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"For fans searching for information about the movie - including its legendary use of Technicolor - we created a delightful Easter Egg to pay homage to its creative achievements and the telling of this classic story."Įarlier this year, theaters across the US brought The Wizard of Oz back to the big screen in celebration of the film's 80th anniversary. "We love to celebrate major milestones in pop culture and create delightful surprises when people come to Search looking for information about iconic films," a Google representative said. You'll hear dramatic music and Dorothy calling out to her Auntie Em, as she did when the tornado ripped through her town before she landed in Oz. To return to the classic, colored results page, click on a spinning tornado where the slippers were, on the right side of the results page.
The Wizard of Oz begins as a black and white film when Dorothy's in Kansas, before she finds herself in the colorful land of Oz.
Google added the Easter egg on Thursday.Ĭlicking the slippers plays a sound bite of Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) saying "There's no place like home" as the results page spins to become black and white. Results for "The Wizard of Oz" pull up an image of Dorothy's sparkling ruby slippers on the right side of the page, next to information about the classic film. Google is paying tribute to the 80th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz by dropping a fun easter egg on its search page.
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