at Thanksgiving time on television in the 1950’s and forward it gained it’s audience,
12. The scarecrow actually had the statement of the squareroot math problem wrong because it is actually a right triangle not a isosceles triangle,
13. The problems that occurred while filming are legendary including the “snow” they are dropping is 100% industrial-grade asbestos despite the fact that the health hazards of asbestos were known at the time. Asbestos exposure is associated with lung cancer and mesothelioma.
14. Even though Walt Disney made it so the voice of Snow White never had another film role, but you can hear her voice in this film during the “If I only had a Heart” song (wherefore art thou Romeo),
15. The Tinman’s leaning dance was actually the inspiration for Micheal Jackson’s smooth criminal leaning dance,
16. The Lion costume was that of a real lion and was dangerously hot and the actor inside (Bert Lahr) got really overheated. Plus it weighed 90 pounds,
17. When Margaret Hamilton’s witch is leaving Munchkinland through the elevator drop on the floor they mistimed the fire and her and she ended up burned and In addition the copper-based green makeup she had on was so toxic it could not be ingested, so she was forced to go on a strict liquid diet during filming and when she was burned the makeup team had to frantically remove her toxic copper makeup before it seeped through her wounds,
18. stunt double for Hamilton, Berry Danko While shooting the famous "Surrender Dorothy" skywriting scene, Danko's left leg was injured when the Witch's broomstick (which was actually a smoking pipe) exploded. The Wizard of Oz stuntwoman spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and endured lifelong scars from the accident that sent her flying off the broom.
19. The original actor to play the tin man was buddy ebsen (who would go onto fame as Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies) he had to drop out because he nearly died as a result of the aluminum makeup dust they were using he ended up being allergic to The actor said he experienced violent cramping in his hands, arms, and legs and was rushed to the hospital as he struggled to breathe after ingesting pure aluminum into his lungs. Ebsen was put under an oxygen tent for two weeks and ultimately fired from The Wizard of Oz after he was told to "get the hell back to work" while still in the hospital. The Tin Man's replacement, Jack Haley, was painted with a less toxic aluminum paste but he still ended up with an eye infection from the silver makeup, what’s interesting is you can actually hear Ebsen in the finshed film during the reprise of “Off to see the Wizard”,
20. While filming a scene in which Dorothy slaps the Cowardly Lion, Judy Garland supposedly had a giggling fit and was unable to finish the scene without breaking into laughter. Apparently, she couldn't bring herself to stay serious while slapping a man wearing a lion suit. According to some sources, director Victor Fleming allegedly slapped her to snap her out of it, and she delivered a flawless line delivery on the next take.
21. Five different directors are credited with taking the helm on The Wizard of Oz. There were also more than 10 screenwriters working on the script, and it was constantly changing. Original director Norman Taurog was replaced by Richard Thorpe, who was replaced by George Cukor. Only working on the film for several days, he helped the musical numbers improve, but was ultimately replaced by Victor Fleming. Cukor signed on for Gone With The Wind after leaving Oz, but was fired and was replaced once again by Fleming. Since Fleming was now absent from Oz, King Vidor finished the last few weeks of filming, adding the Kansas scenes including "Over The Rainbow," which was almost cut from the final film. Victor Fleming ended up with the sole director credit (as well as the one for Gone With The Wind), since he had the biggest influence on the movie.
22. The song Over the Rainbow actually won the Oscar for Best Original Song and Best Original Score
23. The way they had the horse appear multicolored was smearing jello over it,
24. Going one step further, Dr. Douglas A. Rossman, writing “On the Liquidation of Witches” in the Baum Bugle, Spring 1969, suggests that the melting of the Wicked Witch is a chemical process. Normally, the molecules of a substance (or Witch) stick to each other, a phenomenon called adhesion. However, adhesion may be broken down by water or by some other powerful force (such as a house falling from the sky). The Witch has no blood or other bodily fluid; little is holding her molecules together. The water breaks down the weak adhesion of her body so that she melts away. Son of Dex says this is similar to the way sugar dissolves in water. Similarly, the impact of Dorothy’s house landing on the Wicked Witch of the East breaks down the adhesion of her molecules, so she crumbles to dust.On a more symbolic level, there’s a long tradition of water being antithetical to witches. A commonly prescribed trial for an accused witch was the ordeal by water: the suspect was tied up and tossed into a river. If she floated, she was guilty, and would be burned at the stake (hence, the water-and-fire making a neat little symbolism). If she sank and drowned, shucks, guess she wasn’t a witch after all. Water is associated with baptism, and thus the water of the river rejects the witch as satanic. This type of trial was carried out as late as the 1690s.
