Iconic Dialogues - The wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

A beloved classic film, is a 1939 American musical fantasy directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel, the film stars Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, a young girl transported via tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. Accompanied by her dog Toto and joined by the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, Dorothy seeks help from The Wizard of Oz to find her way home while also helping her companions achieve their dreams.

The film has been critically acclaimed and remains one of the most iconic and influential motion pictures ever made. It has appeared on numerous best films lists, ranking second in Variety's 2022 list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. The film's themes, characters, and songs continue to resonate with audiences worldwide, inspiring adaptations, parodies, and homages across various media formats

There is no place like home

                    DOROTHY

          Oh, now I'll never get home!

                    LION

          Stay with us, then, Dorothy. We all love

          you. We don't want you to go.

                    DOROTHY

          Oh, that's very kind of you -- but this

          could never be like Kansas. Auntie Em

          must have stopped wondering what happened

          to me by now. Oh, Scarecrow, what am I

          going to do?

                    SCARECROW

          Look -- here's someone who can help you!

                    DOROTHY

          Oh, will you help me?   Can you help me?

                    GLINDA

          You don't need to be helped any longer.

          You've always had the power to go back to

          Kansas.

                    DOROTHY

          I have?

                    SCARECROW

          Then why didn't you tell her before?

                    GLINDA

          Because she wouldn't have believed me.

          She had to learn it for herself.

                    TIN MAN

          What have you learned, Dorothy?

                   DOROTHY

          Well, I -- I think that it -- that it

          wasn't enough just to want to see Uncle

          Henry and Auntie Em -- and it's that --

          if I ever go looking for my heart's

          desire again, I won't look any further

          than my own backyard. Because if it

          isn't there, I never really lost it to

          begin with! Is that right?

                    GLINDA

          That's all it is!

                    SCARECROW

          But that's so easy! I should have

          thought of it for you.

                    TIN MAN

          I should have felt it in my heart.

                    GLINDA

          No. She had to find it out for herself.

          Now, those magic slippers will take you

          home in two seconds!

                       DOROTHY

          Oh....

                      DOROTHY

          ...Toto, too?

                       GLINDA

          Toto, too.

                       DOROTHY

          Oh, now?

                    GLINDA

          Whenever you wish.

                    DOROTHY

          Oh, dear -- that's too wonderful to be

          true! Oh, it's -- it's going to be so

          hard to say goodbye. I love you all,

          too. Goodbye, Tin Man. Oh, don't cry.

          You'll rust so dreadfully. Here --

          here's your oil-can. Goodbye.

                    TIN MAN

          Now I know I've got a heart -- 'cause

          it's breaking.

                    DOROTHY

          Oh -- Goodbye, Lion. You know, I know

          it isn't right, but I'm going to miss the

          way you used to holler for help before

          you found your courage.

                    LION

          Well -- I would never've found it if it

          hadn't been for you.

                   DOROTHY

          I think I'll miss you most of all.

                    GLINDA

          Are you ready now?

                    DOROTHY

          Yes.    Say goodbye, Toto.

                    DOROTHY

          Yes, I'm ready now.

                    GLINDA

          Then close your eyes, and tap your heels

          together three times.

                    GLINDA

          And think to yourself -- "There's no

          place like home; there's no place like

          home; there's no place like home."

                    DOROTHY

          There's no place like home. There's no

          place like home. There's no place like

          home. There's no place like home.

                   DOROTHY

              (mumbling)

          -- there's no place like home -- there's

          no place like home --

                    DOROTHY

          -- no place like home -- there's no place

          like home -- no place --

                     AUNT EM

          Dorothy.   Dorothy, dear. It's Aunt Em,

          darling.

                    DOROTHY

          Oh, Auntie Em -- it's you!

                    AUNT EM

          Yes, darling.

                    PROFESSOR MARVEL

          Hello, there! Anybody home? I -- I just

          dropped by because I heard the little

          girl got caught in the big -- Well...

                    UNCLE HENRY

          She got quite a bump on the head -- we

          kinda thought there for a minute she was

          going to leave us.

                    PROFESSOR

          Oh --

                    DOROTHY

          But I did leave you, Uncle Henry --

          that's just the trouble. And I tried to

          get back for days and days.

                    AUNT EM

          There, there, lie quiet now.   You just

          had a bad dream.

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