How do you celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the greatest films in cinema history?
With a dizzying digital Easter egg, of course.
Google the phrase “Wizard of Oz,” and you’ll find a sparkling pair of ruby slippers. Tap the red pumps (with the sound on, if possible) to be swept into a twister that lands you in the black-and-white world of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry’s Kansas farm.
To return to the Technicolor fantasy today, click the spinning tornado. And keep your fingers crossed that a house doesn’t fall on you.
The Easter egg is available on desktop and mobile.
All the links still work in black-and-white. But as soon as you click away from the achromatic page, color returns and your brain shifts back into full gear.
Starring MGM’s “girl-next-door” Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, the 1939 musical fantasy film remains a staple of American popular culture.
According to the Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz is the most-seen movie ever. (It certainly was for me as a child—until my grandparents taped over their VHS copy, for which I will never forgive them.)
It was among the first 25 motion pictures to inaugurate the National Film Registry list in 1989, and is one of the few flicks on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
Now, 80 years since its release, it remains a well-loved fairytale for children and adults, who can see an original pair of Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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