25. Teenage actors were often given adrenaline shots to keep them awake, and barbiturates to help them sleep. Garland was no exception. Garland was already taking pills before she was hired for Oz, but she began using them more frequently once on set. She was also given diet pills to slim down.
26. The slippers in the book were originally sliver, but were Changed to ruby to take advantage of the technicolor.
27. The twister was dirty pantyhoes hanging from the ceiling.
Thanks so much James for all that information, know that was a lot to write. But I love reading all the facts you provide!
@@nickflix8657 First sorry I didn’t put spaces between each point. Also I had typed this out a couple days ago when you said The Wizard of Oz was coming up. The last surviving cast member of the film died in 2018 was Jerry Maren who in this film was a member of the Lollipop Guild he was 98 years old.
Sorry, but your last fact is not correct. Pantyhose did not exist in the 1930's. It actually was a large wind sock filled with Fuller's dirt; it hung from a crane that was twisted and moved across the set. The special effects department had a really hard time figuring out how to show the twister because there weren't even many real films that showed twisters in action; mostly, they had still photos. I think that they did a splendid job. There is a book called "The Making of the Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz which gives a detailed and inside view of the whole movie. She interviewed everyone that was still alive, from writers and make-up artists to the music dept. It's a fascinating read.
@@alisonm2796 Well thank you for being polite about it and I was just going off information I read for that one. Also sounds like an engaging read.
I believe it was Thanksgiving time and the the hanging in the tree was actually a turkey, if I remember right. I have one of the big box sets of The Wizard of Oz, and I think that is what they said in one of the interviews.
This is without question the most dear movie to my heart and your first time reaction was a pure joy, so glad you shared it with us!
When I was a child in the 60s, we couldn't just rent movies, you saw then in the theater when it first came out or if it was shown on TV. The Wizard of Oz was very airfield n because it was shown on TV, one ever year. It was a very special occasion and our whole family would cuddle together in our living room, with the lights off (like we were in a theater) and watch it together. Big, big hearts!
There must be so much of popular culture you never understood before you saw this. Flying monkeys. "I'll get you my pretty!" Follow the yellow brick road! Wanna play ball, scare crow! "Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking". Over the rainbow... The man behind the curtain. So much!
I loved your child-like, wide-eyed wonderment throughout this reaction! Now check out ''The Wiz'' (1978). A New York icon destroyed 20 years ago served as the Emerald City. 😢
I was waiting for this comment. I hope "The Wiz" starring the great Michael Jackson gets on his list!!
This was one of the first films to use Technicolor. Really cool fact is that they couldn't composite the color and B&W together so in the scene where Dorothy walks out of her house into the color world they actually made a house set that was painted B&W inside. The B&W Dorothy is a double wearing B&W clothes, she goes off camera while the real Dorothy in color comes in.
I can remember watching this as a child and we had no clue that part of this was in color, because all we had was a black and white TV. Years later is when I saw the color in the film, when my Father bought our first color set, I watched this every year for many years when they replayed it.
Me, too! Didn't realize till I watched at neighbors' who'd just gotten a color TV.
it's reactions like this that keep me coming back to your channel. you have this childlike wonder when you see movies for the first time and this one is no exception. I'm so happy we got to experience your first time reaction to this classic film. thanks for sharing it with us! 😃
28:20 -- The original book explains this better: poppy flowers are the source of opium, which is why they make people tired (when there are enough of them put together). BUT, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man *are not made of flesh;* this is the reason they are not affected, as Dorothy, Toto, and the Lion are.
It is also somewhat clearer in the book that each of the characters already has the quality they are seeking: in the film, we do see the Scarecrow thinking at several points; but the Tin Man doesn't clearly demonstrate unusual compassion, he only cries a bunch of times; and the only glimpse we get of the Lion's courage is through his real-life counterpart on the farm (when he rescues her from the hogs, despite being scared himself).
AND the snow that Glinda sends is a reference to cocaine... a little pick-me-up lol
well he does go into the castle
@@timothysamara915 Snow kills flowers
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True. He does. But it takes the other two to prod him into it... and stop him from running away!
(Contrast the pigpen situation, where Zeke ran in after Dorothy without a moment’s hesitation - even though, as it turns out, he was terrified.)
