Release Date: October 25, 2005
On October 25, 2005, Warner Home Video released The Wizard of Oz in a 3-disc deluxe collector’s set and a 2-disc regular set. The film had recently been restored and remastered in the label’s new “Ultra Resolution” process. This was the first time the film had been remastered since late 1990s and the first time in true HD.
From the WHV press release:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Documentaries on the movie’s creation and impact:
Disc 3:
Pre-1939 versions of Oz on screen:
Print Reproductions Include:
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Documentaries on the movie’s creation and impact:
The first “Collector’s Treasury” was titled “1939 Promotional Portfolio” and included reproductions of:
Premiere Program
The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Souvenir Program, August 15, 1939
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News
IntraCorporate Newspaper, Volume VI, Number 22, Specifically Celebrating the Release of The Wizard of Oz, Monday, August 14, 1939
Photoplay Studies
Rare Secondary Education Scholastic Guide, Volume V, Number 12 in Honor of The Wizard of Oz, Series of 1939
Campaign Book
A Page Showing 1939 Studio-Designed Posters Available to Exhibitors
FACSIMILES OF
Premiere Invitation and Ticket
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Invitation and a Newly Designed Commemorating Theatre Ticket to the Premiere of The Wizard of Oz at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, August 15, 1939