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Based on one the best selling books of all time, Gone With The Wind stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed. Vivien Leigh is Scarlett to Clark Gable's Rhett in cinema's greatest epic of passion and adventure. With its immortal cast, magnificent cinematography and sweeping score, this cherished classic continues to thrill audiences today.
"America's most popular film!" Los Angeles Times
"One of the greatest of all Hollywood productions." Roger Ebert
Editor's Note
Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Smug, rebellious, honest, blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley. Set against the Civil War and Southern Reconstruction, this tragic love quadrangle offers the burning of Atlanta and fields of wounded Confederates as part of its lush scenery. Meticulous backdrops, glorious sunsets, numerous silhouettes, and the ultrasaturated Technicolor film create a hyperreal vision. The romantic score is every bit as lush and dramatic as the photography, borrowing folk melodies from the Old South to make the tragic war concrete. Heavy nostalgic tones pervade the often witty dialogue and larger-than-life charms and faults of the leads. GONE WITH THE WIND stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; English Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/31/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1939 | | Catalog ID: 68000 | | UPC: 00012569680005 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Technicolor |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1940) |  | Vivien Leigh, Winner, Best Actress | | Hattie McDaniel, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | David O. Selznick, Winner, Best Picture | | Lyle R. Wheeler, Winner, Best Art Direction | | Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan, Winner, Best Cinematography, Color | | Victor Fleming, Winner, Best Director | | Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom, Winner, Best Film Editing | | Sidney Howard, Winner, Best Writing, Screenplay | | | Clark Gable, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Fred Aldin, et al., Nominee, Best Effects, Special Effects | | | Max Steiner, Nominee, Best Music, Original Score | | | Thomas T. Moulton, Nominee, Best Sound, Recording | | | Olivia de Havilland, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...For contemporary audiences, a vertiable shock of pleasure....Weep for the fearlessness with which Hollywood once believed the sublime was possible..." -- Rating: A 07/17/1998 p.62Los Angeles Times
"...Greater than ever....The older it gets, and we with it, the more we're able to see in it..." 03/02/1989 p.C14 Chicago Sun-Times
"...It is still a great film, above all, because it tells a great story..." 12/02/1994 p.42 USA Today
"...[A] masterpiece....Gorgeous whether you're watching moving images or frozen ones..." 01/03/1992 p.3D Premiere
"...The Everest of grand Hollywood moviemaking..." 12/01/2003 p.4 Total Film
"One of those rare moments when stars align, and the perfect actress finds the perfect role at the perfect time." 03/01/2004 p.7 Uncut
"Leigh is electric, wicked, incorrigible, lovely." 01/01/2005 p.157 Apollo Guide 10 of 10
The huge and spectacular story of Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler and the US Deep South in Civil War days is magnificent and presents us with complex characters and a compelling picture of the death of a proud culture.
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 10 of 10
If not the greatest movie ever made, certainly one of the greatest examples of storytelling on film, maintaining interest for nearly four hours. Margaret Mitchell's story is, in effect, a Civil War soap opera, focusing on vixenish Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara, brilliantly played by Leigh...[a] one-of-a-kind film meticulously produced by David O. Selznick. - Leonard Maltin
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  3.5 | | Plot |  5 | | Acting |  4 | | Overall Satisfaction |  4.5 |
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5 of 5 Influence of the Times Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Viewer from Massachusetts
I thouroughly enjoyed Gone With the Wind! The storyline was intriguing, clever, and a clear attempt to follow the major themes of the preceding novel. Mixing hisorical themes with such an epic love story makes the movie enjoyable from an intellectual as well as more romantic aspect. But as for complete accuracy concerning the Civil War, the movie seems show some bias and emphasis on certain themes that seems to relate to its release date of 1939.The uglier aspects such as slavery and the actual warfare seem romantacized by Hollywood. But also, imporvements such as strong female characters were made. Overall, though slightly biased towards the "Lost Cause" of the South, Gone With the Wind is an interesting perspective on the Civil War that should be watched by all those who would like to see the other side of the story. Was this review helpful?  
4 of 5 Interesting take on topic, not completely accurate Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Viewer from Georgetown, Ma
Gone With the Wind served as a generally good depiction of what life was like in the South during the Civil War, but it greatly romanticized and lightened most of the events portrayed and the places described. This made it not entirely historically accurate, but it was quite accurate in describing some aspects of Civil War life. The way the movie followed Scarlett's story did draw the watcher in, but the fact that it told her WHOLE story was a little much. However, if you look past this fact, I think it was a pretty useful tool if you want to learn about the Civil War, or at least experience a Southern point of view. It also made it seem like everything worked out in places where it is common knowledge that they did not. The movie showed a Southerner's perception of the Civil War as laid back and not very caring, which is not completely accurate. If you put all these points together with the fact that the movie is 4 HOURS LONG, if you are looking for a good historical artifact you do not want this movie, but if you are looking for an interesting love story this works any day. Was this review helpful?
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