The Wizard Of Oz Page #23

DOROTHY:

...yes.

TIN MAN:

Look -- it ticks!

LION:

Read...read what my medal says.

INSERT -- CU of the Medal on the Lion's chest -- reads COURAGE --

LION:

Courage!...

MS -- Int. Throne Room -- Scarecrow, Dorothy, The Wizard and Tin Man

admire the Lion's medal -- then they ask about Dorothy's request --

LION:

...Ain't it the truth! Ain't it the truth!

DOROTHY:

Oh -- oh -- they're all wonderful.

SCARECROW:

Hey -- what about Dorothy?

TIN MAN:

Yes -- how about Dorothy?

LION:

Yeah.

WIZARD:

Ah --

LION:

Dorothy next!

WIZARD:

Yes. Dorothy -- ah -- Dor --

CU -- Dorothy --

DOROTHY:

Oh, I don't think there's anything in that

black bag for me.

MCU - The Wizard protests - mumbles as he starts to look into the bag -

WIZARD:

Well, no - no -- on the contrary, on

the ---- ....

MS -- The Wizard rummages through the bag as Dorothy and the others look

on -- he finds nothing, so he speaks encouragingly of what he'll do -

CAMERA TRUCKS forward slightly -

WIZARD:

...I -- ah -- on the contr -- -- Here --

Well, you force me into a cataclysmic

decision. The only way to get Dorothy back

to Kansas is for me to take her there myself!

CU -- Dorothy reacts, speaks --

DOROTHY:

Oh, will you? Could you? Oh -- but are you

a clever enough Wizard....

MCU -- The Wizard --

DOROTHY o.s.

...to manage it?

WIZARD:

Child -- you cut me to the quick! I'm an

old Kansas man myself...born and....

CU -- Dorothy is pleased -- looks about at the others --

WIZARD o.s.

...bred in the heart of the western

wilderness -- Premier balloonist par....

MS -- Scarecrow, Dorothy, Lion and Tin Man listening to the Wizard --

WIZARD:

...excellence to the Miracle Wonderland

Carnival Company -- until one day, while

performing spectacular feats of stratospheric

skill never before attempted by civilized

man, an unfortunate phenomena occurred.

The balloon failed to return to the fair.

LION:

It did?

MCU - The Wizard -

WIZARD:

Yes. There was I, floating through space --

a man without a continent!

CU -- Dorothy --

DOROTHY:

Weren't you frightened?

MS -- Scarecrow, Dorothy, Wizard, Tin Man and Lion on the steps near the

throne -- the Wizard speaks as they come forward -- CAMERA PULLS back to

left as they come forward to door -- they pause -- then again come forward

to the doorway -- all react to the Wizard's announcement --

WIZARD:

Frightened? You are talking to a man who

has laughed in the face of death -- sneered

at doom and chuckled at catastrophe. I was

petrified. Then suddenly the wind changed,

and the balloon floated down into the heart

of this noble city, where I was instantly

acclaimed Oz, the First Wizard de Luxe!

DOROTHY:

Ohhh!

WIZARD:

Times being what they were, I accepted the

job, -- retaining my balloon against the

advent of a quick get-away.

(laughs)

And in that balloon, my dear Dorothy, you

and I will return to the land of E Pluribus

Unum!

LAP DISSOLVE TO:

Ext. Public Square, Emerald City -- LS -- The Wizard and Dorothy in the

basket of balloon -- Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion standing on platform with

them -- people of Oz grouped about them -- the Wizard speaks to them as

the CAMERA MOVES forward -- the people cheer --

WIZARD:

Good people of Oz, this is positively the

finest exhibition ever to be shown --

(stammers)

-- yes -- well -- be that as it may -- I,

your Wizard par ardua ad alta, am about to

embark upon a hazardous and technically

unexplainable journey into the outer

stratosphere.

MCS -- Wizard and Dorothy in the basket -- the Wizard speaks to the crowd

o.s. -- CAMERA PANS to left to enter the Tin Man and Scarecrow, then PANS

right as the Wizard points to the Lion --

WIZARD:

To confer, converse, and otherwise hob-nob

with my brother wizards. And I hereby

decree that until what time -- if any --

that I return, the Scarecrow, by virtue of

his highly superior brains, shall rule in

my stead...assisted by the Tin Man, by

virtue of his magnificent heart...and the

Lion -- by virtue of his courage! Obey them

as you would me! And - ah - well, that's all.

CU -- Toto in Dorothy's arms -- he barks at something o.s. -- People cheer

o.s.

WIZARD o.s.

Thank you.

MCU -- Oz woman with a cat in her arms --

MCU -- Toto barking in Dorothy's arms --

MCS -- Dorothy in basket of balloon -- Toto jumps from her arms -- she

reacts, starts to climb out --

MLS -- Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion on platform -- Wizard in the basket of

balloon -- Dorothy climbs out -- yells

DOROTHY:

Oh, come back here! Toto!

MCS -- Dorothy by the side of the basket -- she speaks to the Wizard, then

runs down from the platform -- Lion and Scarecrow seen --

DOROTHY:

Come back! Oh, don't go without me! I'll be

right back! Toto!

MLS -- Wizard on balloon platform -- Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man standing

by -- The Wizard protests as the balloon starts to rise --

TIN MAN:

Stop that dog!

WIZARD:

This is a highly irregular procedure! This

is absolutely unprecedented!

TIN MAN:

Oh! Help me! The balloon's going up!

ELS -- The Wizard rises slowly in the basket of balloon as the Oz people

watch -- Scarecrow and Tin Man try to hold the balloon down -- Dorothy

runs up on the platform, the Lion following -- she yells to the Wizard --

he shouts back -- the Oz people wave goodbye -- the balloon exits to left

f.g. --

WIZARD:

-- Ruined my exit!

TIN MAN:

Help!

DOROTHY:

Oh! Come back! Don't go without me!

Please come back!

WIZARD:

I can't come back! I don't know how it

works!

DOROTHY:

Oh --

WIZARD:

Goodbye, folks!

OZ PEOPLE:

Goodbye! Goodbye!

MCS -- Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion grouped about Dorothy -- she speaks --

they ask her to stay with them -- then the Scarecrow reacts, points up

o.s. --

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!

MS -- A group of Oz men react as they look up o.s. -- they bow out of the

scene -- suddenly Glinda appears in the scene -- CAMERA TRUCKS back to

left over heads of the bowing Oz people as she moves down the steps and up

onto the platform to Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow --

CS -- Dorothy, Glinda and Scarecrow on the platform -- Dorothy speaks with

Glinda -- CAMERA PULLS back to enter Tin Man and Lion -- Tin Man speaks --

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?

MCU -- Dorothy -- Lion behind her -- she speaks --

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?

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