Netflix would be approximately 6.76 times cooler than they already are if they also provided the film synched up with Dark Side of the Moon.

I think it's only October 3.

@twophrasebark: Indeed. 9am the 3rd to 9am the 4th.

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HOW CAN I INSTANTLY WATCH "THE WIZARD OF OZ" FOR FREE FROM NETFLIX?
You can instantly watch "The Wizard of Oz" streaming from Netflix for free at www.netflix.com/wizardofoz on Saturday, October 3rd, starting at 9:00 a.m. ET for 24 hours. During this time period only, Netflix members can also instantly watch the movie in high definition on their TVs via a Netflix ready device, such as the Xbox 360, LG and Samsung Blu-ray disc players, TiVo digital video recorders, the Roku digital video player, and LG HD TVs. "

@ekthesy: Hahahahaha that was EXACTLY what I was thinking. "But will it be synched with Dark Side of the Moon?"

@MostlyHarmless: I've never tried that. I need to do that. But first I have to get it on DVD. I got rid of my tapes and VCR.

God, I love Pink Floyd.

@ekthesy: It was actually broadcast like that once on normal television. True story.
I watched it with Dark Side of the Moon in college and I think everyone should do it at least once.

@acarr260: We did it a couple times in HS and college, but the best Dark Side of the Rainbow I ever saw was at the Utica Auditorium, there were laser lights and a big screen and the Aud sound system...and a convenient intermission for everyone to go back to their cars and burn one.

[rant]Am I the only one who thinks 70 year old movies
should have slipped into the public domain?[/rant]

@nightshade74: Blame The Mouse.

So this time, we get to crash Netflix's servers?

I can also get it free anytime I want from the local library.

And I think we have it on our DVR from TCM so that's uncut with no commercials too.

Which perplexes me as to why I saw a full-page ad in a magazine yesterday trying to convince me to shell out for a new Blu-Ray edition...

@kaceetheconsumer: Because most of the country probably doesn't have it from TCM on their DVR. It's not just a blu-ray version of the 2005 release - it has a lot of new special features.

@RandomHookup: Lets do. And then try to watch other movies too (as subscribers)... $5 credit, here i come!!

@HogwartsAlum: My favorite part is the switch to color from black and white at 9:40 of this clip.

@edosan: This. Disney ruined it for everybody.

The movie is also going to be in theaters for one night only (Sept. 23) in HD.

@nightshade74: it's not the movie, it's the music. that copyright lasts longer. it's why we're not supposed to sing happy birthday to you on tv.

@acarr260: Come on,,isn't that an urban legend?

@kaceetheconsumer: IMO,,,if you haven't seen a movie in blu-ray, then I am betting that you should. I think blu-ray is awesome and to see OZ in such a way would be very awesome.

@acarr260:
Yes, Turner Classic offered it on SAP one Halloween, I think. Unfortuately my TV didn't have SAP.

@sponica (woke up on wrong side of bed): Um, there is no difference between copyright laws for movies and music. Both, under the Copyright Term Extension Act, have equal rates of decay--a law which was pushed forward by Disney when the Mickey Mouse trademark was on the verge, after 54 years, of becoming public domain. Now the laws are ensured that none of us will be watching, listening, or reading anything published this year for another 95 to 120 years. Mickey Mouse is safe until 2019.

@pecan 3.14159265:

Yay! Low quality showings for everyone!

Am I the only one that can notice the quality difference between a "digital" theatre and one showing the analog print? On release day, the celluloid is of WAY better quality than the digital version. The credits are where I can usually prove to the other parties in my group that, yes, digital sucks compared to analog, even if its 2k or even 4k.

Remember, digital cameras didn't beat film until at LEAST 10 megapixels (some say 40). That's 3648 x 2736 at 4x3.

'course, I'm the asshole that has to point out just how many effing CAP-codes per hour there were.

@shepd: Probably not, but I'm pretty sure you're the only one who actually cares.

The point is is that it's been 70 years since it came out, and the last two generations have probably never seen it in a theater. I'd like to see it.

@AgamemnonV1: for some reason i thought music was in a different pile. got the music all mish mashed with derivative works, or whatever the reason was that its a wonderful life went from being aired a zillion times a december to once or twice.

I'm going to see it in high-def at that one night showing next week; bought tickets the minute I heard about it. Cool!

@LeChiffre: Older films on Blu-Ray seem to be hit-or-miss in terms of quality. I hope this one is a "hit" because I'd like to own the film and pad my Blu-Ray collection as justification for my HDTV and PS3, but if it looks like Ghostbusters on Blu-Ray...

@Keavy_Rain: Well, it's alredy been remastered once before (in 2005) so I think the blu-ray edition is a take off that, rather than the original. And the new edition includes new documentaries and interviews.

I've never owned The Wizard of Oz, so I'd definitely get it on blu-ray if it looked good.

@LeChiffre: Turner Movies did it in 2000.

Is there anyone who appeared in the movie who is still alive? This is one of my all-time favorites. Check the trivia on IMDB.

@H3ion: Nope. The movie was made in 1936, so no one is still alive.

@pecan 3.14159265: Oops. 1939. Hence, 70th anniversary.

Movie scared the crap out of me as a child when it would play every Easter - it's got everything a little kid of the 60's feared: lost, can't get home, flying monkey monsters, scary witches. I still don't want to watch it.

@H3ion: @pecan 3.14159265: Yes, the lollipop guild munchkin is still alive. I saw him perform the song on August 3! I think there are others still alive, too.

We saw this massively redone version in the Samuel Goldwyn theater in August as part of the Academy's Best Films of 1939 - they showed all 10 (!) nominees for Best Picture from 1939 over the summer. The last one was The Wizard of Oz. They always brought in people connected with the movies, too - surviving cast or crew, relatives of survivors, etc. This was remastered and restored and redoneallsortofstuffidon'tknowwhat and they had to borrow a projector from Sony to pull it off. I've never seen it look so good. Boyfriend finally understood the depth of my Oz love that night.

Isn't "Oz" out of copyright? Isn't that the reason one of the 3 networks would show it back in the 70's twice a year? The studio failed to do something with it's copyright back in the 1940's (or 50's?), which allowed the movie to fall into public domain. That's why you see the Wizard of Oz characters everywhere. No one has legal claim to them.

Some have argued that it's only because of this and the incessant showing of the movie in the 1970's and 80's that caused it to be a cultural icon.

The remastered HD version, however, probably does have copyright protection.

@ekthesy: Doing that is hysterically funny. Especially when someone realizes, "I've never before listened to this record when I wasn't stoned."

@LeChiffre: I tend to lump comments like this in with people who say "LPs sound so much better than CDs". I just don't listen to music that carefully to tell, and I don't watch movies that closely either.