| | | Features: DVD Cinematic masterpiece. Hollywood legend. National treasure. Gone With The Wind is all this and more. Following its premiere in December 1939, this winner of eight Academy Awards was quickly deemed "an intense, living experience" (Los Angeles Examiner) and "the peak milestone in motion picture achievement." --The Hollywood Reporter.
Adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this dazzling epic stars Vivien Leigh as the tempestuous Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as the dashing Rhett Butler. Forever linked by passion and separated by pride and self-delusion, these unforgettable screen lovers bring Mitchell's immortal saga vividly to life, set against the stunning backdrop of a time and place forever Gone With The Wind.
"One of the greatest of all Hollywood productions." Roger Ebert "Without serious rivals as America's most popular film. Enormous in every way." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "America's most popular film!" Los Angeles Times
 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 | Region 1 |  | Snap Case |  | Dual Side - Single Layer |  | Full Frame - 1.33 |  | Audio:
 | Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |  | Dolby Digital Mono - English |  | Additional Release Material:
 | Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer |  | Interactive Features:
 | Scene Access |  | Interactive Menus |
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| Technical Info
| Release Information
|  | Studio: Warner |
 | Release Date: 10/27/1998 |
 | Running Time: 222 minutes |
 | Original Release Date: 1939 |  | Catalog ID: 65009 |  | UPC: 00012569500921 |  | Number of Discs: 1 | Audio & Video
|  | Original Language: English |  | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English |  | Available Subtitles: French |  | Video: Technicolor |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards | Oscar (1940) |  | Vivien Leigh, Winner, Best Actress |  | 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 |  | David O. Selznick, Winner, Best Picture |  | Hattie McDaniel, Winner, Best Supporting Actress |  | 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 |
| Memorable Quotes| "Well, I guess I've done murder. I won't think about that now. I'll think about it tomorrow."----Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), exhibiting her famous coping mechansm | | "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."----Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) to Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) |
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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 |
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