Fun fact: it wasn’t a dream in the book and there were 14 sequels to it
F-fourteen?!
@@artsysabs yes, they were all really good, but some contradict the others since the universe is so big. There are actually 40 books, but everything except the first 14 weren’t written by the original author and thus are shit. If you want to read them buy the copy that says it includes the lost books of oz, that one has everything. There are some other fantasy books by the author that you have to read first so you understand the story.
@@avimo2565 You know it's been confirmed that a wizard of oz show has been greenlit following the 13 stories and they're actually going to cast a little 8 year old girl to play Dorothy
@@moneylover318 wow! I actually didn’t know that
Holy crud! How have you NEVER seen any Wizard of Oz-- I mean it's been referenced and parodied in *SO* many things! This reaction is so pure, I love it!
@sam lombardi That's what I thought, but then I remembered that growing up, it used to be an event when Wizard of Oz would come on around Thanksgiving or the holidays. Also, the number of channels, even on cable, are dwarfed by todays oversaturation of media. With all the cable stations, satellite tv, internet tv, streaming services, dvds/blu-rays, etc. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that fewer people of younger generations know fewer 'classic' films and shows.
I love your commentaries, Nick. You get so emotionally attached to the characters and the world, which makes for an entertaining watch. The wizard of oz has been my favorite for years, the entire cast was so talented and gave their ALL in this film. Judy Garland is a mesmerizing actor, with such a clear resonating voice at such a young age. Margaret Hamilton also completely steals the show. Everyone in this movie did a great job, there were hundreds of production issues, and the actors endured so much, it's insane. Their work deserves to be remembered, and I'm glad you decided to check it out!
Your joy watching this film was an absolute delight to witness.
I know almost everything there is to know about The Wizard of Oz, the film and the whole book series by L. Frank Baum. As well as almost everything about Judy Garland (actress who portrayed Dorothy Gale here).
I see a lot of people have shared behind the scenes film facts but if there is anything specific you want to know, I’m happy to share.
Here a few of my favorite Oz facts that aren’t in the comment section yet:
According to Meinhardt Raabe, the actor who portrayed the Munchkin coroner (the man with the death certificate), there was a no jewelry policy on set. This seems to be strictly adhered to as the only overtly visible piece of jewelry in the whole film is Meinhardt’s university ring, which the costumer forgot to tell him to remove.
The dog who portrayed Toto was a female Cairn Terrier named Terry who was terrified of wind machines. It’s a testament to her owner/trainer Carl Spitz that she was able to “act” during the tornado scenes at all.
Despite like colors and similar patterns making it look like the Munchkin ladies are all wearing the same thing, every single Munchkin costume is unique from hair piece to shoes. Except for the obvious groups: soldiers, birds, lullaby league dancers, and lollipop guild dancers.
Terry the dog was paid more than the actors portraying the Munchkins. She took home $125 a week while most munchkins took home $50 a week.
There was a huge argument between the men portraying the Winged Monkeys and MGM. The men thought they were getting paid for each time they were hoisted into the air. In reality, their salary was being based on how many hours they worked. And no, the rig wasn’t the safest.
Billie Burke (Glinda’s actress) was 54 during filming while Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West/ Miss Gulch) was only 36.
In the credits the Munchkin actors are referred to as the Singer midgets. This is literal. Most of the Munchkin cast members where part of a circus troupe of little people managed by one Leo Singer. The rest of the Munchkin actors were free players (unassociated with Singer).
The nostalgia of it all....do you have any idea how ICONIC & LEGENDARY this movie is...so amazing
The music, art direction, and just the overall story is magic. The Wicked Witch of the West is The premier template of a perfect wicked witch. She, along with the Cowardly Lion, are scene stealing characters
The looks of wonderment on your face during this reaction to the 1939 classic is a joy to behold. Everything is a new experience, as every scene beloved by generations before are revealed to a new and excited new viewer. I have loved your reactions but this is definitely my favourite.
18:50, the Scarecrow is a fun character. His whole song and dance routine was cut for time, but can be found on the Special BLU Ray Edition.
I remember Ray Bolger wasn't even supposed to play the Scarecrow. He was meant to play the Tin Man, but he was really cross about it, so he went to MGM and kicked up until they cast him as the Scarecrow.
I absolutely loved your reaction to this film. I've seen it so many times, and love it so much, but to watch an adult, experiencing it for the first time, and finding not only the wonder, but the magic of all the connections, brought me RIGHT back to childhood. Thank you.
