Posted on 07/28/2025 11:47:46 AM PDT by ShadowAce
This "Wizard of Oz" isn't in Kansas anymore. In fact, it's in Las Vegas, where Sphere is presenting the Judy Garland classic as you've never seen it – a 16K immersive experience on a screen larger than four football fields, with tornado effects, and artists and AI expanding the visions of Emerald City. Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz offers us a glimpse behind the curtain, and talks with Garland's daughter, singer Lorna Luft, about what she thinks her mother's reaction would have been.
You’re looking at a $100-200 ticket
And I should mention, this was all done in the company of our three Labradors AND the cat. Everybody got into it. Even mom and dad. Again, quite a big deal to us country bumpkins. I also being remember being freaked out by the flying monkeys, not being able to figure out what kind of creatures they actually were...
Also, the build-up for a week or more before it was shown-— “Coming next week, a cinematic masterpiece: The Wizard Of Oz!” Magical, as they say.
Maybe my kids would chip in. LOL.
I recently bought the Blu-ray anniversary edition.
Amazing
every line in the first half of the film has made it into the common culture.
I was amazed when I watched it again this past winter.
The lines that all have become part and parcel of our shared culture.
The flying monkeys are still gonna be really scary.
The primary moral of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is that the power and resources we seek are often already within us. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion each believe they lack something essential (home, brains, heart, courage) but ultimately discover they possessed these qualities all along. The story also emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, friendship, and the idea that there’s no place like home.
Good is always saved
This would be worth a trip to Las Vegas. Haven’t been there in at least 35 years.
I don’t remember exactly but I think we picked seats in the middle, about halfway up.
“the most watched movie of all time” and it didn’t even do well at the box office when it was released in 1939.
Do you know how much it costs to see? I would guess at least a $100 a seat.
Surrender Hollywood. This is entertainment!
Lorna Luft? Never heard of her...looked her up....new one on me.
I thought she just had Liza Minnelli...don’t keep up much I guess.
Will check out the video...
Wizard of Oz was shot in Technicolor. The process simultaneously exposed three spools of film. One thru red, one blue and one thru green filters. The processed rolls then were dyed with cyan, yellow, and magenta dyes to create full color. Crazy process using massive cameras.
I have a television that can play 3D movies, and I recently checked out from my library a 3D version of the Wizard of Oz!
I have no idea how they did it, but it was crisper and more vibrant than any version I have ever seen, and it was in 3D.
Just amazing. Don’t know how they did it. Obviously, some digitalization and computer manipulation in some way, but it was not animated-it was the real movie, just in 3D.
It’s gonna be great! I’m excited for you!
Section 306 is in the middle. Each ticket cost $299 each.
Wow, that is really fantastic! It would be fun to see that.
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