2.14 One of Them Introducing: Mr. Henry Gale! The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: “Henry” says that he became stranded on the Island after his hot-air balloon went off course and took him there. This is a direct reference to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where the main character, a girl named Dorothy Gale, dreams she has become lost in a fantastical world after her house is sent there during a tornado, many points of which have a parallel within the world of Lost. The movie was based on the book by L. Frank Baum (1900).     •    Henry Gale is the name of Dorothy’s uncle in the 1939 film.     •    The famous “Wizard of Oz” arrived in the Land of Oz when his hot-air balloon took him there by mistake. He too, like Lost’s “Henry”, comes to live in a community that exists in a strange location where its inhabitants seem to stand out from their surroundings.

2.14 One of Them

Introducing: Mr. Henry Gale!

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: “Henry” says that he became stranded on the Island after his hot-air balloon went off course and took him there. This is a direct reference to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, where the main character, a girl named Dorothy Gale, dreams she has become lost in a fantastical world after her house is sent there during a tornado, many points of which have a parallel within the world of Lost. The movie was based on the book by L. Frank Baum (1900).
    •    Henry Gale is the name of Dorothy’s uncle in the 1939 film.
    •    The famous “Wizard of Oz” arrived in the Land of Oz when his hot-air balloon took him there by mistake. He too, like Lost’s “Henry”, comes to live in a community that exists in a strange location where its inhabitants seem to stand out from their surroundings.