If you start down the path of old Hollywood musicals I would like to suggest Singing in the Rain.
ABSOLUTELY!!!!! The greatest of all musicals! (Let's call "Wizard of Oz" more than just a musical, so we don't have to have the two compete!). I'm not even a huge musicals person, but SINGIN' IN THE RAIN is fantastic!
Oh yes
Another great classic. Of course Gene Kelly was a phenomenal dancer.
She has a beautiful voice because...she's Judy Garland!!!
judy garland, the actress who played dorothy, and her daughter liza minnelli are icons, especially in the musical theater world
This was by far my favourite of your reactions Nick, but I'm also biased because The Wizard of Oz is my absolute favourite movie of all time and I soooo appreciate how much you were enjoying it. I was waiting for you to see the transition from black and white to colour and you gave that scene the credit it deserved. It's the most magical movie ever with so many surprising elements and you commented on every single one which was just so enjoyable to watch. And the score... Oh man... As soon as Leo the Lion (the MGM lion) roared at the beginning of the movie and you first heard the music, I knew you were in for a serious ear-treat lol I was trying to hold back tears of joy throughout because everything in this reaction was so heart-warming to watch, plus I wasn't feeling well today and WoZ is my go-to movie when I'm sick, so thanks so much for this amazing reaction and for helping me feel better.
I like how the real world was black and white and the dream was color - brilliant.
Despite their claims of inadequacy the scarecrow is the smartest in the group, the Tin Man is the kindest and the lion is the bravest of the group.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" won the oscar for best original song
Such a great film! “Somewhere over the rainbow “🌈 is one of the greatest modern songs ever written!
When I was a kid and the house landed and I saw her open the door for the first time it was, is, and always will be one of my favorite moments in all of film history.
This is my first time on your channel and I must say.....
BRAVO! Thank you for 52 minutes of pure joy. Your reaction sent me back 50 years to the first time I watched it. I was amazed, enthralled, in love with everything about it, just as you are, and it's remained my favorite movie. Grease is second, BTW 😍
Thank you so much for the memories!
"i'm a really big fan of witches" 4 and 34 year old me: ho ho hoooo, he is about to fall in love!!!
"wait is this a musical?" holy shit, man ahahahaha . his face when saw Oz in colour!! !kjelkhlhsdfkhsd GOT EM!!!
my second favourite film forever since i was 4. it's just perfection
I love this movie! It’s one of my favorites.
When I was younger, one scene that always made me so excited was when Dorothy skipped/danced down the yellow brick road as she’s leaving Munchkinland while the Munchkins sang “You’re Off to See the Wizard”. During that scene, I would always dance/skip along with Dorothy. Sometimes I tripped over my own feet when I did, but I didn’t care. I was just impressed with how Judy Garland danced during that scene, and I wanted to dance just like her.
Nick, I got super emotional watching you react to this. This movie is one of the very first ones I remember watching (the first one I remember was The Swiss Family Robinson). You just reacting so earnestly to this is why I watch reactors.
My face hurts from smiling so much seeing how much you were enjoying this movie. When I was a kid watching this I never connected that her uncles or anyone in her life were also the characters in Oz. When she woke up at the end and said "You and you and you were there", I had no clue what she was talking about. When I got older it seemed so obvious. lol
I adore how quickly and deeply involved you get in these classic movies!
I agree!
Watching this now and I think it’s amazing when you said “is this a really old movie?” And commented how Judy Garland had a beautiful voice. For me, it’s such a classic movie. My parents had me watch it every time it came on TV when I was growing up. Awesome to see someone who has never seen it.
This is such a wonderful movie, and it always brings me back to my childhood. Margaret Hamilton was spectacular as the wicked witch. A true icon!
Hard to believe this movie is now 82 YEARS OLD!
Margaret Hamilton was Judy Garland's best friend on the set. Everybody was making Garland's life miserable during the filming and she'd often finish in tears. Hamilton would bring her to her own trailer, give her tea and offer her motherly sympathetic advice on how to handle the director and the other cast.
When MGM made her tour across the country and she missed her graduation(Judy Garland had shown her a dress she was looking forward to wearing onstage with her classmates) she called Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and screamed at him until she was hoarse.
This is a special one for me. It was my Grandma's absolute favorite movie (may she rest in peace). I see this movie and I think of her.
