Gone With The Wind
A classic tale of Scarlett O';;Hara';;s battle to save her beloved plantation and find love during the Civil War. Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.
2 June 1874, Richmond, Virginia, USA
9 December 1903, Vallejo, California, USA
4 March 1905, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 March 1918, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 July 1916, Tokyo, Japan
23 September 1902, Berlin, Germany
12 March 1894, Wilton Junction [now Wilton], Iowa, USA
12 January 1907, Mount Vernon, New York, USA (some sources say 1903)
January 27, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA
25 December 1899, Marianna, Arkansas, USA
21 December 1899, Whitewright, Texas, USA
22 April 1904, Maryland, USA
February 22, 2015
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh create their own sizzle as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in a lavish four-hour epic that juxtaposes scenes of jaw-dropping majesty with moments of elegant intimacy and playful verbal jousting.
February 22, 2015
Too clumsy a thing to be taken seriously, with its romanticisation of slavery and its problematic approach to rape, Gone With The Wind is nevertheless a work of considerable power.
February 22, 2015
No one watches Gone with the Wind for historical accuracy. What keeps us coming back is four-hours of epic romance in gorgeous Technicolor.
November 24, 2013
Boasts epic visuals (the civil war, Atlanta on fire etc) as sweeping as Max Steiner's score.
February 24, 2013
Gone With the Wind endures and deepens with the passing of time because Scarlett and Rhett are as modern as its open ending.
February 22, 2015
There has never been a picture like David O. Selznick's production of Gone With the Wind.
February 19, 2008
One of the truly great films, destined for record-breaking boxoffice business everywhere.
February 25, 2014
It's remarkable that after spending almost eight hours of my existence in front of this film, I can remember only two points vividly.
February 22, 2015
I love Scarlett O'Hara. She's so full of life and energy, it's hard not to be swept up in her personality.
June 27, 2015
The film's subtle racism is insidious, going to great lengths to enshrine the myth that the Civil War wasn't fought over slavery - an institution the film unabashedly romanticizes.
February 25, 2014
Running to nearly four hours and boasting at least three directors, this epic American Civil War romantic drama is more of a symbol of the Hollywood studio system than a mere movie.
