Why would a classic art-rock record released in 1973 have even a remote connection to a legendary 1939 Judy Garland film?

There’s been a longstanding urban legend that has proclaimed the many connections between the visuals of the beloved MGM film “The Wizard of Oz” synched up with a substitute soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Vashon Film Society plans to activate that legend by cranking up Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the Vashon Theatre’s recently revamped sound system and show the film (like you’ve never heard it before) in a special late-night show at 10 p.m. Friday, May 9.

“The result is astonishing,” enthused Charles Savage, a writer for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. “It’s as if the movie were one long art-film music video for the album. Song lyrics and titles match the action and plot. The music swells and falls with the characters’ movements.”

But the musicians have repeatedly denied that they wrote and recorded the album with the film in mind.

When asked in 2003 about the parallels between the music and film, singer-guitarist David Gilmour said such ties were “ludicrous,” adding, “It’s better to listen to the words than find out about little Dorothy and her red shoes!”

Sources say at the time Pink Floyd created “Dark Side of the Moon,” there was no technology for reproducing the film in the studio. And recording engineer Alan Parsons said, “If you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work.”

But the so-called synchronicities are intriguing to consider.

A search of the Internet lists many coincidences including: Elvira Gulch appearing on her bicycle to the chimes leading into the song “Time”; the tornado sequence matching well with “The Great Gig in the Sky”; Glinda the Good Witch confronting the Wicked Witch of the West as Gilmour sings “and who knows which is which:; and the Scarecrow flopping on the grass during the lyrics “the lunatic is on the grass.”

And then there is the scene where Dorothy arrives in Oz and the movie changes from black and white to color to the tune of “Money.”

True believers also enjoy pointing out how the artwork on the album cover morphs prismatically from black and white into a rainbow, just like the movie.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joked to MTV “It’s absolute nonsense; it has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard Of Oz.’ It was all based on ‘The Sound Of Music.’”

Nevertheless, this Friday night, Vashon Film Society will be starting the album on the third roar of the MGM lion and letting movie- goers and music fans experience the phenomenon for themselves. Admission is $7 at the door and supports Vashon Film Society’s special programming and scholarship fund.

Why would a classic art-rock record released in 1973 have even a remote connection to a legendary 1939 Judy Garland film?

There’s been a longstanding urban legend that has proclaimed the many connections between the visuals of the beloved MGM film “The Wizard of Oz” synched up with a substitute soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

Vashon Film Society plans to activate that legend by cranking up Pink Floyd’s iconic album on the Vashon Theatre’s recently revamped sound system and show the film (like you’ve never heard it before) in a special late-night show at 10 p.m. Friday, May 9.

“The result is astonishing,” enthused Charles Savage, a writer for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. “It’s as if the movie were one long art-film music video for the album. Song lyrics and titles match the action and plot. The music swells and falls with the characters’ movements.”

But the musicians have repeatedly denied that they wrote and recorded the album with the film in mind.

When asked in 2003 about the parallels between the music and film, singer-guitarist David Gilmour said such ties were “ludicrous,” adding, “It’s better to listen to the words than find out about little Dorothy and her red shoes!”

Sources say at the time Pink Floyd created “Dark Side of the Moon,” there was no technology for reproducing the film in the studio. And recording engineer Alan Parsons said, “If you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work.”

But the so-called synchronicities are intriguing to consider.

A search of the Internet lists many coincidences including: Elvira Gulch appearing on her bicycle to the chimes leading into the song “Time”; the tornado sequence matching well with “The Great Gig in the Sky”; Glinda the Good Witch confronting the Wicked Witch of the West as Gilmour sings “and who knows which is which:; and the Scarecrow flopping on the grass during the lyrics “the lunatic is on the grass.”

And then there is the scene where Dorothy arrives in Oz and the movie changes from black and white to color to the tune of “Money.”

True believers also enjoy pointing out how the artwork on the album cover morphs prismatically from black and white into a rainbow, just like the movie.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joked to MTV “It’s absolute nonsense; it has nothing to do with ‘The Wizard Of Oz.’ It was all based on ‘The Sound Of Music.’”

Nevertheless, this Friday night, Vashon Film Society will be starting the album on the third roar of the MGM lion and letting movie- goers and music fans experience the phenomenon for themselves. Admission is $7 at the door and supports Vashon Film Society’s special programming and scholarship fund.