"L Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at the turn of the previous century, in 1900. It spawned 13 increasingly eccentric sequels, which Baum wrote with what seemed like some reluctance right up until his death in 1919. His final Oz book was published posthumously, and the series continued on without him. But no one is ever talking about the Oz book series when they refer to The Wizard of Oz."
"For this immersive venue used largely for mind-melting concerns, the movie has been both shortened (by 25 minutes, down to a skeletal 75) and extended (by AI technology, expanding the frame to fill the cavernous digital screen). Despite controversy about the changes, the attraction (let's not call it a film, per se) is a smash, by some estimates making around $2m a day."
Most major streaming services largely neglect films released before the 1990s, and theatrical nostalgia screenings increasingly favor 21st-century titles. L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) spawned thirteen sequels, but the book series has been mostly ignored by film and TV aside from occasional borrowings and Return to Oz. The 1939 MGM musical starring Judy Garland endures as a dominant cultural property. The film's recent engagement at the Sphere in Las Vegas shortened the runtime by 25 minutes to 75 minutes and used AI to expand the frame for the venue. Despite controversy over the alterations, the attraction reportedly grosses about $2 million per day with higher-than-normal ticket prices.
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