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The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming, among several other uncredited directors, and based on the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.[1] The film features Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Billie Burke as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Frank Morgan as the Wizard.

The film follows Kansas girl Dorothy Gale who wallows in her grim home town dreaming of a better place. One day, Dorothy and her dog Toto are taken to the land of OZ after a destructive tornado hits her farm. Here, Dorothy must follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City, to meet the Wizard of Oz who will return her to Kansas. During her journey she meets a Scarecrow, Tin Man and a Lion, who aid her in her journey to the Emerald City hoping to receive what they each lack themselves (a brain, a heart and courage, respectivley).

Initially, The Wizard of Oz was considered a commercial flop compared alongside its budget. However, the film received much attention after frequent television screenings and has since become one of the most beloved films of all time. It is often ranked among the top ten best movies of all-time in various critics' and popular polls, and has provided as many indelible quotes, entered upon the American cultural consciousness, as any other film in history. Its signature song, "Over the Rainbow," sung by the young Judy Garland, has been voted the greatest movie song of all time by the American Film Institute.[2]