Behind The Scenes Secrets: The Wizard Of Oz

I’ll Fly Away

Hot air ballooning makes a number of appearancesthroughthe movie, both in Kansas and with the Wizard of Oz. In Oz, it will carry her back home, but she’s forced to abandon that hope. She mustchoosebetween going home or being with her sidekick (and ever-faithful dog)Toto,when he runs after a cat.

Of course, after following her heart, she also discovers that she had all that she needed to get home after all. She just needed to click her heels together and say, “There’s no place like home.” The magic is in her own self-reliance, but she also could not have gotten where she was without the help from her friends (who have become her family).