Fun fact: the shoes weren't red in the book this was based on. They were originally silver. They just made them red in the movie to show off the technicolor they had.
Loved reliving this classic with you. We had to wait once a year to watch it on tv. We'd get so excited. I love that you really had no clue about this film. Hard to imagine it was released in 1939, such great filmmaking.
“Only bad witches are ugly”. Sooo..Glinda couldn’t tell if Dot was beautiful or not…dang…
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Granted, I guess she *technically* didn't say that only good witches could be beautiful.
The munchkins are confused because only bad witches kill and Dorothy is not ugly. They might have thought the house was some type of broom or bubble that transported her there.
@@bobbentz5993 My statement is without context…First, she asked if she good or bad then a minute later, she says only bad witches are ugly.
@Quirderph Apparently she knew what beautiful meant since Dorothy said it.
She technically didn't say that bad witches couldn't appear beautiful. Just that good witches can never be ugly.
Thank you nick for this reaction. I consider this the single best movie ever made. Ever since I first saw it at age 7 in 1959--20 years after it was made (1939). Each part of this movie laid the foundation of several generations of pop culture. It's a unique masterpiece that'll never be equaled. I shed another pint of tears watching your reaction. Beautiful.
Imagine going to the cinema in 39'. Most movies were still in black and white, and no one had seen what we call a "trailer" nowadays, only movies posters (which were always in color). You sit in movie theater, watching the beginning of the movie expecting all of it to be the same color scheme. Then Dorothy gets to Oz and the colors come alive...
Wasn't alive myself back then, but heard stories that the whole crowd would gasp as one in shock
I bet it was an incredible experience! I can’t imagine something so life changing to entertainment than that.
My mom was 9 years old when the movie came out. She said it was amazing!
Hi there! Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your reaction. It took me on a trip thru my childhood that left me in happy tears. FUN FACT: All the flowers in Munchkin Land are flowers that can be found in Kansas. The set designer wanted the place to look extraordinary, but they also wanted to hold to the idea that it is all pulled from Dorthy’s imagination. So, they made the ordinary wild prairie flowers that she would be used to, but made them huge. I always loved that little touch of the familiar becoming fantastic and awe inspiring.
I'm so happy the film hasn't lost any of its appeal. I was moved by your reaction when it went to color. The transition shocked people in 1939 and it still elicited the same reaction today. Get your hands on Judy Garland's album recorded from her performance at Carnegie Hall. You won't regret it.
Amazing what you could achieve with practical effects.
Im 62 and have watched this movie over 100 times. It came on once a year way back in the olden days 😊 and I think it still does. I have to say watching you enjoy this classic from the 1930's with the famous Judy Garland was one of my favorite times ever watching it. It was fun to see your reactions and total enjoyment 😊 Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!
That freaking tornado scared the hell out of me all through my childhood. Tell you what, though - I'd LOVE to see you react to Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. It's one of the movies that made Steven Spielberg and John Williams such an ironclad guarantee for a mindblowing piece of cinema.
Agreed, I'd love to see that too.
ANOTHER great suggestion! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND is an awe-inspiring movie and Nick would do a FANTASTIC job with it! Every reactor I've seen do it is blown away and one (Ashleigh Burton) calls it her favorite movie she's reacted to, she routinely cites that as the one to beat.
During the tin woodsman’s song, you can hear a voice that says “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”. That is the voice of Adriana Caselotti, who was the voice of Snow White two years earlier.
This is my older sisters favorite movie. This movie also had a troubling production as Victor Fleming, the original director, was fired a month into filming, while George Cukor, Richard Thorpe, and King Vidor were hired for some reshoots. Fleming, however was given free range while making the 8 Time Oscar Winning Epic Gone With The Wind. After Judy Garland saw the Cowardly Lion, she couldn't stop laughing, so Fleming slapped her in the face, and gave him a kiss on the cheek, thanking him for setting her straight. The actress whom played the Wicked Witch, Margaret Hamilton, got burned by the flame thrower after the trap door underneath opened too early. The actors whom played the Munchkins got drunk and started to sexually assault Garland on set. Buddy Ebson was originally hired to play the Tinman, but developed an allergic reaction to the makeup he was wearing.
I'm not gonna lie, the wicked witch scared the HELL out of me when I was a kid. Now that I'm a grown man.... She still terrifies me. Love your reaction as always. You laughed probably the most in this reaction more than any other then I've ever watched. Your laughter is contagious. See you next time bro ☮️
I saw the movie when I was ten on an ocean liner going to Italy. We were in tourist class, and me and my brothers snuck into the first class theater, where they were showing the movie. When the witch appeared in the crystal ball, my younger brother got so terrified that we had to take him out of the theater. We saw the rest of the movie a few years later.
