Gone with the Wind

Vivien Leigh Director: Victor Fleming Victor Fleming

Overview

Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning book comes to life in this Academy Award-winning classic starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, and produced by David O. Selznick. Released to coincide with the film's 70th anniversary, this special edition features a new digital transfer and commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2009
UPC:	0883929057436
Original Release:	1939
Rating:	G
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	3:43:00
Sales rank:	1,210

Special Features

Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Vivien Leigh	Scarlett O'Hara
Clark Gable	Rhett Butler
Leslie Howard	Ashley Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland	Melanie Hamilton
Hattie McDaniel	Mammy
Thomas Mitchell	Gerald O'Hara
Oscar Polk	Pork
Barbara O'Neil	Ellen, his wife
Fred Crane	Brent Tarleton
Victor Jory	Jonas Wilkerson
Evelyn Keyes	Suellen O'Hara
George Reeves	Stuart Tarleton
Ann Rutherford	Careen O'Hara
Butterfly McQueen	Prissy
Howard Hickman	John Wilkes [At Twelve Oaks]
Everett Brown	Big Sam, the foreman
Alicia Rhett	India, his daughter
Zack Williams	Elijah
Rand Brooks	Charles Hamilton
Carroll Nye	Frank Kennedy
Marcella Martin	Cathleen Calvert
Laura Hope Crews	Aunt "Pittypat" Hamilton
Harry Davenport	Dr. Meade [At The Bazaar In Atlanta]
Leona Roberts	Mrs. Caroline Meade
Jane Darwell	Dolly Merriwether [At The Bazaar In Atlanta]
Alberto Morin	René Picard
Mary Anderson	Maybelle Merriwether
Terry Shero	Fanny Elsing
William McClain	Old Levi
Jackie Moran	Phil Meade
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Reminiscent Soldier
Ona Munson	Belle Watling
Eddy Chandler	The Sergeant at the hospital
George Hackathorne	A wounded Soldier in pain (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates	A Convalescent Soldier
John Arledge	A Dying Soldier
Eric Linden	An Amputation Case
Tom Tyler	A Commanding Officer
William Bakewell	A Mounted Officer
Lee Phelps	The Bartender
Paul Hurst	The Yankee Deserter
Ernest Whitman	Carpetbagger's Friend [Georgia After Sherman]
William Stelling	Returning Veteran [Georgia After Sherman]
Louis Jean Heydt	A Hungry Soldier
Isabel Jewell	Emmy Slattery
Robert Elliott	Yankee Major [During Reconstruction]
George Meeker	Poker-Playing Captain
Wallis Clark	His Poker-Playing Captains [During Reconstruction]
Irving Bacon	The Corporal
Adrian Morris	A Carpetbagger Orator
J.M. Kerrigan	Johnny Gallagher [During Reconstruction]
Olin Howland	Yankee Businessman [During Reconstruction]
Yakima Canutt	A renegade
Blue Washington	The Renegade's Companion [During Reconstruction]
Ward Bond	Tom, a Yankee Captain
Cammie King	Bonnie Blue Butler
Mickey Kuhn	Beau Wilkes
Lillian Kemble-Cooper	Bonnie's Nurse [During Reconstruction]
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson	Uncle Peter
Trevor Bardette	[During Reconstruction]
Ralph Brooks	Gentleman [At Twelve Oaks]
James Bush	Gentleman [At Twelve Oaks]
Louise Carter	Bandleader's Wife (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan	A collapsing Soldier (uncredited)
Lester Dorr	[During Reconstruction]
Frank Faylen	Doctor's Aide (uncredited)
Si Jenks	Yankee on Street [During Reconstruction]
Tommy Kelly	Boy [Outside The Examiner Office]
Lee Murray	Drummerboy (uncredited)
Marjorie Reynolds	Guest at Twelve Oaks (uncredited)
Tom Seidel	Guest
Harry Strang	Tom's Aide (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy	[During Reconstruction]
Philip Trent	Gentleman, later bearded Confederate on steps at Tara
Guy Wilkerson	Wounded card player (uncredited)
John Wray	[During Reconstruction]

Technical Credits

Sidney Howard

Victor Fleming	Director
Fred Albin	Special Effects
Edward Boyle	Set Decoration/Design
Jack Cosgrove	Special Effects
Hobe Erwin	Art Director
Frank Floyd	Choreography
Louis Forbes	Musical Direction/Supervision
Ernest Haller	Cinematographer
Sidney Howard	Screenwriter
Arthur Johns	Special Effects
Hal Kern	Editor
Raymond A. Klune	Production Manager
Frank Maher	Sound/Sound Designer
William Cameron Menzies	Production Designer
James Newcom	Editor
Joseph B. Platt	Set Decoration/Design
Walter Plunkett	Costumes/Costume Designer
Eddie Prinz	Choreography
David O. Selznick	Producer
Eric Stacey	Asst. Director
Max Steiner	Score Composer
Lyle Wheeler	Art Director
Lee Zavitz	Special Effects
Margaret Mitchell	Source Author

