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Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Smug, rebellious, honest blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Scarl
Hot-tempered, self-centered, part-Irish Southern beauty Scarlett O'Hara, played to the teeth by Vivien Leigh, loves the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). Smug, rebellious, honest blockade-running profiteer Rhett Butler, portrayed gracefully and naturally by Clark Gable, loves Scarlett. Ashley, who is also in love with Scarlett, marries his genteel cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland) because he believes that their quiet similarities will create a better marriage than Scarlett's passion. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Rhett and Scarlett at their first encounter and continue throughout Scarlett's first two marriages. Scarlett and Rhett finally wed, but Scarlett continues to pine for her beloved Ashley.
Set against the Civil War and Southern Reconstruction, this tragic love quadrangle offers the burning of Atlanta and fields of wounded Confederates as part of its lush scenery. Meticulous backdrops, glorious sunsets, numerous silhouettes, and the ultrasaturated Technicolor film create a hyperreal vision. The romantic score is every bit as lush and dramatic as the photography, borrowing folk melodies from the Old South to make the tragic war concrete. Heavy nostalgic tones pervade the often witty dialogue and larger-than-life charms and faults of the leads. GONE WITH THE WIND, winner of 10 Academy Awards, stands among the greatest epic dramas ever filmed.
Special Features:
* Rigid Slipcased Digipak Packaging
* Reproduction of the original and complete 20 page 1939 Souvenir Program
* 40-page production history perfect-bound book
* 5 collectible & frameable costume sketches in folder
* 5 collectible & frameable costume images in folder
* Behind the Story: Commentary by Historian Rudy Behlmer
* The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind - 1989 TV special
* Restoring a Legend
* Dixie Hails Gone Withhe Wind - 1939 premiere newsreel
* Historical 1940 MGM Theatrical Short - The Old South
* Atlanta Civil War Centennial - 1961 premiere newsreel
* International Prologue
* Foreign Language Versions
* 1939 Announcement Trailer
* 1961 Civil War Centennial Trailer
* 1967 70mm Re-issue Trailer
* 1968 Re-issue Trailer
* 1989 50th Anniversary Trailer
* Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
* Gable: The King Remembered
* Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
* The Supporting Players - cameo portraits of an ujnforgettable ensemble
* 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year - new 1 hour special
* Gone With the Wind: The Legend Lives On - new 30 minute special
* Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara War - 1980 WBTV 97 minute special new to DVD
* Additional Trailers
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Release date: 1 December 2009
Number of discs: 5
Tags: Shantytown (1), Fever (1), Wagon (1), Lumberyard (1), Blockade (1), Evelyn Keyes (1), Thomas Mitchell (1), Olivia De Havilland (1), Vivien Leigh (1), Ann Rutherford (1), Fred Crane (1), Hattie McDaniel (1), Oscar Polk (1), Butterfly McQueen (1), Leslie Howard (1), Yankee (1), George Reeves (1), Union Army (1), Clark Gable (1), Drapes (1)
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