I think this is my favourite reaction of yours. The sheer delight on your face the whole time had me smiling just as much.
You are such a sweetheart! I just found your channel through this video. The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie of all time, and I haven't seen any other reactors watch it yet. It made me so happy to see how much you appreciated it! I also cry when they take Toto away and when she leaves Oz. And you picked up on all the parallels between Kansas and Oz perfectly. This really isn't just a kids' movie and there are lessons in it that span far into adulthood. The Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion all exhibit the traits they think they lack-brains, heart and courage-dozens of times. We are our own worst critics!
Nick, really amazed you watched this since many young reactors don't do these old classics. My mother, 9 at the time, saw this when it first came out in 1939 along with my grandmother. They had never seen a color movie before (as most of the US) and they, along with the audience had no idea the color scene with Dorothy arriving on Oz was going to happen. They said when it did it was so magical-like the audience erupted in gasping, "Oooooh"s and applause! It was amazing to see you react to Wizard of Oz like I imagine she did. As kids growing up in the 60s to 70s we never missed it when it was on TV. Watch it a few more times then check the "making of" documentaries someday, as it would amaze you more how it was produced. There's a LOT of cinema gold in those of the 30s, 40s and 50s+ most in glorious B&W. If you want to try a couple more classics do the two here ranked 1st and 2nd on AFI's Top 100 Films: Citizen Kane (1941) the incredible film by Orson Wells also staring in it (one whose other works you should explore), and Casablanca (1942) the one Humphrey Bogart is most known for. When you do the later, put yourself in a pre-WWII frame of mind as I believe it's set just days before the US enters the war! And released about a year into it. There's many more but don't want to overload you. LOL! ✌️😎
It's fun seeing adults react to a film that most people have seen multiple times since childhood. I was especially thankful that you didn't approach this film with the cynicism that most adults have. This is probably my favorite film of all time. When I was a child, CBS had the rights to this and showed it once a year (like "A Charlie Brown Christmas", or "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer"). It was a yearly event that my siblings and I always looked forward to, and is why it's such a part of our culture. I was a teacher for 30 years and whenever a student asked my what my favorite quote is, I always repeated the advice the wizard gives to the tin man - "A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others”.
The movie implies the journey was a dream, but the books have Oz as a real place!
11:36 I think this is the closest we'll ever get to seeing how people back in the 30's must've reacted to this movie. :)
Nick, your reaction was so pure and sincere, I watched this entire video twice back-to-back! You won the internet today. ❤ Sharing
11:31 - It was difficult and genius how they transitioned live in one take from black and white to colour in that scene! The scene was actually all in colour but the inside of the room and door was painted black and white to appear that it was like a black and white film, so when Dorothy opened the door, you'd see the real colour of things outside as a bright shock! 26:10 - James Hetfield of Metallica from 2019!!
I was of the generation that grew up seeing this movie on TV every year. I also read all 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum, as well as a couple written by authors who came later. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was published in 1900 and considered the first great “American fairy tale.”
This was very early in the color era, and the transition from black and white to color within the movie was a huge deal. (They trick you a bit in the scene at 11:30 where she opens the door out onto Oz: it’s shot in color but the inside of the house is all done in sepia tones, and it’s a double in a sepia tone dress who opens the door, then gets out of the way so Judy Garland can appear in color.)
Trivia: Frank Morgan is wearing a coat that actually belonged to L. Frank Baum (a name tag was in the lining).
This is what is so beautiful about movies and music. They last forever and it's always new to someone. Someone will always be discovering this wonderful movie.
If you ever get the chance to see “WICKED” the musical DO IT! Lol it’s the back story of the witches :)))
The Great and Powerful OZ is a prequel made a few years ago.
It shows how the young Wizard landed in OZ. It has the Wicked witch before she turned evil.
Judy Garland's stand-in Caryn Marsh Doll is actually still alive, she just turned 105 years old, and she looks amazing.
Margaret Hamilton who plays Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch was also a kindergarten teacher in real life. Out of character, she was actually the sweetest person. She had a lot of fun playing the Witch, though she did get burned when she left Munchkinland.
We're off to see the wizard! The wonderful wizard of Oz!