Yellow brick road

The road of yellow brick is an element in the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz based on the novel gave it the name by which it is better known, the yellow-brick road. In both novel and movie, it is the path which Dorothy is instructed to follow from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City in order to seek the aid of the Wizard of Oz.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - 1939 - Movie - The Wizard of Oz - Dorothy - Munchkin Country - Emerald City - Wizard of Oz

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In the book The Patchwork Girl of Oz it is revealed that there are two yellow brick roads from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City: according to the Shaggy Man, Dorothy Gale took the harder one in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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The Patchwork Girl of Oz - Shaggy Man - Dorothy Gale - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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It is often a misconception that the yellow brick road leads to "Oz". In actuality the yellow brick road was already in Oz and led to the Emerald City. The movie adds to the confusion when the Scarecrow and Dorothy say, "To Oz?" "To Oz!" As "Oz" is also a nickname for the country Australia, phrases like "down the yellow brick road" are sometimes used to mean "in Australia".

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Oz - Scarecrow - Australia

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As a result of the interpretation of the yellow-brick road as the road "to Oz", yellow brick road has also become a stock phrase referring to a path which leads to a life of fantasy and carefreeness. Phrases referring to the "yellow brick road" are sometimes perceived as hopelessly idiomatic by non-native English speakers.

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Stock phrase - Idiom

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In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, both a Yellow Brick Road and an unexplained Red Brick Road emanate from the town square in Munchkinland. http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/faq15.html http://www.filmsite.org/wiza2.html http://www.moviemistakes.com/membersubmissions.php?memberid=282&titleid=1418&type=answers

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1939 - Movie - The Wizard of Oz

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There are also real Yellow Brick roads, such as the one in Hoboken, New Jersey (Castle Point Terrace).

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