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Win Tickets To 'The Wizard of Oz' in IMAX 3D

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To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ which is being released for a limited period in sparkling IMAX 3D, The Outmost has teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures to offer you the chance to win tickets to a special preview screening at Cineworld IMAX on Sunday 7th September at 4pm.

 

oz2Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX will be giving cinemagoers in Ireland the chance to experience the timeless classic in the immersive IMAX® 3D format for the first time ever. Lovingly revived and renewed frame by frame over 18 months, The Wizard of Oz is coming back to the big screen exclusively in Cineworld IMAX® from 12 September, 2014.

The Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of An IMAX 3D Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology allowing whole new audiences and generations to discover some classic movie magic that is faithful to the original vision whilst introducing it to a whole new audience.

Adapted from L. Frank Baum’s tale about a Kansas girl’s journey over the rainbow, The Wizard of Oz opened at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939. DOROTHY™ was portrayed by a 4’11” sixteen-year-old girl who quickly earned her reputation as “the world’s greatest entertainer”—the incomparable Judy Garland. Ray Bolger appeared as the SCARECROW™; Bert Lahr as the COWARDLY LION™, Jack Haley as the TIN MAN™. Frank Morgan was seen in six different roles, including that of the wonderful “Wizard of Oz” himself.

The Wizard of Oz received five Academy Award® nominations , including Best Picture (Outstanding Production), and captured two Oscars®—Best Song (“Over the Rainbow”) and Best Original Score — plus a special award for Outstanding Juvenile Performance by Judy Garland. The film was an overwhelmingly popular and critical success upon its initial release and its magical story and heartfelt performances have enabled it to grow from a perennial classic to its current status as a treasured icon of popular culture.

 

To be in with a chance to win tickets just answer this question:

 

What year was The Wizard of Oz first released?

The Wizard of Oz, Cert G is released in Ireland on September 12.

 

 

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