Jabez Scratch Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Maybe you've heard this one before: apparently, about 1/3 into the movie, in the background, a midget actor who played a munchkin hung himself and this went unnoticed in editing and inadvertently made it into the final cut of the movie. Some claim that you can see, in the background, a body dropping then swaying. Most have disspelled this as a myth/misapprehension, stating that, if you look carefully, a large live bird swoops around and that, in fact, is what viewers see. Anyone know anything about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfogg Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 If you look carefully on the DVD release it looks like there is a Peacock wandering around in the background. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkl Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicid.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 ---------------- On 12/21/2003 4:26:09 PM mkl wrote: http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicid.htm ---------------- That web site is the best thing that has happened for pop culture EVER. I am SOOO sick of people telling all these BS urban myths and trying to get away with it, and that site is an awesome tool in proving people wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowooo Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Yea, with older vcr versions it really does look funny, but now with dvd you can certainly see that it's nothing more than one of the many birds they had let loose from the San Diego Zoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubinhard Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Not well known is the fact that after filming, ALL of the midgets committed suicide together. There was one suicide note, which read: "We're off the see the Wizard." Many surmized, correctly of course -- they simply could no longer live with the extreme humiliation resulting from the strange outfits and bizarre dancing forced upon them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 ---------------- On 12/21/2003 9:35:04 PM Hepta Bronte wrote: ...They simply could no longer live with the extreme humiliation resulting from the strange outfits and bizarre dancing forced upon them. ---------------- Join the club, I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgb Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 In the song "Rollercoaster" from the late-70s, you can hear a woman scream in the background while she is being murdered. Fact of fiction? Who knows.... In the Star Trek that has Kirk and Spock fighting on Vulcan, during one of the fight scenes Spock is seen talking to someone in the backgroud while his stunt double is fighting Kirk's double. Was there any double in TV history that looked less like the actor than Shatner's Star Trek double? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwatkins Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 The deal to me is being called a 'munchkin' - is it a compliment or a slam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Scratch Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 dgb -- good observation re: Shatner's double -- it was so obvious when the director used the double. I guess there are no elements in the universe to let a director accurately reproduce Shatner's hairpiece and barrel-chest w/ sucked-in gut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 ---------------- On 12/22/2003 9:43:08 AM dgb wrote: In the song "Rollercoaster" from the late-70s, you can hear a woman scream in the background while she is being murdered. Fact of fiction? Who knows.... ---------------- Debunked (Again, courtesy of Snopes)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 ---------------- On 12/21/2003 9:35:04 PM Hepta Bronte wrote: Not well known is the fact that after filming, ALL of the midgets committed suicide together. There was one suicide note, which read: "We're off the see the Wizard." Many surmized, correctly of course -- they simply could no longer live with the extreme humiliation resulting from the strange outfits and bizarre dancing forced upon them. ---------------- Hepta.... According to all accounts that I have read, the wizard of OZ small stature individuals had no serious issues with "small-people-stereotyping" until Dunkin Donuts released the mini-do-nuts and labeled them "Munchkins". I believe that it was more to do with size of the ....Ooops sorry, I just lost my train of thought OH...and when did the Wizard of Oz become a Holiday film? Inquiring minds want to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 As long as we are on the topic of The Wizard of OZ, has anybody tried that deal with synching up Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 skonopa- I was just about to ask the exact same question... heh I also heard somethign about The Wall and Alice in Wonderland.... ??? Anyone tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 ---------------- On 12/22/2003 9:43:08 AM dgb wrote: Was there any double in TV history that looked less like the actor than Shatner's Star Trek double? ---------------- YES! On an episode on an Emma Peel-Avengers DVD I have, during one of the fight scenes, you can see a broad-shouldered *man* with a wig was used as a double for Diana Rigg!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowooo Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 Yes......this has been posted in the past on a few occasions. The synchronizing of the Wizard of Oz and the album Dark Side of the Moon is in my estimation "Spine Tingling." I have goose bumps on top of goose bumps every time I do it. Just start the C.D. right after the second MGM's lion roar during the beginning of the movie.....Good Luck, any questions feel free to ask... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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