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Feature film: 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. This sweeping Civil War-era drama romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards,...

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Main Authors: Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Composer), Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 (Author)
Corporate Author: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Other Authors: Selznick, David O., 1902-1965 (Film producer), Fleming, Victor, 1889-1949 (Film director), Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939 (Screenwriter), Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 (Actor), Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 (Actor), Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943 (Actor), De Havilland, Olivia (Actor), Mitchell, Thomas (Actor), McDaniel, Hattie (Actor), Crews, Laura Hope (Actor), Keyes, Evelyn, 1916-2008 (Actor), Rutherford, Ann (Actor), O'Neill, Barbara (Actor), McQueen, Butterfly (Actor), Polk, Oscar (Actor), Hickman, Howard (Actor), Haller, Ernest, 1896-1970 (Cinematographer), Plummer, Christopher (Narrator), Hinton, David (Screenwriter, Film director), Selznick, L. Jeffrey (Film producer), Behlmer, Rudy, 1926- (Commentator)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Japanese
Thai
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
Edition:Two-disc 70th anniversary edition.
Subjects:
O'Hara, Scarlett > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 > Drama.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama.
Plantation life > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Georgia > Drama.
Historical films.
Romance films.
War films.
Epic films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Feature film: 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. This sweeping Civil War-era drama romance won an impressive 10 Academy Awards, and its immortal characters Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie, Mammy and Prissy populate an epic story of enduring appeal across generations.
Documentary: Traces the filming of the Gone with the Wind, from its inception to its Atlanta premiere in December of 1939. Includes interviews of survivors of the experience, film trivia, and "test" clips-- a montage of screen tests of the many actresses considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara, ranging from front-runner Paulette Goddard to "not-a-chancers" such as Lana Turner. Produced by David Selznick's sons, and written by iconoclastic movie historian David Thomson.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer ; and documentary television program, Making of a legend : Gone with the wind.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (233 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Audience:MPAA rating: G.
Awards:Academy Award, 1940: Honorary Award (Menzies); Best picture; Best director; Best actress (Leigh); Best supporting actress (McDaniel); Best art direction; Best cinematography, color; Best film editing; Best writing, screenplay.
Production Credits:Music, Max Steiner ; photography, Ernest Haller ; editor, Hal C. Kern.
ISBN:1419878778
9781419878770
0790744082
9780790744087

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