The Wizard of Oz

(Note: This review refers to the Blu-ray version of the DVD.)

Follow the yellow brick road once again as one of the most beloved classics of all time and treasured films in the Warner archives gets yet another sterling overhaul, this time for the definitive Blu-ray release. It was then and is still one of the great showcases for the astounding Technicolor film process, and the digital engineers have gone back to the original camera negative for this newly mastered edition at twice the resolution of the previous digital master. The ruby slippers glimmer, the green of the wicked witch glows, and the colors of Oz take on shades you may never have noticed before. Which also means the seams show more, but then that's never been a problem in a film full of painted backdrops and artificial forests, a tribute to the dream factory of Hollywood that invited audiences to dream along with the film.

It features all the supplements from previous releases (commentary, documentaries, featurettes, silent film adaptations, archival film and audio recordings and more) plus four hours of new supplements, including an exclusive new documentary on the director ("Victor Fleming, Master Craftsman"), the 1990 TV movie "The Dreamer of Oz" starring John Ritter as author L. Frank Baum, and restored editions of the 1914 silent films "The Magic Cloak of Oz" (featuring footage not available in the previous release) and "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" among the supplements. The box set also includes a reproduction of the original campaign, exploitation, and press books, an exclusive mini coffee-table book and a Wizard of Oz watch.