The first song that Michael Jackson sings, "You Can't Win," was originally written for the stage version for the Winkies to sing to Dorothy about the futility of escaping from Evillene. The song was cut from the stage version of the musical during previews but was included in the film as the Scarecrow's song.
In his book "Making Movies," Sidney Lumet admits that the filming of the émeraude City Sequence on the plaza at the World Trade Center had to be cut short because of wind and scheduling. The Port Authority would not allow plus time to fix the mistakes, the red sequence had to be shortened...
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