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Gone with the wind
Title
Gone with the wind [videorecording] / a Selznick International picture ; Selznick International in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [presents] Margaret Mitchell's story of the old South ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screen play by Sidney Howard ; directed by Victor Fleming.
ISBN
9781419896200
1419896202
Edition
70th anniversary edition, Scarlett edition.
Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2009.
Physical Description
5 videodiscs (233 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell.
Special features: Over 8 hours of revealing extras about this timeless classic including more than 3 hours new to the collection ; documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh : "Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 1939: Hollywood's greatest year" ; featurette: "Gone with the wind: the legend lives on"; telefilm: "Moviola: the Scarlett O'Hara war" starring Tony Curtis.
Photographed by Ernest Haller ; special photographic effects, Jack Cosgrove ; supervising film editor, Hal C. Kern ; musical score by Max Steiner ; production designed by William Cameron Menzies ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler ; costume designer, Walter Plunkett ; historian, Wilbur G. Kurtz.
Dialogue in English with optional soundtracks in French, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese and optional subtitles in French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Thai and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Academy Awards, 1939: Best Picture; Best Actress (Vivien Leigh); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hattie McDaniel); Best Director (Victor Fleming); Best Writing (Screenplay) (Sidney Howard); Best Cinematography (Color) (Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan); Best Art Direction (Lyle Wheeler); Best Film Editing (Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom); Special Award (To William Cameron Menzies for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind); Scientific or Technical Award (Class III).
Summary
Focuses on the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara. The story begins on the O'Haras' Georgia plantation of Tara in antebellum days and moves through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Variant and related titles
Margaret Mitchell's story of the old South.
Title on container: David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind.
Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French; Japanese; Portuguese; Spanish
Added to Catalog
December 05, 2013
Credits
Photographed by Ernest Haller ; special photographic effects, Jack Cosgrove ; supervising film editor, Hal C. Kern ; musical score by Max Steiner ; production designed by William Cameron Menzies ; art direction by Lyle Wheeler ; costume designer, Walter Plunkett ; historian, Wilbur G. Kurtz.
Cast
Clark Gable (Rhett Butler), Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara), Leslie Howard (Ashley Wilkes), Olivia de Havilland (Melanie Hamilton), Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara), Barbara O'Neill (Ellen), Evelyn Keyes (Suellen), Ann Rutherford (Carreen), George Reeves (Brent Tarleton), Fred Crane (Stuart Tarleton), Hattie McDaniel (Mammy), Oscar Polk (Pork), Butterfly McQueen (Prissy), Victor Jory (Jonas Wilkerson), Everett Brown (Big Sam), Howard Hickman (John Wilkes), Alicia Rhett (India), Rand Brooks (Charles Hamilton), Carroll Nye (Frank Kennedy), Laura Hope Crews (Aunt "Pittypat" Hamilton), Harry Davenport (Dr. Meade), Leona Roberts (Mrs. Meade), Jane Darwell (Mrs. Merriwether), Ona Munson (Belle Watling), Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler), Paul Hurst, Ward Bond, Cliff Edwards, Yakima Canutt.
System details note
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono.; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; dual-layer.
Audience
MPAA rating: G.
Contents
Disc [1]. The movie, part 1
disc [2]. The movie, part 2
disc [3]. Extras
disc [4]. About the movie
disc [5]. About the cast.
Subjects
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Selznick International Pictures.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
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