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About this movie

Genres:
Drama, Romance
Language:
English
Running time:
3:53:09
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NO RATING
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Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Clark Gable Rhett Butler
  2. Vivien Leigh Scarlett O'Hara
  3. Olivia De Havilland Melanie Hamilton
  4. Leslie Howard Ashley Wilkes
  5. Hattie Mcdaniel Mammy
  6. Thomas Mitchell
  7. Butterfly Mc Queen
  8. Laura Hope Crews
  9. Lee Murray Drummerboy (uncredited)
  10. Marjorie Reynolds Guest at Twelve Oaks (uncredited)
  11. Frank Faylen Doctor's Aide (uncredited)
  12. Frank Coghlan, Jr. A collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
  13. Louise Carter Bandleader's Wife (uncredited)

Directors

  1. Victor Fleming

Producers

  1. David O. Selznick

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Gone With The Wind

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Gone With the Wind boils down to a story about a spoiled Southern girl's hopeless love for a married man. Producer David O. Selznick managed to expand this concept, and Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel, into nearly four hours' worth of screen time, on a then-astronomical 3.7-million-dollar budget, creating what would become one of the most beloved movies of all time. Gone With the Wind opens in April of 1861, at the palatial Southern est... Gone With the Wind boils down to a story about a spoiled Southern girl's hopeless love for a married man. Producer David O. Selznick managed to expand this concept, and Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel, into nearly four hours' worth of screen time, on a then-astronomical 3.7-million-dollar budget, creating what would become one of the most beloved movies of all time. Gone With the Wind opens in April of 1861, at the palatial Southern estate of Tara, where Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) hears that her casual beau Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) plans to marry "mealy mouthed" Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland). Despite warnings from her father (Thomas Mitchell) and her faithful servant Mammy (Hattie McDaniel), Scarlett intends to throw herself at Ashley at an upcoming barbecue at Twelve Oaks. Alone with Ashley, she goes into a fit of histrionics, all of which is witnessed by roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), the black sheep of a wealthy Charleston family, who is instantly fascinated by the feisty, thoroughly self-centered Scarlett: "We're bad lots, both of us." The movie's famous action continues from the burning of Atlanta (actually the destruction of a huge wall left over from King Kong) through the now-classic closing line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Holding its own against stiff competition (many consider 1939 to be the greatest year of the classical Hollywood studios), Gone With the Wind won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American to win an Oscar). The film grossed nearly 192 million dollars, assuring that, just as he predicted, Selznick's epitaph would be "The Man Who Made Gone With the Wind."

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

96%Tomatometer score: 96% positive reviews from professional critics.

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  1. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] It's impossible not to be carried away by the rich arterial force of this storytelling. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    John C. Flinn Sr., Variety One of the truly great films, destined for record-breaking boxoffice business everywhere. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader A critic-proof movie if there ever was one: it isn't all that good, but somehow it's great. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Geoff Andrew, Time Out What more can one say about this much-loved, much discussed blockbuster? Full review External link

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