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Best Picture of the year
Achievement in directing
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Screenplay
Achievement in Cinematography (Color)
Achievement in film editing
AFI (1998)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Clark Gable
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Olivia de Havilland
Achievement in Sound
Best Original Score
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Gone with the Wind
Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic lifestyle on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler. Classic Hollywood doesn't get any better than this; one great scene after another, equally effective in intimate drama and sweeping spectacle. The train depot scene, one of the more technically adroit shots in movie history, involved hundreds of extras and dummies, and much of the MGM lot was razed to simulate the burning of Atlanta. Based on Margaret Mitchell's novel, screenwriter Howard was assisted by producer Selznick and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. For its 50th anniversary, a 231-minute restored version was released that included the trailer for "The Making of a Legend: GWTW."
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231 minutes
Rating:
Unrated - Not submitted for MPAA review
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Starring:
Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh,
Olivia de Havilland,
Leslie Howard,
Thomas Mitchell,
Hattie McDaniel,
Butterfly McQueen,
Evelyn Keyes,
Harry Davenport,
Jane Darwell,
Ona Munson,
Barbara O'Neil,
William "Billy" Bakewell,
Rand Brooks,
Ward Bond,
Laura Hope Crews,
Yakima Canutt,
George Reeves,
Marjorie Reynolds,
Ann Rutherford,
Victor Jory,
Carroll Nye,
Paul Hurst,
Isabel Jewell,
Cliff Edwards,
Eddie Anderson,
Oscar Polk,
Eric Linden,
Violet Kemble-Cooper,
Fred Crane,
Howard Hickman,
Leona Roberts,
Cammie King,
Mary Anderson,
Frank Faylen
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Gone with the Wind has everything going for it, and nothing against it; it's simply perfect in every way. The illustrious story, which some have described as "overlong," can be more appropriately called "epic." The lead characters do not just give great performances--they create living, breathing characters. The brilliant usage of the film's admirably daring color-scheme perfectly compliments the mastery behind the camera; every shot is beautiful in its own right. And to top it all off, the movie's large-scale plot is never muddled--even in its most chaotic moments, the distinguished characterization and extensive set-pieces are strong enough to regroup the loose ends and effectively pull the film back together--that is, until the next splendid plot twist.
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Color
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No
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VHS, CC, DVD
Distributor:
Baker & Taylor Inc., Fusion Video, Home Vision Cinema, MGM Home Entertainment, Reader's Digest Home Video
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