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Gone with the Wind (1939) -- Clark Gable will always be best known for his academy award winning performance as Rhett Bulter in the 1939 classic "Gone with the Wind," despite his reluctance to take the role. From the "Biography: Clark Gable - His Most Famous Role" video.
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Overview

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Director:
Victor Fleming
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Writers:
Margaret Mitchell (novel)
Sidney Howard (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 January 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
Now in 70mm. wide screen and full stereophonic sound! [reissue] more
Plot:
American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 8 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
A Classic in the History of Movie-making. more (559 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:238 min (restored DVD version) | Sweden:223 min (1969 re-release) | Sweden:234 min (1985 re-release) | UK:224 min (1994 re-release) | UK:233 min (1989 re-release) | 226 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 (2004) | Brazil:Livre | West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Canada:G (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:16 | Peru:PT | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 (re-release) (1985) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #5729) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1971)

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Trivia:
The first film to credit a Production Designer, mainly to highlight the major contribution from William Cameron Menzies who not only art directed the film but also directed some of the second units. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Scarlett's collar brooch when in mourning for Bonnie. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Brent Tarleton: What do we care if we *were* expelled from college, Scarlett? The war is gonna start any day now, so we'd have left college anyhow.
Stuart Tarleton: Oh, isn't it exciting, Scarlett? You know those fool Yanks may actually *want* a war?
Brent Tarleton: We'll show 'em!
Scarlett: Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides... there isn't going to be any war.
Brent Tarleton: Not going to be any war?
Stuart Tarleton: Why, honey, of course there's gonna be a war.
Scarlett: If either of you boys says "war" just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.
Brent Tarleton: But Scarlett...
Stuart Tarleton: Don't you *want* us to have a war?
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "At the Movies: (2008-11-26)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Garryowen more

FAQ

What became of the costumes?
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118 out of 186 people found the following comment useful.
A Classic in the History of Movie-making., 13 December 2000
10/10
Author: mikazuki from Magarathea

Every time I watch this film, and I've seen it more times than I can remember, I'm always astonished by the freshness of the story, the power of the emotions it conveys and the beautiful, detailed images of a time long gone. That this film was made in the 1930's is almost incomprehensible to me. The challenges that had to be overcome in order to bring it to life must have been monumental. But come to life it did, and still does! A triumph of film-making ingenuity and genius, that will live on for many generations to come.

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