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Gone with the Wind - Part 1
1. 1 Overture [2:30]
2. 2 Credits and Foreword [4:11]
3. 3 Tarletons Spill a Secret [2:51]
4. 4 Love of the Land [5:46]
5. 5 Dressing up and Down [2:28]
6. 6 Twelve Oaks [3:48]
7. 7 Attnetion Paid and Unpaid [4:04]
8. 8 Dreams of Victory [2:48]
9. 9 Has the War Started? [3:59]
10. 10 The Proposal [3:04]
11. 11 Widow Hamilton [2:30]
12. 12 Atlanta Bazaar [4:12]
13. 13 Shocking the Confederacy [3:40]
14. 14 You Should Be Kissed [2:44]
15. 15 Sheer Waste [3:15]
16. 16 Christmas Furlough [3:24]
17. 17 Ashley's Request [3:16]
18. 18 Belle's Donation [2:58]
19. 19 Enough of Dying [3:03]
20. 20 Panic in Atlanta [5:56]
21. 21 Awaiting Invaders and a Baby [4:06]
22. 22 The Wounded [2:17]
23. 23 Prissy's Confession [1:46]
24. 24 Recruiting Rhett [4:12]
25. 25 Atlanta Burns [4:32]
26. 26 Kiss Me...Once [4:07]
27. 27 Twelve Oaks in Ruins [3:10]
28. 28 Sadness at Tara [3:04]
29. 29 Rock Bottom [3:55]
30. 30 I'll Never Be Hungry Again [2:14]
31. 31 Intermission Music [3:58]
Disc #2 -- Gone with the Wind - Part 2
1. 32 Entr'Acte [1:30]
2. 33 Sherman! Hard Labor [2:58]
3. 34 Yankee Intruder [4:49]
4. 35 War Over [4:11]
5. 36 Ashley Returns [2:04]
6. 37 Something to Live for [5:32]
7. 38 Pa's Accident [2:01]
8. 39 Ready to Wear [3:02]
9. 40 Appeal to Rhett [5:15]
10. 41 Hand in Men's Pockets [5:38]
11. 42 Businesswoman [4:35]
12. 43 Shanty Town Attack [2:48]
13. 44 Night Vigil [4:43]
14. 45 Return From the Raid [5:20]
15. 46 Melanie and Belle [3:12]
16. 47 Rhett's Proposal [:31]
17. 48 The Honeymoon [6:40]
18. 49 Bonnie Blue Butler [4:02]
19. 50 Comfort Elsewhere [3:10]
20. 51 Doting Dad [4:43]
21. 52 The Old Days [3:37]
22. 53 Our Scarlett [3:30]
23. 54 Taking Scarlett [1:50]
24. 55 Homesick [4:43]
25. 56 Scarlett's Fall [5:21]
26. 57 Bonnie's Accident [5:41]
27. 58 Chronicle of Grief [2:30]
28. 59 Melanie's Farewell [3:03]
29. 60 True Loves [3:59]
30. 61 Frankly, My Dear [2:13]
31. 62 Tomorrow Is Another Day [4:59]
32. 63 Exit Music [2:13]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Gone with the Wind - Part 1
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Editorial Reviews

This sweeping melodrama based on Margaret Mitchell's bestselling Civil War epic defined the term "Hollywood blockbuster." A massive box-office hit that cleaned up at the 1939 Oscars, winning every major awards, including Best Picture, Gone With the Wind has maintained an unshakable hold on the hearts of moviegoers everywhere. Everything about the making of this American classic is legendary -- not least, producer David O. Selznick's highly publicized search to find the perfect star for the coveted leading role. Selznick finally found his Scarlett in British actress Vivien Leigh, brilliant as the indomitable southern belle determined to rebuild her family's fortune after it is destroyed by Sherman's army. Matinee idol Clark Gable costarred as the charming scoundrel Rhett Butler, making his parting line to Scarlett -- "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" -- among the most famous in movie history. Scarlett and Rhett's doomed romance unfolds against a backdrop of truly spectacular set pieces, among them the unforgettable burning of Atlanta. Shot in vibrant three-strip Technicolor, Gone With the Wind is Hollywood filmmaking at its grandest.

Barnes & Noble - Kryssa Schemmerling

As epic as the 1,000-plus-page Margaret Mitchell bestseller on which it was based, David O. Selznick's production of Gone With the Wind (1939) went through three directors, a well-publicized search for Scarlett O'Hara, and a then-enormous four-million-dollar budget, resulting in one of the all-time highest-grossing movies. Sparing no expense on sets and costumes, Selznick aimed to produce the ultimate Technicolor blockbuster, faithfully adapting the book's Civil War era travails of Southern belle Scarlett and her roguish match, Rhett Butler. While the film is grand in scale (and length), its cast, especially relative unknown Vivien Leigh as Scarlett and MGM king Clark Gable as Rhett, made the narrative as engrossing as the spectacular recreation of the burning of Atlanta (in which old sets were torched). Premiering first in Atlanta, Gone With the Wind delivered on the promise of the hype, breaking box-office records. Earning an unprecedented 13 Oscar nominations, Gone With the Wind won eight statuettes and two special awards, taking Best Picture in Hollywood's "miraculous" year, as well as Best Director for Victor Fleming, and Best Actress for Vivien Leigh. Best Supporting Actress Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar. Perennially popular, Gone With the Wind inspired the 1994 sequel Scarlett.

All Movie Guide - Lucia Bozzola

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