♪♪♪ >>> YOU'RE WATCHING "CINEMA
CLASSICS" ON PBS. >> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO
"CINEMA CLASSICS." I'M YOUR HOST REESE DeWHAT.
TONIGHT WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BELOVED 1939 FILM, "THE
WIZARD OF OZ." AND A RECENTLY DISCOVERED
ALTERNATIVE ENDING. WHY DID THEY FILM THIS ENDING?
I DO NOT KNOW. THIS IS NOT WHY I'M HERE.
I'M A BAD GUESSER. JUST ASK MY WIFE.
SHE ASKED ME TO GUESS WHAT SHE LEARNED IN HER EXERCISE CLASS,
AND I SAID. "ACCEPTANCE?" WORST COUPLE'S BALLOON RIDE
EVER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT THE
ALTERNATE ENDING IN WHICH DOROTHY WAKES UP TO FIND OUT
THAT HER ADVENTURES IN OZ WERE ALL A DREAM.
♪♪♪ >> WAKE UP, DOROTHY.
>> THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
>> DOROTHY, DEAR, IT'S AUNT EM, DARLING.
>> AUNTIE EM, IT'S YOU. >> YOU'VE GOT QUITE THE BUMP ON
THE HEAD. WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT LOSE YOU FOR
A MOMENT. >> OH, BUT I DID GO.
I LEFT. AND I TRIED TO GET BACK FOR DAYS
AND DAYS. >> WELL, THERE, THERE.
YOU JUST HAD A BAD DREAM. >> REMEMBER ME, YOUR OLD PAL
HUNK? >> WHAT ABOUT ME?
>> YOU COULDN'T FORGET MY FACE, COULD YOU?
>> NO, BUT IT WASN'T A DREAM. IT WAS A PLACE.
AND YOU WERE THERE, AND YOU WERE THERE, AND YOU.
AND YOU WERE A LION AND A TIN MAN, AND A SCARECROW.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT ME? WAS I THERE?
WAS I IN YOUR DREAM? >> OH, HI, DR. PICKENS.
>> YES, DOCTOR. THANKS FOR COMING TO CHECK ON
DOROTHY. >> SHE SEEMS FINE.
SO, WAS I IN YOUR DREAM? >> I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT US? >> YEAH!
>> YEAH! WERE WE IN THE DREAM?
>> WELL, I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS IN THE -- HEY, WHERE'S BREAKFAST?
>> WHAT WAS I IN THE DREAM? WAS I A DOCTOR THERE, TOO?
>> DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT EVERYBODY WAS?
>> WHAT ABOUT ME? WAS I ALSO A TEACHER?
>> AND WAS I A LAWYER? >> TELL ME WHAT I WAS.
>> OKAY, WELL, UM, ACTUALLY, YOU WERE A MAYOR.
>> REALLY? A MAYOR?
OF WHERE? NEW YORK, CHICAGO?
>> I'D LOVE TO MOVE OFF THE DREAM STUFF, BUT IF YOU'RE
INSISTING IT WAS -- MUNCHKINLAND.
>> MUNCHKINLAND? WHAT WERE WE, FUNNY LITTLE
WEIRDOS TO MAKE YOU LAUGH? >> OH, NO.
NOT AT ALL. >> WHAT WERE WE WEARING?
>> WHAT? >> WHAT WERE WE WEARING?
>> WELL -- ♪♪♪
>> OH, MY GOD. WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES THAT'S
HOW YOU SEE US? AS YOUR LITTLE NIGHTMARE BABY
DOLLS? >> NO, NO!
YOU WERE ALL HEROES IN YOUR OWN SMALL WAYS.
>> I WISH THE TORNADO HAD KILLED YOU.
>> DOCTOR! >> SORRY, BUT I'M MAD AS HELL.
>> ME, TOO. SO MAD!
♪♪♪ >> OKAY.
THIS IS THE EXACT DANCE YOU DID IN THE DREAM.
>> THAT'S PRETTY ADORABLE. >> SO WE JUST DANCE FOR YOUR
AMUSEMENT? >> LIKE FOOLS?
>> NO, NO, YOU DANCED ON THE GRAVE OF THE LADY I KILLED.
THAT WAS YOUR JOB AS PART OF THE LOLLIPOP GUILD.
>> SO WE OWNED A LOLLIPOP FACTORY?
>> NO, YOU JUST KIND OF HELD THEM, KISSED THEM AND RODE THEM
AROUND LIKE LITTLE HORSES. >> OH, MY GOD.
>> SO THESE LOLLIPOPS. >> WERE BIGGER THAN YOUR HEAD?
YES. IT'S MORE DIGNIFIED THAN IT
SOUNDS. THE MUNCHKINS, YOU SEE, WERE A
NOBLE RACE. >> RACE?
>> I CAN'T HELP WHAT I DREAMED. THERE WERE ALL SORTS OF
CREATURES THERE. >> CREATURES?
>> YEAH, LIKE FLYING MONKEYS. >> SO WE'RE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS
AN AIRBORNE CHIMP. >> I'M SO SORRY.
I KNOW THIS ALL SOUNDS STRANGE, BUT YOU WERE A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE WHOLE ADVENTURE. >> SO WE WERE WITH YOU THE WHOLE
WAY? >> NO, I KIND OF PEACED OUT TO
THE WOODS WITH MY DOG AND I THINK MAYBE SAW THAT ONE OF YOU
HAD HANGED YOURSELF? >> WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT IT?
>> UM, GOODNIGHT. >> LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
YOUR HOUSE IS A DUMP, BY THE WAY.
♪♪♪ [ APPLAUSE ]