Gone With The Wind
David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winner Gone With The Wind is "the pinnacle of Hollywood moviemaking," Leonard Maltin of Entertainment Tonight said. And in Maltin's view, "it looks better than it has in years." This sweeping Civil War-era romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards® (including Best Picture), and its immortal characters Scarlett (Vivien Leigh), Rhett (Clark Gable), Ashley (Leslie Howard), Melanie (Olivia de Havilland), Mammy (Hattie McDaniel) and Prissy (Butterfly McQueen) populate an epic story of enduring appeal across generations. Judged by many to be the greatest movie of all time, Gone With The Wind now comes home in its best video edition ever!
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Don't Let This One Drift Away - Squish
Gone With the Wind is more than an epic film, it's a true definition of larger-than-life cinema, and there is no doubt that it has earned its place as top grossing movie ever. With the Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Director, and, best film under its belt, Gone With The Wind doesn't really need an argument for a watch or yet another rewatch. This epic film is as classic as they get.
What I find most interesting about Gone With the Wind is how well it holds up for sheer dramatic value, especially as it pertains to impropriety and the soiled 'family values' extolled by Rhett and Scarlett. Add incredible dialogue and you find scenes that a writer couldn't get away with today unless his name was Tarantino. Scarlett is more than a fiery character. She's violent, disgraceful, and as unscrupulous as the Rhett Butler she pines for and suffers with. In context of the era they live in, the audience feels the shame that Scarlett should feel but ignores. In context of today looking back at the mores of 1939, while watching scenes where blacks act and speak in a most stereotypical uneducated manner, are routinely called darkies and even beaten, it's an engrossing gander into the past.Gone With the Wind - Swellgal
What a great movie. A great period piece showing lots of history. I loved watching Vivien Leigh the spoiled, pouty girl mature into a brave business woman. Clark Gable was handsome and debonair and had all the great lines. I did not find this movie long at all. It was neat how at 1/2 time it even had a space for intermission.Classic - Kitty_Kats
Still good today. Costumes are beautiful, Vivien Leigh's performance as a catty, spoiled little girl is excellent. Clark Gable also gives an excellent performance. Interesting how the freedom of the slaves is secondary in this story, despite the story evolving around the civil war. A very different perspective from today.
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Don't Let This One Drift Away - Squish
Gone With the Wind is more than an epic film, it's a true definition of larger-than-life cinema, and there is no doubt that it has earned its place as top grossing movie ever. With the Academy Awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, ...Gone With the Wind - Swellgal
What a great movie. A great period piece showing lots of history. I loved watching Vivien Leigh the spoiled, pouty girl mature into a brave business woman. Clark Gable was handsome and debonair and had all the great lines. I did not find this movie long ...Classic - Kitty_Kats
Still good today. Costumes are beautiful, Vivien Leigh's performance as a catty, spoiled little girl is excellent. Clark Gable also gives an excellent performance. Interesting how the freedom of the slaves is secondary in this story, despite the story evolving ...