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12 gru 1997 · A lovelorn actor portraying one of the munchkins hanged himself on the set during the filming of The Wizard of Oz. Rating: False. About this rating.
19 wrz 2024 · A sinister Wizard of Oz urban legend claims a hanging munchkin can be seen, with the body belonging to a real actor on set. Here's the myth debunked.
14 lut 2024 · In response to the munchkin hanging theory, the studio says the silhouette seen in the background is actually a shadow cast by a large bird shifting its position and unfolding its wings, which is a neat explanation for the unfortunate image.
As others have said, it’s been debunked many times over the years. One additional piece of evidence: official filming schedules of the movie clearly show that all scenes with the munchkins were filmed well after the scene where the alleged hanging took place.
The Hanging Munchkin is a well-known hoax, claiming that the original prints of the classic film The Wizard of Oz (1939), contains accidental footage of an onset suicide by one of the Munchkins. In reality, it was a Crane brought on set from the Los Angeles Zoo.
2 kwi 2024 · The oblong shape is said to be a man hanging himself. The theory goes that the man was playing a munchkin, one of the little people who inhabit Oz in the film. His feelings for a female actor also playing a munchkin went unrequited, triggering suicidal thoughts that proved fatal.
11 sie 2019 · Delving deeper into the film’s murky backstory, there is one urban legend that repeatedly surfaces: that an actor who played a Munchkin can be seen hanging themselves during the scene – which has come to be known as the Tin Woodsman sequence – where Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man skip down the Yellow Brick Road bound for the ...
