The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed principally by Victor Fleming, adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The production was an early large-scale showcase for three-strip Technicolor, using the format's wider color range to stage the film's shift from a sepia-toned Kansas to the vivid land of Oz, and its songs, including Over the Rainbow, became enduring standards of American popular music. The film has since become one of the most widely viewed motion pictures in history through decades of television broadcast, and it was among the first films selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1989.
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Which Academy Awards did The Wizard of Oz win?
It won two Oscars: Music (Original Score) and Music (Song) for Over the Rainbow.
At the 12th Academy Awards, which the Academy lists under 1940, The Wizard of Oz won two Oscars. It took the award for Music (Original Score), and it took the award for Music (Song) for Over the Rainbow, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg. The Academy's own ceremony page records both as wins for the film.
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationThe Wizard of Oz, Description, original languageQuote, The Wizard of Oz, Description, original language
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed principally by Victor Fleming, adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
2. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: The 12th Academy Awards | 1940
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesCeremony 1940: Music (Original Score)
Music (Original Score) Winner The Wizard of Oz
Ceremony 1940: Music (Song)
Music (Song) Winner The Wizard of Oz
View the Source 3. Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Board: Complete National Film Registry Listing
Library of Congress, National Film Preservation BoardNational Film Registry listing row: film released 1939, inducted 1989Quote, National Film Registry listing row: film released 1939, inducted 1989
The Wizard of Oz 1939 1989
The Wizard of Oz (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz, lead paragraph, opening sentence (nationality)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz, lead paragraph, opening sentence (release year)
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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