does one of the little people that was in the movie really hang themself in the background? can i see video or a picture? thanks
2006-12-11 15:23:05 · 3 answers · asked by kcbooboo6789 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Nope it was just a "wives tale" What it really was, was some kind of bird in the background flapping it's wings. The bird was from a zoo, I think somewhere in Califonia. Some also say it was a stagehand working on the set. So, who knows but a munchkin did not hang himself on the set.
The scene in question was when the 4 of them were marching along in the woods after running into the wicked witch when the scarecrow got set on fire.
2006-12-11 15:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by kerrberr95 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It, indeed, is a large bird, probably a crane. The crew borrowed several large birds from a nearby zoo to make the forest set look more alive and natural. The crane stretches out its wings in the middle back of the set just as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Lion start to skip down the YBR singing "We're Off to see the Wizard" after the "beehive" run-in with the Wicked Witch of the West.
There are lots of rumors and urban legends surrounding the movie. This one is the most wide-spread, probably followed next by the idea that the munchkins were "little drunks." That idea was spread after Judy Garland cracked the joke in an interview. A few of them might have had a little temper, but they weren't stumbling through the studio.
2006-12-13 22:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by Keavy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/ozsuicid.htm
It's not true
2006-12-11 23:26:30 · answer #3 · answered by goodbyewhite 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